Breaking in

I must say, it's incredible how challenging the PT routine is that I wrote about in the previous post.  I'm no meat head that spends hours in the gym, but I keep in fairly good shape and lift regularly.  All the same, I've been sore for days after doing the first day of the routine.  So much so that I had to pass on doing it yesterday and had to do it today.  That is, in and of itself, promising because I know that it will remain challenging throughout the coming nine weeks.  The tricky part, unfortunately, is finding the time to get out on the road.  I took it very easy this week with running as I have issues with my knees and I really pushed myself on my first outing.  My legs are still sore from it (the fact I've been pushing myself in the dojo every night this week notwithstanding).

I'm going to have to play with the schedule a bit until I can settle comfortably into waking up at 6am and running.  It used to be old hat for me while I was swimming competitively to be up at 5am, and in the pull by 5:30 without any problems, but lately it's become an issue.  I know I can already feel the huge benefit from the first run, probably psychological, but I don't care.  I enjoyed it immensely, and felt great afterward.

On the bright side, as challenging and difficult as the running/PT has been, the dojo training has been equally challenging and equally beneficial.  I can already see the difference in my karate, but the question is whether this will translate to competition success...we shall see I suppose.

Anyway, onto the PT and then hitting the sack, wish me luck!