This is how you know people are serious about recycling. Look hard inside the back of the truck. Guys on the street toss in the bags, and theres a guy knee deep in the trash sorting through it to pull out the recyclables. Thats dedication.
MORNING: Woke up a little early today after a great, uninterrupted night of sleep. yesterdays workout exhausting and Im feeling it now. Everything is really sore. Not from getting hit, but I guess just the extra rounds in the afternoon. The legs are really tight, so the extra few minutes were spent on stretching and getting a little loose. Decided to head in a bit earlier so I could get all the running in and try and avoid a backlog of us waiting on padwork. The day looks very nice, and I did 9 laps today, followed by 10 minutes of rope. The running is about minutes. Just a couple of random statements. Its 90 or 91 steps from the ground to the BTS platform. Doesnt seem like much early in the day, but its a killer on the last trip to the hotel, even if it is just going down. Or when the escalator at the end of the day isnt working. One thing that will make sense to those whove been here, the gym has upgraded to actual flush toilets!!! Yes, its exciting, trust me. It used to be just a basic hole and a bucket
This is a picture of the Espresso Cafe at the hotel. down here after my shower, grab a quick bite for lunch and most days a nice frozen coffee drink.its pretty quiet and I spend a couple hours here typing up the blog inputs. To the right is the bird cage remodel.
of water with a ladle in it to flush. Running was 9 laps today. I was going to try 10, but will save that for tomorrow. I took some video of the run, but watching it made me queasy, so Ill try again in the afternoon. 12 minutes of jump rope finished the warmup, and everything was feeling much looser and ready to go. About that time, Fahlaep walked over to the scale to weigh himself, and I couldnt resist just sticking a toe or two on. It was so funny because he was doing a double take at the scale, and didnt realize what was going on for longer than I thought! Just a little payback for being carried around like a sack of potatoes yesterday in the ring. I told him yesterday was great, but I am really sore. He said it would be a bit slower this morning. The pad rounds were a bit slower paced to start, mercifully. It still took a few minutes to get loose and into the rut hem of what he wanted done. There were still 10 quick kicks, and the second and third rounds did have the usual set of power
This is the empty lot behind the gym where we would climb over the wall to run back and forth. Looks like it hasnt changed at all. Through the shacks further to the right was the path to where we initially ran, years ago.
kicks. He was ready to stop at 4 rounds, but I was feeling good and still had some energy left, so I asked for one more. We went a bit harder and worked more of the kick blocks and sweeps. I still have trouble sweeping the back leg when its catch the right kick and I am to sweep with right. Same with the left to left. Its something to work on this next week.
AFTERNOON: again, left a bit early, hoping to get done early so I could go out somewhere different to eat. A bit warmer in the afternoon, but half of the run is shaded, which makes it much more tolerable. Tried a video again, but Im just not motion stabilized enough. I cant load them here, so Ill put them somewhere else. Ran 7 laps, mostly with one of the other guys training. He told me a story of how he ran across a snake last night while he was walking near the open canal. Guess I shouldnt be surprised, but never really considered there to be snakes (the reptile version) in Bangkok. Another guy from Singapore showed up and was in the ring first.
One of the pictures where it was punch body. I need to check and see if I have any space on my video cameras to capture some action next week.
He goes to the Eminent gym in Singapore.
