life, kids, and brazilian jiu jitsu

Yes.  Yes.  Yes.  Pardon me?  Yes.  Still injured.  Yes it is taking a long time.  Very little blood flow to connective tissue and all that….  No I’m not getting any younger?  Yes I’ve had it looked at.  Yes.

Quit acting like I’m a teenager?  Yes that’s good advice.  Yes.  No I haven’t lost any more weight.  If I get sick?  I’m sure I’ll be fine.  Yes I am eating.  I know I’m not 18 years old.  Yes yes.

Nope I’m quitting BJJ for sure.  No more running or dieting either.  In fact I’m going to give up on enjoying life completely and develop an underachieving and self absorbed attitude just like everyone who thinks they know how to make my life “better”.   Wish I’d kept my fat clothes…oh yeah, never had any.

I don’t think much of people who resort to the use of profanity.  Guess that makes me a hypocrite.

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I sometimes wonder if being injured isn’t a good thing.  Why?  Well, motivation i harder to come by when I am injured.  The worrying and the pain takes mental energy to manage.  Energy that is needed to re-tool my exercise regime to incorporate things that spare my shoulder.  Being injured probably makes me tougher, providing I don’t let it get to me!  Ha!

I went for a run tonight in the moonlight.  The firefly’s are out.  It was good to tear along the trails in the dark.

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I’m going to move this blog towards a focus on BJJ and less on daily musings.

Daily musings, such as they are will be moved here.

Last night at Martial Arts Planet I watched Aidan work on side control in the No-Gi class.  A transition to harvesting the near side arm.  I spent most of the class on the side lines stretching and gently manipulating my shoulder.

Tonight, hopefully some in-line skating.  I go back to physio on Thursday.  No appreciable improvement so far.

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You wake up, shower drive, meetings, computer stuff, drive, physio therapy, tortellini and tomato sauce, dishes, kiss kiss, bang bang…. blah blah.

Then someone nice gives you a call and is so positive that you smile.

Then you ask the boys if, on the off chance, they might consider contemplating, the possibility of riding my coveted Rocky Mountain race bike beside me while I run in the dark?  Who am I kidding?  They’re on their computers.

Then, I decide that bed is a better option, I get a drink, and Aidan brings in the dogs.

Now Aidan, to be fair, rides beside me a lot.  he always has.  But wait…

“What was that about a bike ride in the dark?”, Liam asks.

So we’re back.  Ran 7.5km on dark trails and quiet streets.  Liam rode and lit the way with my Petzl head lamp.  And we talked.

Life is very very good.

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The head of the humerus on my right side is rubbing on the socket.  The physiotherapist at the Kingston Downtown Physiotherapy clinic gave me some exercises to do with my arm supported, some stretches, and they taped the shoulder to try and get the re-alignment started.  I go back Tuesday to get re-evaluated.   Chris Wellstood had some success with his shoulder at this clinic so I’m keeping my fingers (that still have some functionality) crossed.  Kidding.  Everything has healed on my hand albeit a bit crooked.   Battle scars.

I want to be back on the BJJ mats as soon as possible but everyone is counselling patience.  Yeah…When have I ever been patient?

Stopped by and picked up Annette from work for Starbucks before heading home.  She had yoga so we had a quick latte.

Home now with a massive pile of laundry to fold.  Then Aidan and I are going to play a little guitar then some “Reach Invasion” with Liam.

Want to run but I’m afraid all that sweat will peel off the shoulder tape so will take another rest (shite!) day.

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This is my weapon of choice for tracking my runs.  The screen displays 4 pieces of data live as I run and I have 3 screens.  I leave elapsed time, current heart rate, distance run, and calories burned on the screen but there are many more optiond.

It’s a GPS, heart rate monitor and watch and it appears to be bombproof.  I upload all the info to my laptop.

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Protect the shoulder, protect the shoulder….

Rowed 8x500m yesterday.

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Up late on the phone with work. Being on call is a tiring affair. My cold has managed to claw its way back and now is gaining a foothold in my throat. I CAN’T BELIEVE ITS MORNING.

Rowed 5000m last night and shoveled for an hour in “tidy Tuesday” at work. My shoulder is painful this morning as a result.

It is times like these when I need to constantly revisit my motivation and stay positive. Diet tends to suffer on days like this. I need to at least get a run in today.

Here we go.

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Did an easy row today. Shoulder is slowly improving. Avoiding movement in certain directions.

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Workout for today… nursing an injured right shoulder, right hand, left groin, and right hip so this was done with the utmost care.  It’s all good.

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