Blogs from Central Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 5

I had a temper tantrum this morning. Not on a local thankfully, but enough histrionics to shock and awe the morning commuters. Before the yelling, it was a typical Friday morning. Eslyn and I left home around 6:45am. The birds were making a racket in the banyan tree. A new offering of pineapple, bananas, and marigolds garlands had been left on the altar in front of the spirit house. The sun was shining, and the sky was blue. Neither the maddening heat of the day nor the inevitable street-flooding downpour had yet arrived. Nearer to the park, the pungent smell of fish sauce and cooking oil rose from the street-food kitchens and hung deliciously in the air mingling with the frangipani. We had made it out the door on time, so instead of dodging morning motorcycle ... read more

It’s amazing how the time is rapidly passing. Just about 3.5 days and 7 training sessions left this week. Skipped breakfast because I was so sore. Not sure if it was the weighted jumprope or the more aggressive sparring from yesterday, but my legs feel like I have cement shoes on. Today, the sun is fully blazing and the run is going to be especially difficult, I’m afraid. The gym is back to being quiet. I think the one early guy has come and gone already because Fahlaep is already sweating. Ran 10 laps, and the endorphins didn’t kick in until lap 3. It was a tough one. Jumprope was 15 minutes with my sissy leather rope. I’ll borrow Rune’s crossrope in the afternoon. I was still too sore to deal with that. Today must be ... read more

Rest day, I can use it. It’s not just sit around and sleep day though. Today it’s trying to finish up any shopping because I’m too tired during the week to do it, or it’s raining in the evening. Got to breakfast late, and it was almost standing room only. Quite the difference from my normal 6:00 time when I’m about the only one there. Decided to take a walk down some of the streets I’ve not been on before. They're all very similar except Sunday morning when it’s all still very quiet. Even the taxi drivers aren’t that pushy at 8:30 in the morning. The walk was about an hour and the plan is for a light workout in the hotel gym with weights. Haven’t really lifted any since leaving Savannah. I’m sure I won’t ... read more

I was planning for an afternoon update for yesterday, but I got behind and had a nice 3-hour work telecon I had to attend right after dinner. Technology is pretty amazing when it works. Don’t really like telecoms because people End up talking over one another, and you lose a lot of information form seeing peoples faces. The quick summary from yesterday afternoon was the workout was very similar to the day before. Every day can’t be great, and yesterday was one of those days. My energy in the afternoon was low. At the end of round 4, I couldn’t even finish the machine gun punches, there was just nothing there. Pretty disappointed that I couldn’t finish that last little bit. This morning felt a little better, and again after rain all night, the weather was ... read more

Last night it rained a ton. When I woke up to the alarm, which I was glad I remembered to set, it was still a bit drizzly. Went for a quick breakfast, but the cappuccino machine wasn’t working, so it was a disappointing start of the day. I did need to spend a little more time stretching this morning. I was a little surprised at how sore I was. As I was walking to the station, the rain stopped, meaning running was on when I get to the gym. Oh lucky me. Today I went for 9 laps. My goal is to be doing 10 laps by Friday. It was a bit tough trying to dodge the puddles, cars, bikes, and people today. Two of the other four guys from last night showed up and were ... read more