Another Day at Sidney Lanier

I went out training this morning at that middle school again. Such a fun spot. I'll put up a video when I can. Leon and some of his VT guys showed up. The training session today was a lot less regimented than normal, and it mostly consisted of exploration and playing around. However, we still trained hard enough to benefit. People began to take off their shoes and train barefoot, so I followed suit. Jumping and taking landings without the protection of shoes changes a lot of dynamics, but it also is incredibly liberating and refreshing. The concrete was very smooth and easy to step on, so that was always good.

We managed to hit all three spots present at the school, which offered a nice variety of difficulty. I also understand some more of my own limitations and also where I have started to fall behind.. things that I should be able to land easily took effort, or I did them extremely sloppily.. which tells me that I haven't been training enough. Honestly, I know most of it is a weight problem, because I gained back a lot of the dead weight I had lost over the course of the previous year (my waist size has returned to a 33). I've been going too easy on myself, been not concentrating hard enough, been not training as regularly.. WEll, this needs to change. All of it. And I've been trying, recently, to head at it more intensely, so I need to keep this up.

I will not allow myself to become complacent and useless.