Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Other Stupid things...

Since I completed the Triple Bypass with no issues despite super minimal training, I decided to go ahead and attempt one of my goals:
- Complete an Ironman before turning 30

So, foolishly, I registered for next year's Ironman Boulder, which takes place on August 7th, 2016. I have no idea how I'll even work this into my med school schedule, but basically I just need to make sure I'm on a hella easy rotation with weekends off during that time.  Super bonus points if I don't need to walk/stand on the Monday after. :D

As far as training for that, I have no idea! I looked into a few training plans, and honestly, it doesn't look that bad.  It's just exercising for an hour or two most days, with a long run/bike/swim on the weekend.  Honestly, it's not too far fetched from my normal life, except I throw in a lot of things other than run/bike/swim into the mix (skiing, climbing, hiking, soccer, even yoga sometimes). In any case, for now, I'm just going to keep my fitness level up by running and bike commuting and stuff.  Starting next year, I need to learn how to swim efficiently and actually spend some time doing it.

Monday, September 14, 2015

Climbing Training!

Christie + galpals and I are heading to Red Rocks to rock climb in November, which means I need to get back into climbing shape!  I reactivated my DBC 24/7 climbing membership for the next two months to accomplish this feat.

Today was my first time bouldering since I killed my membership in January.  And wow, what a fun time!

Purple: 3 E, 1E+
Blue: 6 E
White: 1 E-, 3 E, 2 E+
Green: 1 E-, 8 E, 2 E+
Total: 2 E-, 20 E, 5 E+ = 27 routes!

I climbed those 27 routes in 45 minutes, and for nearly all of them, I also down-climbed completely. This might be some sort of record for me?  Mostly it just felt *really* amazing.  This is somewhat surprising to me, since I also biked today (13 miles roundtrip), and ran two days ago (5+ miles).  But you can't fight bodily happiness!  Climbing is like dancing to me.  The feeling of my body moving gracefully (or sometimes not-so-gracefully) up a wall is just so liberating.  I was born to climb, I've always climbed, and I'll keep climbing as long as I am able. :D

Can't wait to track my progress.  From the looks of it, I was flashing E+ when I left off in January, so I haven't lost any ground.  I didn't attempt any M- today, but will do so on my next visit.  Wonder if I'll actually make that initial goal from last year of getting to M+? Bouldering a V7, which is a 5.13a seems a little absurd to me, but who knows.  I'm already flashing these E+s without effort, and I haven't climbed in forever.  Anything is possible!