Through The Barrier 09:12

I've been back bouldering now for three and a bit weeks. It hasn't been easy, I've nearly sacked it off a few times, but I feel like I've now made a break through. Up until yesterday things have constantly felt hard, my body has been slack and I've been struggling on anything longer than 4 moves. Yesterday I hit the wall after a weekend of overnights. Exhausted, I expected there to be nothing in the tank, but things started to happen.

Shock, horror, the flow felt like it was coming back.

With relative ease I set about cruising eliminates on the latest set of problems. A smile spread across my face, it's coming back. I knew this was the feeling I had been missing over the months I had taken off, the feeling of floating through moves. I'm still way over weight and there is no doubt about it. But the weight will fall off in time, what matters is that I'm back on a roll.

I'm back on it.

The Happening 15:26

Things are happening, a bit slowly perhaps, but I'm feeling better and stronger with every session. The weight has started to come off and I haven't even hit the running yet so things are on track. I'm hitting Wales next weekend with the likes of The Baron, The Mason and The Ambassador, I can't wait. In the meantime I've got to get through a run of overnights.

I do miss Wales.



Genius.

Pre Season 11:13

My training has really started to get going, I've managed to consistently head down the wall over the last couple of weeks. This is a massive improvement to the slothful existence I've led since March. Things are moving slowly, but the muscles seem to be waking up and the wieght is starting to fall off, I've lost 4lbs in the last week but am still over a stone overweight.

I'm currently trying get my fitness levels up before I fully start hitting my training regime. I've given myself a months worth of conditioning before the first training cycle gets underway. I did manage to hit the campus board, although a long way off the levels I hit in January and Febuary, I still managed to crank out 1-5-8. It may not be much, but it made me realise all is not lost.

To keep my motivation levels up I've planned 3 major trips over the next 8 months, two to Switzerland and 1 to Albarracin. I'm very very psyched to get back out and put right some unfinished business. In the meantime I'm off to Wales in a couple of weeks for a rehab trip with the Mason and the Ambassador. I'm not expecting to get anything major done, just looking forward to getting outside.

Bring it on.