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Why hello there!

Today was well and truly a cardio day. I've really got to work on my tank and I'm totally keen to make it happen.

At lunchtime I ran again.... it was about 33 minutes and 3.8 kilometers, and I still had to walk the last 10 minutes. The route I go is mostly downhill at the start, and then, obviously mostly uphill on the way back... which is brutal. My Achilles and calves were my weak spots again today... they're struggling with the strain... which is cool, I'm mainly running for conditioning at the moment.

Once my legs are strong enough to go 30 minutes without feeling tight, then I can start to work on my cardio tank.

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My run was during lunchtime.
After work I did some hill sprints. I didn't tackle it with my same gusto, because I was sore from my earlier run, and Mondays run... but it doesn't take much to be breathing really, really heavy, and that's what I wanted to work on. I basically need to make myself uncomfortable for as long and as often as possible to improve my endurance.

I'm actually thinking of trying to qualify for the Ninja Competition finals again. There is a competition on the 27th of May in Minnesota, which is the same week that my work asked me to head over to Wisconsin... so I can drop in on the way home and see how I go. I'm not desperate to get into the finals at all... but competition practice is really important... even if the thought of competing again instantly makes me nervous.

After my hill sprints, and then cardio on the cross-trainer, I worked on my balance again. It's very slow going, but I feel like I'm making very slight progressive improvements... I just need to stick with it.

Endurance takes such a long time to develop, and is really hard to maintain... but I've noticed it doesn't take too much effort to regain... so don't let that hold you back.