Part of my desire to get back in shape is to get back out of the pack, I am just not big enough to be member of the tight 5 at 215 and just shy of 6 foot. Thankfully years of running have given me hamstrings made of iron so I push like a mountain goat. Guess we will get to gauge just how hard I push weekend after next. I love rugby for that very reason I am always challenging the very limits of my body. I use it to uncover week points and then I research how to train them. This year it has been my knee, which decided a couple times to pop out of socket while getting tackled. After much healing and some experimentation with soft braces I finally think I have a system that will let me beat this injury and get back to full steam ahead.
(o hey thats my muddy mug on the far left! that game was the muddiest I have ever played)
Tonight practice was a usual pre-game practice, no hard hits, more running and conditioning. Somehow I still managed to get my left hand stood on while rucking and have a nice fat bruise on the knuckle. I look like I got in a fist fight. I love the lower physical practices because I can keep my fit bit on. Today I logged 2.5 miles at practice and and average heart rate of 91bpm for 2 hours. NOT BAD!
It felt good to get some me time in, be with the boys and sweat, at least when I go run that ultra I will know how to fight through the mental part of the game.
More tomorrow, maybe finally an actual run?
PS: if you into altruisim or you love rugby please think about supporting our rugby clubs denver bid, we all work really hard to keep our 2 year old club running and it is FAR from cheap to pull this all together!