WE RUN
The competitive team coach approached me after sparring on Tuesday and told me that he was very happy with my boxing.
However, once again he wants me to "get stronger". That is to build endurance.
First I want to mention how attentive these coaches are. I mean, after all this time my boxing skills are finally up to the level they should be, and it took these coaches only about a month to do it.
Could this mean that I have finally found a Masters-friendly boxing gym?
There were three, now four, Masters training there.
That must mean something.
Secondly, in addition to what he has currently asked me to do, you know all those sit-ups and push-ups, he wants me to go out with the running team.
The running team?
Do you have any idea how far they go? They go from the gym, which is near Bloor Street, all the way to Cherry Beach and back!
Let me tell you how far that is.
That is 8 km each way.
16 km. That is a marathon, isn't it? Almost.
Running every morning.
The sun blinds you through the trees.
WE RUN
FOR THOSE WHO ARE NOT AS OBSERVANT
Some of you may have noticed, but some not, there are some entries missing from this blog. 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 399, and 424 to be exact.
Some may be thinking for someone who is so anal about everything being so correct in the blog, how can this be?
Since this is entry 431, that means there have been a total of 431 entries since the blog began, but that is not exactly true.
Some are "missing" as mentioned before, and "Special Entries" are not counted. They are just listed as "Special Entries". These are posts that deviate from the normal flow of the blog.
Let me explain the ones that are missing.
393 was unpublished and put in the archive for legal reasons that I won't get into.
394 was the entry that announced my retirement from boxing, but since I ended up returning to boxing, that made the entry obsolete and so it was put into the archive to avoid confusion.
395, 396, 397, 398, and 399 were written and published in another now-defunct blog.
When this blog was reincarnated earlier this year, the first new entry was 400, so it worked out well.
424 was one of these odd cases where I wrote the entire entry in advance, but what I wrote about didn't happen, so the entry was never published but still on file.
To save time, I write some parts of some entries in advance but edit them before publishing if needed, but in the case of 424, the entire entry was based on me returning to the Durham Boxing Academy, which as you all know didn't happen. That made the entry obsolete before it was even published. Instead of rewriting the entire entry, it had just remained unpublished.
There you have it. 'The Mystery of the Missing Blue Corner Entries' has been solved.
Another issue I have been informed about are some entries not showing up on Facebook.
A lot of traffic to this blog is generated from social media.
I am currently looking into that Facebook problem, but until it is fixed, I will be posting links to this blog on Facebook twice. At about two hours apart.
Hopefully, that will give people a better chance to see it.
CNE DAY
That one day of the year I take a break from my routine and just stop caring.
No worries about work and no worries about boxing. Just myself doing what I want and eating what I want.
I told coach I was taking Thursday off to go to the CNE and he said that I deserved it.
Yes, I deserve it.
I had a very relaxing day.
I ate a bit, but not as much as I thought, and my dinner included a salad. Yes. I can't go one day without a salad.
I also wanted to try some fudge. I am not really a fan, but the wife wanted some so I got a small slice for her and I had a sliver of it.
I got her a slice of the orange swirl.
It was awful.
She said it tasted like a creamsicle. I thought it tasted like sucking on a cube of sugar.
Fudge, a.k.a. Diabetes In A Box.
I don't know how people can eat junk like that. No wonder our society is obese.
To get there, the TTC had an express bus shuttle between Dufferin Station and the CNE.
In previous years the express left from Dundas West station.
It is funny how many people don`t read the destination sign. So many people boarded at Dufferin Station thinking that the bus was a 29A. The driver had to yell about 20 times that the bus only stops at the CNE. I kind of felt sorry for him. However, I did feel like going up and asking him if his bus was going to the CNE, but he was already upset and I didn`t feel like waiting for the next bus.
Since I took the express, it did not take long to get there. It cost $20 to get in this year, but the parkour show and the lantern festival were well worth the cost of admission.
The last shot is of me posing with Atlas. Notice the resemblance?
It was a great rest day and I look forward to it again next year.
In the meantime, back to training.
Watch ABITS 9 here. Featuring Rush Parkour.
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--Paul 'The Brick' Brec
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