Recent goings on

After my last post almost a month ago bemoaning injuries and the like, this one will be a bit more upbeat!

I've well and truly got over the weird finger niggles and been busy with regular trips outside, almost exclusively to the cave. I don't know what it is that draws me there (apart from the search for numbers), but I enjoy the rock, the moves, the feeling of getting a good workout and also the motivation brought about by failure to send! I always come away in an almost comatose trance like state with the body in full shutdown, knowing I need to train harder, put more effort in and rest properly before returning. I enjoy the need to focus on problems, isolating weaknesses and working on them, to the detriment of other things I could be doing such as clipping bolts or out circuiting classic easier problems well within my capabilities.

I have no short term plans other than a trip to the Lakes to visit someone I have become close to and care a lot about, who has sadly just moved away to uni recently. The good thing is that she is equally psyched to go and see a Dave Graham lecture in Ambleside and get out bouldering around the Lakes... the bowderstone will be getting a visit for sure! I'd love nothing more than to find some form of employment up in the Lakes, making more use of my outdoor qualifications and spending more time with her.

Today I will rest and hypotrophise for Saturday, then enjoy Sunday's rest before I kickstart the guru's plan next week. Back to basics...pass me the weightbelt