Day 28 - Jump rope a good warm-up for a karate class

Didn't get to do  my PCP session at lunch... got into karate class early and did the jump rope as a warmup to the class... made for a really good training session. Lots more flexibility ... 29degrees in a Japan dojo in the summer is the best sweat in the world ... unfortunately Tokyo doesn't have sentos like Kyoto... Ice tubs after a workout are amazing.

Day 27 - Bit of a crash after "the indulgence"

Had a cookie from Tully's yesterday... mid afternoon... first time I've had a sugar high on such a small amount of sugar... was feeling the sugar crash around 6pm...

Day 25 & 26 - Loneliness of the long distance runner

Caught up with a good friend and sparring partner for a running session on Saturday. He's preparing for Iron Man Korea and needed to get in one more middle distance (middle distance being a 20km run) run in before tapering off his training in preparation for the race. Our usual run in 10km before having a coffee then sparring. That last lap of the palace was tough and on top of the banana I brought along for after the run I needed to stop by the nearest combini to get some other food to stop my legs from cramping up... Made it through the run though and just had to deal with about 10-15min of burning before the food seemed to kick in.

After that session I left Day 25 to day 26 and combined the workouts.

Body Condition:
- Pant and shirts are definitely fitting a lot loose on my body. Not time to go out and buy new clothes, but  may have to add a few notches to the belt.
- Cravings are still there for the odd piece of junk food when I see them, but I've managed to fight them off. Nice to see we get an indulgence this week.

Day 24 - Training on the road

Got in late to Korea last night from Hong Kong, which messed up my dinner/snack schedule. I just had my dinner portion late and had to skip the snack. Hopefully back on track today.

The buffett at some hotels works relatively well with having to prepare the meals. Other than having to skip all the nice looking sweats and tasty greasy bacon, sausages, etc. Managed to bypass that stuff and had a pretty decent breakfast.

Plane tonight... long distance run tomorrow with a former PCPer who's training for Iron Man Korea. then PCP workout in the afternoon.

Energy levels without my carbs at night still oK.

Day 22 - Felt the burn today

With the pick up in intensity of the workouts, I definitely felt the burn today.

Still had my 30min pre run into the gym in the morning to avoid having to take the plesant HK taxis... As recommended by Patrick I worked through the skipping in one go... I had been taking a 20sec break halfway through to loosen up my calve muscles, but I worked through the whole skipping session in one go todAy.

Got a real burn on my chest and shoulders today!

I'm interested to see how my no carb dinner is going to impact tomorrow mornings session.

Day 21 - eating an about an hour before training helped with energy levels

Got another early morning convert... Marcus in now coming into the gym to do the PCP sessions before work! Good start to the day eh. Ran through the skipping and did an extend suasion of stretching.

With the lighter session this last day of week 3, I signed up for a fight session at lunch with my trainer and not to repeat what happened Saturday... I had the carb portion of my lunch with my mid morning fruit about an hour before the training, which definitely helped with my energy levels. Having my full lunch would have probably made the session even better.

Ran through some kick drills, focus kits and managed to know the stuffing out of one of the heavy bags (literally). There isn't a manufacture out there that has managed to make a durable punching bag yet... One more bag reduced to duct tape wrapping to hold it together. A pretty good session all in.

Day 19 - Good training session with Marcus

Got a good night sleep.... 8hrs for once in a while. Met up with Marcus to run through Session 19 and some extra sparring...

Good training day!