wushuzilla

Archive for March 11th, 2010

I know .. I know …

It has been forever since my last blog.  Well, that is because it has been just as long since my last training. 

Well, okay, maybe not “forever.  Technically it was 10 days.  But that is a long time to not be training.  Surprisingly today’s workout wasn’t too bad – mainly because it consisted primarily of running.

Normally running is a hard pill for me to swallow.  i get cramps in my calves and usually don’t have the endurance to go very far.  i presumed that since it had been at least a couple months since the last time I ran at the track that today would be no exception.  But for some reason today’s track run went pretty well and I ended up with a 3 mile total with the following breakdown:

(Run 1 lap, Walk 1 lap ) x 6 = 3 miles total.

Of course, all the other athletes were pulling in a 10k run.  And by “all the other athletes” I mean that it wasn’t just my class running but the Taiji group as well as the youth group.  And on top of that there were two kids wushu groups at the track, as well as a men’s and women’s soccer group, and then top that off with a couple sanda groups and you have one very crowded track. 

One of the reasons I haven’t been training too much is that right now is the Baha’i Fast.  Each year Baha’i’s fast for 19 days (which is one Baha’i month) from March 2 to March 20.  That means from sun rise (around 7:00 am here in Xi’an right now) to sun set (around 7:00 pm) we don’t eat or drink. 

So, I suppose that I was hesitant to try and go all out at the wushu guan when I knew I wouldn’t be able to drink or eat.  Today seemed like a good testing ground since it was a run and not a wushu class.  I brought a bottle of water just in case I felt dizzy or it felt unhealthy, but I managed to make it without any problems.  Back in the U.S. during the fast my classes were in the evening and I could usually get in a small bite or a power bar before I trained so it wasn’t as much of an issue.  But my training here is earlier in the day and a bit more intense – plus the air is rather dry – so I wasn’t sure how things would go.

My next class is on Saturday afternoon – this time in the wushu guan.  I’ll bring another bottle of water as a safety measure, but hopefully things go okay.

No pictures today, but I managed to do a quick little vlog from the track.  It includes a bit of kids wushu training and wind sprints.  I filmed this after the adult class had already left so this is mostly who was left after the first hour.  Enjoy!