I’ll admit, with the whole surgery thing, I wasn’t making big goals afterwards. I pushed back my biking goal date until August. I was just going to chill a bit. The recovery time knocked me out of ninja regionals, which would have actually been today for my age group.
So yeah, nothing big. I had a vague plan for adding in more weights and strength training in several weeks. Nothing major.
Then I got a text yesterday. I am number 8 out of the top ten of my age group, who qualifies straight for the world competition. Sooooo, I’m qualified even though the surgery recovery knocked me out of regionals. Sooooo, I need a plan.
I have done as little as possible the last week. The week before that I did very little. The weeks before that I did what I could when I wasn’t in pain. And now, in five weeks I’ll be at a world’s ninja competition. I thought briefly about not competing. But, why not!? This will probably be my only competition year. So, why not go all the way?!
Well crap. Five weeks. I can’t really start training yet. I am technically still on a 10 pound weight restriction. But, I can start doing some things. And I’ve already moved more than the 10 pound restriction. I think I just need to listen to my body about what it can and can’t handle. Like, right now I am definitely still limited and tire out easily. I can feel that.
During these slower weeks I’ve found a bunch of great low carb, high protein recipes. I’ll be organizing those this weekend. I’ll be carefully trying out some physical limits. And, yeah, I guess by Monday I hope to have a five week plan in place to be as ready as possible for a competition!
Tonight I am thankful for a little time to prep! I am thankful that I still get to go to worlds. And I am thankful that no matter how I do, I’m going to do it! Even if I fall on the first obstacle; I’ll be there! And I’ll be proud of that! 🙂
Momma's Silver Lining 