I'm back baby!
It's been a couple of weeks now that I decided to ditch lifting altogether. What I needed most was to lose weight, so I've been just running and swimming. Best decision ever.
I'm still not running a lot, but remember I said I nearly passed out running like 1 mile? Well I'm getting close to 5 miles now and I only stop because my knee starts to bother a bit (probably some tiny muscles still need some training).
I have a nice covered 20m swimming pool in my apt building and I've been using that too.
Most importantly, I'm finally getting back to surfing! I had surfed a couple times in the last month and today was the first day I surfed after losing quite a bit of weight and having started swimming again. What a difference!
I'm still kooking it out. I was never good and I pretty much stopped surfing for almost 3 years, so it's like learning all over again.
I made an excuse at work and went for a surf this morning... it was better than I could have ever imagined! Chest High, mostly lefts, kinda fast but peeeerfect and glassy... and empty!
Being a kook sucks though. First few waves it was the classic case of "needed one extra paddle". After finally adjusting I was having trouble getting up to my feet right... my feet were all over the place and I was missing wave after wave.
After a couple hours something clicked and I started catching wave after wave... not doing much and most of them running away from me, but I got to train what I was needing, getting up to my feet.
A few pumps here and there, one backside stab that I didn't complete but felt good.
Yup, I'm a kook again, but I know I'll get better quick. I got my spark back, can't wait for my next session. Will keep running and swimming as it's doing me wonders.