Dreams Come Alive

The Sundown Ultra Marathon back in May exposed several physical weaknesses, chiefly my core muscles and leg strength. To work on these areas and also to inject some variety into my training, I joined a gymnastics club about a month ago. The sessions are really tough but I manage to grunt my way through and already I can feel myself making progress under the guidance of How the instructor. Tightness and control is the name of the game and I feel like a little child just learning to understand how my body works.

Cross training helps take the monotony out of the usual running sessions while working specific muscle groups so I may be taking it a step further with some ballet training. Behind the elegance and fluidity of ballet lies tremendous strength in core muscles and I’m hoping the finer details of steel abs and powerful legs may give me an added edge. So it was my good fortune to meet a talented ballerina at a friend’s BBQ who agreed to train me in her craft in return for some coaching in running. Sounds like a fair deal and I’m rather excited at the great fun (and quite possibly the aches and pains) I have no doubt we will have. I’m also inspired by her to get into the pool for some low resistance work out so will look into my schedule to fit that in.

It’s all getting so very exciting!!