Well, i had my comp yesterday. Gotta say that, number-wise for me, it was appalling. Totally fried myself trying to link up a v4, and then didn't have the juice left to score a handful of climbs i definitely should'a walked. Very angry at me was i. Other than that, however, it was a riot. You gotta do this thing next year. Good times. Lots of fun problems; huge number of folks from every ability level; lots of cheerleaders and beta-trading; free beer and barbeque afterward. And i won a chalk pot to boot.
i am sore in every muscle in my body, as i can honestly say that this was my first sustained four-hour v-hard climbing workout. i tore down some lesser constituent of my rotator cuff, my left finger (with the previous damage) is begging me for a month to heal, and i'm seriously having trouble typing just now. i will definitely have to find time to do that more often.
So very, very, very bad game plan notwithstanding, it was a helluva workout, and i see very clearly that i need to start lifting again (specially core and upper arms), doing more endurance work (i.e., dense, sustained moderates) and taking a bit more rest time (read: porter my fat ass out the do', and onto the track).
i will climb v5 before January. Oh yes, i will.
2 comments:
Very cool. Do they have those things more often than once a year?
they have some informal versions every few months. Same setup, but without the monitors and ado, etc. You just walk around with a scoresheet and keep up with your own score. This comp is only once a year though.
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