Odd one

Today i climbed again. Been putting some thought and effort into not climbing two (or more) days back to back. It's always seemed to just tear me down, and i usually have little discipline for just going in and doing a very light enduro day. But i got a text from friend i hadn't seen in a while, and i went in thinking maybe some nice v0s or some toproping. But no. She hadn't been climbing in a long time, so she's working a bunch of v1s and 0s. (She's actually from sny-town too, and asked how you are, and said to tell you hi. Name's Ivonne Rodriguez.) Anyhow, last time we'd climbed together, we'd been working the same v2s, but i felt like poo carrying on a conversation while i floated her projects, so i started throwing about for some stiffer fare. Dude: i nearly flashed a v6. Didn't get enough finger tip on the finish hold, and i glanced off; but i nearly flashed. i'd looked at the thing yesterday, at the end of a fairly brutal session, and it didn't look possible. i didn't get it, cuz i was juiced, but i did get the finish worked out, and it should go pretty easily. Then i snagged a couple o' 3s i didn't get yesterday, and a 4. Then she took off, and i got on the autobelay and up-and down-climbed a 5.10. Then i was cooked and i was gonna leave, but ran into a mate working on my v7 proj, and i worked the crux out on it.

That was a crazy day of climbing. Definitely didn't feel super healed, but i've been amazed at how torn down i've failed to feel after some pretty intense sessions. Haven't put up any inspiring new numbers, but it's cool to see i can keep some density in the workout without injury. Normally i'd have tendonitis burning up my arms by now. i'm really thinking there's something to this high-quality, trash-free diet thing. Wanted to do some sort of run today, but it didn't happen.

And on the work front, i talked for a good while with one of the docs, who's going to let me follow him at a different clinic. He's a physiatrist--a physical doc--and he works at an ortho rehab clinic transitioning folks from ICU to rehab, and generally managing intrathecal pumps. He said that after a week, they'd have me busy with a full workload. Sounds like a happy change to me.

Anyway, it was one of those days where i ended up thanking God a lot. i was needing one of those days pretty bad. Peace.