Rest Day Recovered and Busy Saturday!

Sitting at breakfast yesterday a.m. (Friday) I realized something that made my whole day...I MISSED A REST DAY ON THURSDAY!

At first I was like, "Dang it! I missed a rest day again!" Then I was like, "YES! That means I get one today!"

Just in case you were wondering, I thoroughly enjoyed my rest day! Back to the grind early Saturday a.m. Train early, Farmer's Market for some fresh goodies, probably another round of training, and then on to a Graduation Par-tay and UFC...

Update on my injury from last week: doing pretty well for the most part. If I feel any twinge of pain at all, I just back off. For now everything seems to be firing on all 8. Made me sweat there for a couple of days, but thankfully I have a good team of people around me making sure I don't do anything stupid (other than bike 10 miles in a deluge of rain!)

Holly is changing my nutrition schedule around slightly and Michael and I are revamping the training routine again. Can't get into a slump or a plateau at this point. Also probably taking a trip to South Florida this week to meet up with Lauren Kearney (www.laurenkearney.com) my coach and tighten up some technique.

Getting close, people, getting close. I hope to see many of you at the event in July! Go to www.usopen-karate.com for info on the event...

Some shut-eye for now and up and at 'em for a busy day!

Encouragement from YOU on Rest Day!

Today is my official "Rest Day"...once a week. Why is it I have this crazy urge to work out and get all pumped up on my rest day? Last week I missed my rest day because of that, so I had to make it up on another day. Strange! Didn't miss it today though...NO WAY! HA!

So, a young lady walked up to me today and said she read my posts here at http://www.questfortheusopen.blogspot.com/, and said she was inspired...said "I" was inspiring. WOW! That meant a lot. We talked for a couple of minutes about what I was doing, and I was energized just talking about it. So I thought that, being a rest day today, I would go back and look up some of the emails, messages, and notes people are sending in and just let them energize me some more. As I sat down to write this, another one popped up in my Facebook inbox.

Here are a few from the past couple of days I thought I would share with you...

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I was catching up on your blogs and this quote came to mind...

“When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.”
-Walt Disney

That quote has just stuck with me since I heard it a couple months ago. Glad you guys are doing well. Keep up the good work. Peace and sword defending sit ups.

from Alabama

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Hope all things are well and your training is going swimmingly.

from Florida

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...I will continue to lift you up in prayer in your quest for the US Open!! (I'm enjoying the blog, by the way!)

from South Carolina

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Thanks everyone...for ALL your support! I am always thrilled to get your messages and comments...it reminds me that I am not in this alone. Encouragement is one of the most powerful forces in the universe, and it certainly helps me each week.

I've hit yet another plateau in training I think. Another evaluation later on how to kick it up another notch. It feels good to know that I am overcoming little mountains each week...hopefully I will be ready when I reach the BIG ONE in July!

Back to my rest day...Chat with you later!

P.S. - The Kanji in the picture says "Martial Arts" in case you are interested.