Took the day off today because of some epic food poisoning last night, which really put a damper on any attempt to move until about 9 am. Probably as a result of said food poisoning, I am currently suffering some absolutely god-awful heartburn or something which is making sleep frustratingly impossible. Tomorrow is the middle school graduation so skipping work again is pretty much out of the question. If this doesn't clear up soon though I'm defaulting to the "something has gone seriously awry" plan.
At any rate, if I'm going to be up anyway, I figured I might as well write something.
Still trying to find a new way of dealing with this blog. The periodic "journal" version just isn't doing it for me. Getting close though, I think. But don't believe it until you see it.
So, what's the 5 second version of my life these days?
I've started a barefoot running and high-tension strength training regimen which has been going very well, up until this recent bout of creeping death. Both are worth writing about in their own right, and in a very short period of time there have already been fairly notable results.
Once the weather picks up a little bit more I'm hoping to start swimming on a daily basis. I'm not a bad swimmer, it's just always one of those things I wished I were better at.
It'll be spring break very soon. Planning a trip to Yakushima, and also maybe going to Miyazaki to see some traditional Japanese archery. I'm quite excited about both of them. Particularly looking forward to doing some hiking in my barefoot running shoes, a contradiction of terms to be sure but really the only way I can think to describe them. Imagine gloves with a hard sole, for your feet. They seem incredibly, incredibly gimmicky. Until you try them.
After spring break I'm looking to be in the water pretty much every weekend diving.
The guard is changing all over the island, as is the Japanese custom of rotating out jobs around the prefecture every 3 years or so. My boss, one of the English teachers, and a surprising number of the elementary teachers are leaving this year, which means when I come back from spring break there will be a lot of new teachers running around. Should be interesting.
Ok, ate some plain rice and it seems to have calmed things down a bit. I'm going to try and get something vaguely resembling sleep before the sun rises. Real posts to come soon. Better posts.
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Five Fingers?! Or some reasonable facsimile? Because I've heard amazing, non-gimmicky things.
ReplyDeleteFive Fingers indeed. I think the general opinion on them is extremely popular among a lot of groups, barefoot runners, hikers and Crossfit athletes being three I can name.
ReplyDeleteI haven't actually heard anything bad about them, but there's something about them which leads me to believe that if you tell the average person on the street about them you'll get some funny looks.