Not cause I am injured or anything, but I did need to see a doc about a physical today. The good news is I have clean bill of health. Having spoken to the doctor I learned that his background was in Sports medicine, more specifically collegiate wrestling programs. He was sufficiently impressed with the benefits of grappling. We discussed explosive effort as it relates to Jiu Jitsu, and the conversation was quite pleasent all in all.
The primary reason for getting checked out was to get clearance to run in The Tough Mudder up at Beaver Creek June 23rd. Tough Mudder is a 7 mile run, up ski slopes, over 12 ft walls, across rope netting and through frigid water while ducking under barrels and other obstacles. It is a confidence course, and I am pretty psyched for it. I stumbled into a team. A friend of mine from an online car forum recruited two more of his buddies. The four of us will be participating, and in the meantime will be looking for another 2 members to fill out our team.
What does this have to do with Jiu Jitsu? Nothing really, but it is training. I'll be working the couch to 10k program in an effort to build up my stamina to endure the run. It can't hurt my grappling to cross train and build up my endurance.
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