As time ticked down to closing time at Hulk's today, one-by-one I deleted members off of my Flipside Fitness Facebook group page. Today marked the last day for Flipside Fitness. It was definitely a bitter sweet end to a project of mine that I was always quite proud of, frustrated with, both encouraged and discouraged by, and always distracted and preoccupied by. I didn't expect it to be hard to let go and say goodbye to it but my goodbye was certainly joined by tears. I think what made it so emotional for me was because of the connection it had with my mother and how I really had tried to use it to help other women in Cheonan. Launching Flipside Fitness really changed things for me, it softened me up and made me care more about people other than just those view in my cushiony little bubble world I had made around myself.
Despite Sundays being our slowest day at Hulk's however, I didn't really have much time to ponder over the ending of Flipside Fitness while at work because no sooner did we open the doors but WOW President arrived for training.
Next week I'll be filling in for Mouse Doctor's place in the 10km race that the WOW family is participating in here in Cheonan. Everyday this week WOW President has been asking me about my running and I've been keeping him posted. Today we talked about my goal finish time.
- At 5.06min/km -- my current pace -- I'd come in at 51 minutes.
- At 5.00min/km -- my goal pace -- I'd finish in 50 minutes.
- At 4.54min/km -- WOW President's goal pace for me -- I'd finish in 49 minutes.
Basically, for every 6 seconds I shave off my pacing, I'd knock a full minute off my result time.
My goal is to clock in under 50 minutes but currently it's looking more like 51 or 52 minutes. WOW President is pushing to have me clock in at 49 minutes. We haven't yet established any kind of reward if I do finish at 49 minutes but Snickers and I have come up with a deal.
If I come in under 50 minutes, Snickers promises to eat breakfast with me everyday for a week. This doesn't mean he'll cook breakfast for both of us or for either of us. It means he'll eat breakfast and I'm kind of hoping I'll be the one to cook because he might end up trying to pass ramin as his breakfast, nasty! There are two things I can't stand in the morning, one is that Snickers almost always skips breakfast, with the exception of when I slap something down on a plate or almost force feed him a banana and glass of milk. The second is that because he doesn't eat breakfast and I do, I always eat breakfast alone and I hate that. We don't really eat any meals together actually and that annoys me at times. I'm a huge advocate of breakfast -- it really is the most important meal of the day -- but he's all about jump starting his day with errands or getting in that extra hour of sleep.
However, if I DON'T come in under 50 minutes, the deal is that I'll have to walk our four-legged pups everyday by myself -- definitely quite the challenging act to do, especially considering they don't walk together!!!
After work tonight Snickers and I headed out for our weekly Sunday night couple night and we got talking about goals. He noted me looking sad over the end of Flipside Fitness but noted that it now meant I go refocus on myself -- my own personal goals. My current goal right now is this race this weekend. It's only a 10km race so it's a small goal but none the less a goal is a goal. But after this weekend's race, what's my next fitness-related goal?
Lately I've been feeling a bit lost with my fitness goal-making because I'm so busy with managing the club and training others. I've made a pretty clear training schedule for myself but even in writing it out I pondered why I'd make such a heavy schedule for myself if I have no real goal in mind. Goals I like are extreme ones so I'm not particularly interested in losing weight or lowering my body fat. Don't get me wrong, I want to continue to tone up but my interest in doing so falls short because it's not an extreme goal like having to train for a half marathon or having to drop 6kgs in a month for a fight.
... a fight, that's it.
My promoter messaged me today, asking me if I was interested in going to China next month for a fight. The silly question was asking me if I was interested, the more appropriate question would have been if I could go to China. I still don't have a clear answer regarding the rights to my boxing license so I'll have to get Snickers to deal with KBC and Junior Mint. I know very few details about the fight but I think I'd be required to drop down to under 49kgs for the fight. Fighting in my opponent's home country and getting down to 49kgs are just two awesome goals that would keep me focus and clearly fuel me to train hard. Throw in the fact that I wouldn't just be fighting as a boxer from Korea but a boxing coach from Korea and ya, definitely a whole higher meaning of this fight for me. I haven't accepted or declined the fight but instead said I'd sleep on it. It's not just a matter of wanting or not wanting it; there are always underlying politics to be figured out first. Getting China stamped on my passport would mark another country I've fought in and I think that's such a great honor -- I'd be so proud of this honor. I remember back when I fought in Japan. The whole experience was so great and I couldn't help but wish my Korean culture professor back at York University in Toronto could see me, fighting in Japan as a Canadian professional boxer fighting out of Korea.
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