So what was the reason? At first, I’m tempted to blame injury. I hurt my foot in the Napa Valley Marathon and subsequently took a solid month and a half off from any kind of endurance sports. The injury was the kind of repetitive use injury that I am susceptible to, foolishly over training as I do. My guess is, given how long it took to heal, it may have been a stress fracture. Anyway, my 9 month fallout with endurance training wasn’t directly due to this injury. After all, 8 weeks after the NVM I was better and participating in “The Relay” just fine (That was a fun event and I’m hoping to organize a team to do it again this year). Ultimately, the reason I fell out of endurance training was rock climbing. I’ve been climbing 3-5 times a week since May and it just did not mix well with endurance training of any kind.

Anyway, tomorrow morning, 10 miles at 10am…

The ultra-low carb diet continues, but I don’t think for long. It appears that I am in ketosis (not to be confused with kemmer), but contrary to what I thought, am constantly lacking energy. Even walking the six or so blocks from the MUNI station to the office is laborious.

Yesterday, after nearly a year of being convinced that I would never do so, I joined Mission Cliffs climbing gym. Outdoor climbing still doesn’t sound very appealing to me, but for whatever reason, this week I’ve been compelled to do the bouldering problems at the gym and I can feel myself getting hooked… I’m going to chase that feeling.

Finally, *tonight*… while everyone else is embarking on their three-day weekends, I plan to 1) play ddr, 2) see either Paprika or Pirates III, 3) Work on Flurry. I’m pretty damn excited.