Day 35 Eye Of The Tiger

Up at 6:45 a.m. 8 hours of sleep. weight - 170 lbs. 8:00 a.m. Left Moline for Morris Ill. for a karate tournament. Drank a 20 oz. Gatorade on the way up. Since tournaments are long days, and Black Belts are expected to judge, I thought it would be wise to have something to get me through the day. 10:15 arrived at tournament site. Started judging form competition - sipped on a GURU energy drink from the health food store. I acted as referee and judge most of the afternoon. 4:30 p.m. competed in advanced black belt weapons form division placed 1st. I was #4 to go in the empty hand form division and got 1st place in that as well. 5:15 p.m. fought one match and lost. It felt good to compete again, It had been over a year since I last competed and six months since I've even sparred with anyone. I think I lost the match because I wasn't patient enough to use strategy and just started banging away. It was fun though. Next time however I need to train more for the sparring event and not just form. It's like I'm hungry again. (in the competition sense). It was not the typical Fastivus Sunday, but I had a lot of fun and made some friends. By the way, there a lot of good "over fifty" fighters out there.