Since I’m heading for USA Boxing’s Masters Division, I have about a month before I can fight. Without the 35 year old age cutoff that gave this training camp urgency, there is no “fight by” deadline. Additionally there are not as many opportunities to schedule fights with the “masters.” So I’m currently pondering the logistics of extending out hard training for several months.
Right now I run in the mornings and do two hour sessions with my trainers Mon, Wed and Fri. Those sessions occur during the inflexible times of 7-9 PM. I go to my club right after work which means I often don’t see my two year old son those days (by far the hardest part of camp and a major source of parental guilt). Plus with my gym’s insurance issues I need to travel for sparring Tues and/or Thurs/Saturday. Yet due to tournament conflicts not much sparring has occurred.
I might take this opportunity to jump ship and find a gym with more flexible and convenient training times and plentiful sparring opportunities. I could get the same quality of work 3-4 times/week and see my son every day. I might actually be able to find one trainer I like instead of the schizophrenic approach of two trainers contradicting each other and playing style tug–of-war with me. And after all, I already had a backup gym lined up before camp started.
No matter what I decide I’m going to continue to train, post on this blog and stay in top shape over the next few months.
