The folks at Confluence laughed incredulously when I mentioned my Dagger Crossfire. "You got WHAT?" I said I like vintage, and the guy helping me said yeah, no kidding. He suggested it would make a nice planter in my garden, but another guy stuck up for my choice saying it's a good boat that set the standard 'in its day'. Heh.
I told them I wanted something long so I could get used to an unwieldy length, since I'll be upgrading to a 17-footer eventually, and they laughed saying I definitely got THAT. Eleven feet for a whitewater kayak is long. I think she'll do just fine.
So I took her in to see what I needed to do to get her ready for play, and decided to replace the backrest, since I'll be clocking a fair number of hours paddling. The bulkhead will suffice for foot braces, and I don't need any new foam- the boat is a perfect fit. Foam might increase comfort, but I'll worry about that when I think I'm ready to go for longer trips.
I'm going to take a private lesson Monday the 21st. I decided a private would allow me to get much more focused coaching on the things I need to learn: boat entry and exit, rolling, and fine-tuning my strokes. Since I tend to be detail-oriented and am already committed to doing this (as opposed to folks who are just wanting to try out the sport) they thought a private would get me more results for the dollar.
It's a 3-4 hour lesson. We'll see how it goes! I'm really excited. Then I'll be ready to venture onto the reservoirs alone or sign up for small trips/lessons on class I & II rapids this summer.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Jetlag Bites
I should rename this blog, "Sleep-deprived living".
There's a four-hour time difference between home and Kauai. It didn't bother us going out- just made for one longer day. Returning home was a different story.
We took the Red-eye special home so the kids could sleep on the plane, but I had my one year old son on my lap the whole way. I don't sleep well on planes to begin with, so I didn't at all while holding him. So we start the week with pulling an all-nighter. Yay.
Then the jet-lag hit. Every couple of nights, we've gotten a decent sleep (7 hours or so), but mostly it's been awful. My son couldn't get to sleep before 2am. The whole first week, he was up late, although progressively it has gotten better: 1am, midnight, 11pm... finally for the last couple of nights he went down at 9. Did I mention it's been 12 days of adjusting? Then there's my daughter. She's been up at her usual 6:30/7. So the sleep dep has been excruciating.
But I'm used to that, right? It seems like once a month, I have a heinous week or two that leave me a mess. Then I have a week or two of regaining my sanity. And I'm supposed to be training through all of this, right? Not happening.
Any suggestions? I need to get going!
There's a four-hour time difference between home and Kauai. It didn't bother us going out- just made for one longer day. Returning home was a different story.
We took the Red-eye special home so the kids could sleep on the plane, but I had my one year old son on my lap the whole way. I don't sleep well on planes to begin with, so I didn't at all while holding him. So we start the week with pulling an all-nighter. Yay.
Then the jet-lag hit. Every couple of nights, we've gotten a decent sleep (7 hours or so), but mostly it's been awful. My son couldn't get to sleep before 2am. The whole first week, he was up late, although progressively it has gotten better: 1am, midnight, 11pm... finally for the last couple of nights he went down at 9. Did I mention it's been 12 days of adjusting? Then there's my daughter. She's been up at her usual 6:30/7. So the sleep dep has been excruciating.
But I'm used to that, right? It seems like once a month, I have a heinous week or two that leave me a mess. Then I have a week or two of regaining my sanity. And I'm supposed to be training through all of this, right? Not happening.
Any suggestions? I need to get going!
May exercise log
I was able to recover from the extreme sleep deprivation the beginning of last month, and I got decent enough sleep to try to work out regularly.
My baby decided not to go to bed before 10pm for over a week, so I finally decided he was going to have to sit there and watch me do 25-minute Pilates videos until I bored him to sleep. He thought it was really funny and would harass/molest me as only babies can until I was laughing uncontrollably. I question the efficacy of those workouts, but hey, they still count!
The last week, we went on vacation to Kauai for a week and so my water workout opportunities increased accordingly. Oh, to live near water!
Tai Chi: 12 hours
biking: one 10 mile ride, a few really short (1 mile) errands
Pilates: 3 hours
Ocean: (playing with kids on beach/in surf; body surfing; snorkeling; swimming) about 14 hours
Pool: (play w/kids) about 28 hours
Walking: about 10 hours
My baby decided not to go to bed before 10pm for over a week, so I finally decided he was going to have to sit there and watch me do 25-minute Pilates videos until I bored him to sleep. He thought it was really funny and would harass/molest me as only babies can until I was laughing uncontrollably. I question the efficacy of those workouts, but hey, they still count!
The last week, we went on vacation to Kauai for a week and so my water workout opportunities increased accordingly. Oh, to live near water!
Tai Chi: 12 hours
biking: one 10 mile ride, a few really short (1 mile) errands
Pilates: 3 hours
Ocean: (playing with kids on beach/in surf; body surfing; snorkeling; swimming) about 14 hours
Pool: (play w/kids) about 28 hours
Walking: about 10 hours
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