Getting in shape!
For far too long i have kept my self convinced i was all good. But not too long ago i somehow convinced my self otherwise, that i was get fat and sloppy !
Instead of just crying on and on about it, i wanted to do something, so i made up this program of activities that i should do once a day, to shape up a bit. It failed :( Did not have the motivation or anything.
So, around 14 days ago, a friend of mine was visiting, we pitched a few baseballs ( with gloves and stuff bought at Times Square in NY when we visited the US in 2004 :D ) and had a few beers. We talked a bit about it, and he just recently starting swimming again after a short break. So i decided to jump along and start swimming as well. And for some unknown reason, i suddenly feel extremely motivated to do something!
So i changed my working schedule so that i meet 8.30 each day, allowing me to get up 06.00 to ride my bike 7.8 kilometers from home to Aarhus Swim stadium, where we then swim for roughly 45 minutes, and i then ride my bike the remaining 5.6 kilometers to work. And once I’m off from work, i ride the 12.8 kilometers home as well.
I’m starting to feel the change already, my weight has increased significantly, fat turning into muscles i assume :) And i have a lot more stamina than just two weeks ago. Right now its not really something mesurable, i need to get in shape first, then i can always start going for a certain distance when swimming for a certain amount of time etc.
Diving ..
My diving equipment collection is as good as complete :) Equipment for free-diving that is anyways.
Like i wrote earlier , I’m going to Egypt in September to dive with some friends for a week in the Red Sea, near Mashra Alam, we will be staying at Mashra Shagra. So i felt it was time to get my own divers gear. I bought the gear i did because i wanted to have partial gear for SCUBA diving, and at the same time have all the gear needed for free-diving in danish waters during the danish summer.
I’m basically just waiting for a good friend of mine to finish his exams, and then presume we shall start doing some free diving with spear guns :D I almost cannot wait, but i told my self, that the first few times I’m gonna dive with a buddy, although it could easily be done alone. For starters i presume ill be spending quite some time learning to hold my breath. I need that to obtain some descent bottom times, so that i can actually shoot something :D
As for the SCUBA diving, I’m considering to join up with Quatre Force diving in Aarhus, they have dive evenings every Wednesday. So that you can keep up the routines. I’m pretty sure ill have a bunch of those dives in my logbook soon =) I’m gonna chill till i get the Advanced OWD certificate first though. I’m working overtime on work as much as i can, just for the cash, which are always welcome =)
Xbox 360 Elite
Hmm, just saw this commercial video for it.
I would lie if i said i weren’t tempted :D
And the best thing about it, its black, just like my new TV ;)
Dive-mania..
Ever since i was in Turkey, sometime in 2004, where i for the first time tried SCUBA diving, i have been more or less obsessed with the thought of diving. February 2007, whilst being in Thailand, my dream came through, i dived around the national park on Phi Phi Ley in Thailand, and became a certified PADI Open Water Diver. This was most likely the most thrilling experience i ever had in my life, at the time being ( now its the though of beeing a father ), therefor i guess its natural to do some more of it :)
A while ago a friend of mine, whom i was roadtripping the US with in 2004, asked me if i wanted to come dive in Egypt later this year. I think it was about the same time as i talked with him about going to US in 2008 to dive actually. Anyways, he asked, and i was extremely thrilled about it. Now, that’s just one step closer, i asked another god friend of mine if he wanted to come along, since at this time we were 3 guys, and when diving you need to be paired, since you always have a buddy, and he did :)
So, i booked the trip yesterday, and payed the deposit, and today i went to a local dive shop called Quatre Force Diving here in Aarhus and bought a mask, fins and a snorkel as well. Plus some other mask for free diving, since i also have taken a interest in underwater hunting ( snorkeling, and then diving with one breath of air, armed with a speargun ). I simply cannot wait to get going. I ordered some gear ( weight belt etc. ) over the internet, which should arrive Friday, and perhaps i can get to test it during the weekend :)
Also, im curently considering taking the Advanced Open Water Diver course with PADI as well.