Monday morning started off with a run. The sun was just rising and the weather was nice and cool. As I head out to do my roadwork I see Jeff from Australia and Josh from England just coming back from their runs.
To describe the run I head out of my dorm room and make a left and almost immediately I have to make a right. I end up running down the road which is a residential road. There are homes on both sides, the road is paved, and it's about a half mile long. After that stretch of road is done you end at a T intersection in which you make a right onto one of the main roads. After a quick left you end up at the main road in which the majority of your run takes place. There are cars that come by and a few intersections that you have to cross. As you are running it is not uncommon to see other boxers heading the opposite direction.
The run is about 5 miles and it takes me about 45 - 50 minutes to complete. After I head back to the gym I limber up, stretch, and shadow box for about 15 minutes. After shadow boxing I wrap my hands, head into the ring, and then start training with my trainer.
The routine is the same in which I do pad work, bag work, clinch work, and hard calisthenics. I lose an average of about 5 lbs. a session. Of course I gain some of it back after breakfast and dinner but for the most part I lose on average about 2 - 3 lbs per day.
Last week I was just getting acclimated but starting Monday I geared down and just trained hard. I was notified that one of the new trainers, Kaptan Kin (sounds like Captain Kim), is very famous in Thailand. Mr Kin has won 3 world titles and is a highly sought after trainer for private lessons. I had the opportunity to work with him and although he cannot speak English I was able to absorb what he was able to teach me.
Monday's afternoon session was pretty much the same difficult thing but there were 4 fighters from France that arrived at the gym. They ended up being assigned the room right across from mine. They are a great bunch of guys and easy to get along with.
Tuesday morning I was just so sore to get up early enough to run. I ended up just going to the gym and doing warm up exercises just to get my body going. It was tough, tiring, and my is just aching all over.
Another fighter just arrived a few hours ago from Spain. I haven't had the honor of training alongside him yet but he seems to be a pretty nice guy.
After another premium training session it was time for dinner. But today I just had a craving for something different. Something with...taste. There's nothing wrong with the chicken, fish, and veggies that I'm getting everyday and it is half of the reason why I lost 15 lbs. in a week and a half. To put the weight loss in perspective I lost 8 - 10 lbs. after 5 months of marathon training. So the clean fuel that I am putting into my body has been working wonders. But today I just needed something good and I was craving McDonald's. So without telling anyone I just slipped off after training and took a Taxi to Central Pinklao.
Central Pinklao is a Major Shopping Mall in Central Bangkok. I find the holy grail of fast food right away and order a Double Cheeseburger Meal with a Coke. McDonald's in Bangkok has both a similar and a very different menu than what we have back home. You can buy a McKau and Thai Curry. Also, my co-workers would recognize the pose Ronald McDonald is doing in one of the photos.
After eating my unhealthy goodness I pass by Dunkin Doughnuts and buy a dozen of them. They are not for me but rather the trainers and the students at the gym. After I arrive I give the 2 doughnut boxes to the manager and she promptly gives them to the students and trainers and they are snapped up right away.
A few hours of chilling out with the girls and I'm now here in my room getting ready to go do bed. I have a few more days over here and I'm looking forward to what it has to offer me.
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