back at it.. monday

just past 630 and im late for the run.. i head out to the road and walk alone to the routes beginning.. down the gravel road to a paved street and some kind of a town center with food and some produce to be bought.. hang a left and walk down a shop lined alley way that runs adjacent a buddhist temple/school... and to a ricketty wooden bridge that with enough people walking and scooters crossing it, sways a couple feet in either direction.. up and over the bridge and to another dirt trail and eventual paved road that acts as the start/finish point of every run.. fire off the first couple steps of the run and beep beep, theres Jompop (head trainer) on his motor bike motioning for me to hop on to take me to the pack.. i thankfully turn him down and tell him i'll catch up.. i ended up catching everybody about a mile and half in and tried to settle into the mornings pace but was too agonizing to do so, so i pressed on at the pace i'd been running.. its a nice run. the road runs alongside a river where people fish from and harvest some sort of produce.. the thais living along the river and road also bath in it.. running in the countryside is easier on the lungs than the more polluted streets of bangkok.. a plus at coming to kiatphontip gym.. ended up finishing the run at 42 min about 6to 13 min from previous paces.. leaves me to believe its around 5.5 miles. off from six. lol.. anyhow so practice begins monday morning. muay thai sparring. 4 rds in.. got well banged up.. conditioning to follow and breakfast... 3 in 1 coffees are my latest vice.. problem is there down in about two sips as the mugs are quite pinter.. oh well, make another cup. afternoon session arrives. more of the same, run jump rope, shadow box. sparring again. boxing this time.. have a good go today with the boyz. raja champ kung, irish aemen, aussie guy, and one other all had a good go at each other.. 4rds padding to follow, got a chance to work with jompop a round as the kid hes been training is fighting this week and is no longer padding. jompops a master technician and teaches very well showing me numerous elbow techniques and set ups.. knee clinching afterwards and thoroughly beaten the day ends... dinner and early night.