Second Week of Sabbatical, and what's next

 Last week Charity and I did chaplain duty for Family Camp at Claggett Center. It was a great time, and our boys were with us as well as a family friend. It would be amazing to have more families from Southern Maryland at camps--they do amazing work at Claggett Center.

With the option of church during the week, and my Sunday mornings open, I have started trail running with a group of people (a couple of them I've known for a while). There's nothing quite like getting up for an early run in nature with a group of fit people to remind you how much work you have yet to do... I started running trails back before the pandemic, and have really enjoyed it. The benefits are that I get to be in nature, the terrain is challenging, but doesn't batter my knees and back like pavement or other impermeable surfaces. However, I admit that I have not run the same trails as this group, nor have I done such a long run as the people in this group regularly run. But, for as difficult as it is, I am hopeful that I will continue to grow into it.

This week I'll begin training regularly at Level Up Gym in Lanham. I've been doing Muay Thai classes there for a couple years now, but life, weekly schedules, and the distance have kept me from training the way I would like to train. And while I've been doing Muay Thai for about 8 or 9 years, I have never really dialed it in on Boxing. So, today I will start the Boxing program, as well as continue to do Muay Thai classes. My intention is to do a class or classes (depending on what classes are available each day) throughout he week. The classes are in the evening, so that leaves me some time to do woodworking, hang out with family, and other random stuff during the day. I even plan to catch up with friends that I used to train with locally to do some light sparring and training.

Alright. This was a short post, and there will likely be more to come as this week gets under way.

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