Last couple of weeks I’ve had good training sessions!
I believe I climbed on the following days: Tu, We, Th, Fr, Su, Tu, We, Th, Fr, Tu, Th and Sunday.
Meanwhile my fingers looks very calloused, as it should be when you climb this much. However the main question is: Am I fit? I could test my endurance yesterday during a competition called – 100% bouldering – at The Hague.
This competition wasn’t mentioned on my calendar but I added it later on. The climbinggym was build in a boulder paradise. The rules were simple. 100 divers problems, from easy until hard and each problem was worth 1 point.
Eventually I managed to solve 95 problems within 4 hours and ended in the finals together with Ulf Lennertz, Youri van Vliet and Tim Reuser.
After a good break, it was time to climb the finals. The finals contained 4 problems with a limit of 20 minutes. There were no other rules though. Everyone could climb at the same time. I managed to send 2 problems. Problem #2 was a bit hard for me, I managed a zone hold. And I was too tired to solve problem #1.
It was just too hard to bring up the tension after so many problems. Tim managed to send 3 problems and won the competition. I ended on the 2nd place and Youri became 3rd. The female finals was won by Mirthe van Liere, followed by Elena Belova on the 2nd place and Aniek Lith on the 3rd place. I was content about the competition, climbed a lot and feeling quite sore in my biceps and shoulders today.
To answer my question I raised before, I think I’m quite on my way of getting fit. I’m quite convinced yesterday that I should attend the Dust event because it’s a local competition. I was just in time to sign myself in.
I’m going to climb some at Monk Bouldergym. See ya’ll on Saturday!
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