Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness

...or DOMS is a common side effect of strenuous exercise, commonly presenting 24-48 hours after the event.
I have very, VERY sore calves after doing a lot more roadwork than I'm accustomed to as well as all the skipping and footwork which also kills your calves. Limping into the gym this morning, I seemed to be in a sorry state but being thrashed around the perimeter by a small, angry Thai man warmed me up and then 15 minutes of heavy rope skipping made me want to die...but at least my calves didn't hurt so much any more. No pain, no brain as they say...
More padwork has seen me improve a lot in the space of a couple of days. I'm surprised at how much ring rust I had - its been over 9 months since my last Muay Thai lessons in England and I've just been keeping busy with the bag sessions. Its surprising how easy it is to slip into bad habits when there's no-one about to kick your arse when you get things wrong. Exams got in the way of training in general and when I did actually train, I ended up reverting to my true, original love, BJJ.
Still, as I said, once you've gotten over the horrible soreness with about 30 minutes of cardio nastiness then its not too bad really.
Did some clinch wrestling after the pads in the afternoon with mixed results. I ragged around the guy who was the same size as me (could my grappling be helping? I certainly seem to be good at pummeling the thai clinch in), controlled the 90kg boxer today (we had much more freedom to do what we wanted in this clinch session, we weren't just restricted to single collar-tie - once I had the plum, he couldn't get out...but this may have more to do with him not actually knowing how to crossface etc and escape). But, after these minor successes, trainer Pot demonstrated how to do it and basically spent 5 minutes playing with me as I desperately tried to even return to a neutral position while he kneed me in the ribs. Ego (and lungs) soundly deflated, it was time to go and kick bags until you're too tired to kick any more...then they came around and made us do 100 jumping knees (on each leg). Joy.
At dinner tonight, I remarked that it is an odd situation where you are on holiday yet looking forward to having a day off.
Once more unto the breach dear friends, once more! Or close up the walls with our busted, lumpy shins...