Bit of a minor setback yesterday. On the way to the gym at 7AM, a dog ran out into the road in front of my moped. I hit the brakes, the rear wheel locked because the side of the road was sandy and the bike went out from under me. Stupidly, I was wearing muay Thai shorts, flip-flops and a t-shirt so I've got some nasty road rash on my right instep, lateral malleolus, shin, knee and elbow. Open wounds and sweaty gyms don't mix too well so I was forced to miss training yesterday while I stocked up on dressings, antiseptic and antibiotic ointment (and generally felt sorry for myself). I made it out for dinner though...
I went training this afternoon - no right kicks, knees or elbows at all. Could turn out to be a positive thing as my right side is really disproportionately stronger anyway. I had attempted to dress my wounds and wrapped them in tubigrip but they were soaked in sweat and rubbed around pretty quickly. Still, the bandaging held things in check long enough for me to be thrashed around the gym. Got on the pads straight after the warmup this time, which was nice. After accidentally kicking the padman's elbow with my left instep (seemed to hurt him more than me, which is pretty unusual for that - I almost broke my foot doing that as a beginner), I soon warmed to the task and vented my injury frustrations on the pads. He switched to small (palm-sized) focus mitts for 2 rounds and we worked some boxing combos before going back to the thai pads. Got my first pseudo-compliment when he asked me: "you...boxing? More boxing?" Well, it may have been because he thought that my Muay Thai was crap I must be a boxer but still, I'll take it as he thought I have fast hands.
I miss being able to shower normally, as opposed to desperately trying to keep my right hand side dry...its just hard not to train when I'm over here and have a limited time to get stuck in. Maybe I can just work on shadowboxing, having my pure technique sorted out.
Anyway, they'll dry up soon enough and scab over then it'll be ok to just bandage them up to train and I can go to the beach again!
Still loving the pain - my legs are (ironically) not so sore any more! I feel like I've made so much progress in less than a week, I can't wait to get back into full training. I can still do the pads and bags with my good side, I can box and I can lift weights. I just can't do anything except punch with my right hand side...or any road running because I can't wear shoes right now. Well, at least there's one benefit there, eh?
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