Summary of another weekend of shooting and fitness

I started my weekend with very ambitious goals.  Some of those plans were followed through with while others fell short so I could take advantage of some unexpected free time with Shelby.  Planning is very important to be successful but we also shouldn’t forget to live in the moment and take advantage of opportunities as the present themselves.

 

Friday I unexpectedly but not unpredictably woke up late for my range trip with my parents after a long night shift at the station.  I got the call, “where are you its 1230?”  I answered half asleep as always, “I’m getting up right now; I’ll be there soon.”  This call initiated an impromptu “bug out drill”.  I rushed around my house not having prepared my range bag I was throwing magazines, guns, ammo, and protection in my bag and quickly jumped in the shower.  After a 3min shower and throwing on the first cloths that passed through my hands as I thumbed through the closet I was out of the house in record time 15min packed and ready to go.  I fired up the crotch rocket and with a roar of the engine I was quickly going much faster than necessary.  I picked a slightly longer route that is much less traveled to speed to the range which is a 30mile 45min. drive but much less traveled by local law enforcement.  Jetting through the back roads and only cutting back on the throttle to avoid traffic, sharp turns, and flight I made it to the range in 35 min. not bad I though.  We ate some quick grub and started our training.  I opened my range bag and to my surprise… I didn’t forget anything I needed.  Wow this is a first, a rushed packing and I have all I need, maybe I am becoming more organized, mentally not physically of course.  We did a few basic rounds of fire for warm up.  Then it was time to pull out the blue 50 gallon barrels to do some cover drills.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm1zXW11UZw&feature=g-upl

Then we did a few I.C.E. “Take a laps” and it was time to work on some long range marksmanship.  With my basically stock Glock I figure 12-15 meters is about the limits for effectively hitting a 2” circle.  A few strong hand only shots latter and I realized maybe I can push the limits a little further but I’d better bring a fresh marker for drawing the circles, the worn out sharpie I had was very faint to see at that distance.  I can say without a doubt that the weekend I spent with the combat focus crew surely increased my skill at all levels of shooting.

I returned home for a date night with Shelby.  A little midnight bowling after steaks at the local chain steak house.

 

Saturday is where the productive plans came apart and I decided a little fun might be more important than training.  I skipped out on the International Defense Pistol Association competition and slept in then did a little apple picking, scary movies, and a little home cooking.  I also thew a few more miles on the bike with my lady making 12,000 miles this year.

 

Sunday I knocked out a hard workout of 2000 single under jump ropes and then I “borrowed” Kelly’s cross fit rack to knock out 50 pull ups which took way more sets to accomplish than they should have. 

Somewhere in here I also found time for a night run of 5miles in 40 minutes with a small pack containing 1 liter of water plenty of protein bars, a 380, knife, and flash light.  Not a bad speed considering all of the adverse conditions.  Next time I will double the mileage and try to push the pace a little faster; we will see what happens.  So all and all I found some balance and did what needed to be done and fit in some time for what is important too.  Now it’s time to return to the real world of school, work, and Krav Maga.  Yeah I will be taking a brief introduction to Krav Maga this week to strengthen my hand to hand combat skills.  I will report back with how bad they beat me up later.