Oops, forgot to update for a couple days.
04/08/2020:
Muay Thai:
Early morning session. Started off with a run, featuring a real nasty, long uphill section. Took it at a comfortable/easy pace. Run was 4.8km, 28 minutes. After, into the gym, wrapped up, and into some sparring drills. Drilled for 45 minutes total, including a few rounds of freestyle at the end. From there, gear off, 3 x 3-minute bag rounds, then 3 x 3-minute pad rounds with a mad Russian. Absolutely fucked by the end of this session. Still slowly rebuilding capacity.
In beer news, had a fucking excellent journey up to 8 Wired in Matakana today. Went with a crowd of other industry professionals, hosted by the brewer and sales staff, and provided food, a good bit of excellent beer, had a guided tasting of some barrel-aged goodies, got given a goodie bag and then shifted back down the line to Auckland. Several standouts on tap, including a beer that was a blend of 2 parts IIPA, 1 part imperial stout, a Flanders red-style beer that had been cellared for nearly 10 years on premise, and a few other spontaneously fermented fruited pale sours - Wild Feijoa might be one of NZ's most renowned beers for beer nerds locally, and it was tasting pretty fucking great on tap today. A few gems still in their fridges only available on-site from there that I need to pick up for my own cellar stash again. Managed to get fairly lit, but also stay on a good level and hit bed at a responsible hour and in a responsible state.