Well in my uber self confidence before that race I took a bet from my friend and realtor M. that I would run the race in a speedo and half shirt. For $20. So I did. If ever you are running a race and want lots and lots of room at the starting line, wear a speedo and a half shirt if you are a male. Ladies, I think this works opposite for you, sorry. (shout out to AB who just ran the Boston Marathon in 3:12 and is a mother of 3!!)
So, what might be the other reason to wear speedos or manties? Bikram yoga aka "hot" yoga. As an adjunct to training for the Mundials I decided to ad bikram yoga into my training regime. Today was my very first day and I showed up like a total newbie with no towel, no mat, no extra clothes and in long board shorts and a t-shirt. Wrong answer Rowdy! You need two towels, ice cold water, a change of clothes, a yoga mat and as little clothes as possible.
90 minutes, 105F in the room, no breaks and only 3 sips of water later I was done. It totally raised my body awareness of where I am "weak" as it relates to Bikram yoga. Always nice to have goals. I can imagine I will loose some weight to as you sweat like cccccrazy! I will for sure go once a week till the tournament.
In other awareness.... I was not the only beginner guy in class as a few girls had brought 'yoga dates' to try it out. You know, the guys who are buff and bad in the gym, all concerned with their looks and their numbers. At the beginning of class we were all pointed out as newbies and told what to do and not to do. Blah blah blah. I read your website, I know the class etiquette. So I am looking at these guys who all appear to be in excellent shape. Hmmmmm, sounds like a contest doesn't it? That is right! I totally thought to myself, "I don't care how I do against anyone else, but I am going to C R U S H these guys."
And I did. (humble smile and small shoulder shrug of 'awww shucks') I crushed them so badly they had to leave the room and none of them could even do the whole class. To be fair though, there were parts I could not really do as well. But I didn't quit, I didn't leave the room and I got a shout out from the instructor that I was doing certain things great. Heck, even in chatting after class no one could believe it was my first time. (thank you bjj for all you've done to my body ((just not when you've hurt me)))
But Rowdy, what about the manties/speedo? Well, the dude (and I use the term loosely) taught the class in nothing but a necklace and some weird sweat pant like material diaper/boy short kinda thingy. Yeah.
So, to fit in what do you think I should wear?
The blue speedo?
Or the black shorts?
They want hot yoga, I'll give them hot yoga!
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