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jfc. did they say how it might have happened? like, how did it get so bad?

nope.

i imagine it's been bad for quite a while, haven't seen a doc in a few years - and they give your ears a quick check so, they would have said dude we need to unblock your ears.

i wear ear plugs alot (sleep and work). could have something to do with it. i've been wearing them for a long time though, didn't have problems before.

maybe running actually attributed, causing more stuff to drip into my ear?

dno..

but i now know what the signs are and how to deep clean them.

my left ear is still a little funny - feels a little weird.. they said there was one very tiny piece still on there that they couldn't get off. the doc really tried to get it off, just wouldnt break loose. wonder if it's actually chiseled slightly into the ear drum.

unblocking the left ear was actually pretty painful at times. They had to stop several times. Unblocking the right one was absolutely no pain. That's why I think this last remaining tiny "piece" could have something to do with that.

my ears are considerably better now. My right ear feels brand new. Left ear feels like it's been given an upgrade.

Also, I was finally able to put in a left ear plug "deep into my ear", couldn't do that before (pain, probably pushing the buildup into my ear drum, might explain the last small piece too).

I might try to use some drops in my left ear, a few weeks from now - see if I can get that last piece out, if it doesn't come out naturally. Going to give it a break until then.

pc!

We held seed and are going to regionals. There are a few holes in our strategy and communication could be better but I'm confident we can do well at regionals.

nice!

I've decided that it would be better to keep my own log of my training and I'll occasionally update here with some kind of big news. Three maxims for my future are: presence of mind, decisiveness and organization. If one is missing I should be able to make up for it by ramping up the other ones.

 

 

cool man, we look forward to big news updates.

pc!

I CAN HEAR AGAIN

went to urgent care. took them like 40 minutes no lie, to unblock BOTH ears

both were completely blocked

the right one, which was 100% deaf, took like 15 minutes.

the left one, which I had been able to hear out of, until they put the drops in (and then it went deaf too), took like 25 minutes. It was actually worse than the other ear.

that was crazy.

now as i'm typing, I can hear sounds I haven't heard in a long time, even just the sounds of the keys, sound so much different/clearer. lmao.

 



EDIT:

blood pressure was 110 / 60.

nice. ;f

light strength + long light run.

short log.

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09/11/2018

bw = 143
bw before bed last night = ?
soreness = glutes/hams/adductors/quads major soreness (adductors/glutes mostly) (completely wrecked)
aches/injuries = right ear deaf, left ear kinda taxed too
aches upon getting out of bed: none
calves painful to touch/massage = ?
cramping = none
morning quad flexibility = loose
morning hamstring flexibility = loose, less clicky
morning calf flexibility = loose
morning adductor flexibility = loose
lateral hamstring tendons = fine
toenails: 2 left/2 right, but they've improved alot
feel = ?
hours sleep: ?
wakeup = ?

sub5 mile or sub3 km splits in 2018: 4 (mi) + 1 (km) = 5 of 50
- sub5's: ..., 2018/07/14
- sub3's: ...

top3 finishes:
2018: 22/30 (stay healthy!)
2017: 6/12
2016: 4/10
2015: 0/2
2006: 0/1

data collected throughout the day when I have my watch on:
HR low: ?
HR high: ?

log:
ate good
09:00 AM: workout: bw (45min)
08:00 PM: workout: theory: running for 3 hours would help pop my ear.. verdict: didn't do shit. (grass, legs crazy sore, right ear blocked, windbreaker jacket/pants): 3 hours light

sore af.



09:00 AM: workout: bw
- 45 min
- 4 rounds of (pullup variation, dip variation, calf raises, standing single leg abductions, standing single leg raises)
- 5's for pullup/dip variatins
- 20-30 reps for the other stuff


08:00 PM: workout: theory: running for 3 hours would help pop my ear.. verdict: didn't do shit. (grass, legs crazy sore, right ear blocked, windbreaker jacket/pants): 3 hours light
- https://www.strava.com/activities/1835830478
- light, felt good
- sore af tho, painful early on, but disappeared after ~30 minutes







a few hours later.. ear "feels" a little better than it did prior/during the run. so maybe it might have helped a little. just need this thing to unblock by tmw.. or going to a walk-in clinic on thursday.

c'mon body, you got this. fix yourself.

I recorded my reverse lunges and depth jumps. Reverse lunge was comfortable some room for improvement. depth jump is my max so I guess it's PR.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8PSnexvnko" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8PSnexvnko</a>

nice!

both looked pretty good!

just like with my advice for your squat, i think it'd help if you get more air into your before each of those lunge reps. look like your just not as "postured up" going back into the lunge as you could be. i mean that always helped my posture descending into lunges/squat etc.

pc!

someone please put these coaches in prison, thanks.

https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=9gaEo_1536675581

i dno..

acole you really go by the book. applying the book verbatim to subjective/discretionary rules, as if Serena is thinking about the rule book word for word in an extremely competitive/passionate grand slam tennis final.

if a ball is out, it's out. if there's a foot fault, it's a foot fault. if there's the appearance of coaching....... ??? just call it? if someone is going off, losing composure, just hold back and give them a penalty when you feel they've crossed the line?

the last two deserve warnings or at least some effort to get the situation under control without altering the course of the match.

the fans/sponsors pay big money to see the athletes perform, not the ump. The ump could have given clear warnings in this situation. Had he done that, and had Serena continued, everyone would be on his side. But he didn't do that. He made two calls apparently "by the book". The first call threw gasoline onto a good match, and then also lit it on fire. The last call was him just flexing his power. Sure Serena was out of line, but let her know she's out of line and about to get a game penalty. Instead he flexed his muscle and took a game away, because he's read the rule book 1,000 times and Serena is out there competing passionately.

He handled the situation like absolute garbage IMHO. He abused his power. Instead of trying to get what he found was coaching under control, he just gave a violation. Instead of being very direct with Serena and telling her, as a matter of fact, that she will lose a game if she continues, he just took the game.

He made himself bigger than the match & the athletes. He's not there for that.

IMHO, he deserves even more blame than he's getting.

Obviously boxing is a different sport, but look at how those refs handle matches. I'm sure there's alot in the rule book, word for word, that a ref could leverage to DQ/deduct points against a fighter. Instead, they often give them tons of warnings. Sometimes they stop the match temporarily just to address a fighter, giving them a very hard warning. In basketball, refs T up athletes to get the game under control. But, that happens alot in basketball. What refs don't do, is give them a 2nd T too easily. Refs hold back, especially in playoff/final settings, from giving that 2nd T or that 6th foul. They try really hard (usually) to let the athletes decide it, not themselves. Anyway, bad reffing can happen in any sport. I guess it usually happens when critical calls are missed, incorrect calls are made, when a ref exerts too much power over an event, when a ref lets an event get out of control / doesn't exert enough influence. I didn't see any critical calls missed in this match, I did see the middle latter two. In a way, I also saw the last one: not using enough influence prior to giving penalties.

Refs are there to ensure fair play, not to become part of the outcome of the match. They should avoid the latter as much as possible.

That's why I hate this idea of just executing the rule book as if there's no other option.

For the coaching violation, the goal was to get Serena's coach to stop providing signals. He could have achieved that without applying the rule book. I doubt Osaka would have cared if Serena's coach was simply warned instead of receiving a violation.

For the verbal abuse violation, the goal was to get Serena to stop verbally abusing him, OR to flex his power on her (what I saw). For the former, he could have done that with a hard warning of what will come if she continued. I doubt Osaka would have complained about Serena not getting a game penalty, she'd have been fine if Serena had been given a warning instead.

The ump did what power tripping control freaks love to do. He injected himself in to a great match and made himself part of the eventual result.

He did not try to get control of the situation without punishing Serena. He punished first, then let her react, repeat. That's why I find him at most fault.

pc