I passed!

The Krav test took almost 3 hours on Friday: from 6:00 pm until about 8:50 pm. It was brutal. We only had to jog one mile (thankfully), and I walked some of that, but I jogged as much as I possibly could. After the jog, we had about a 15-minute break. Then the skill portion of the test started. Once that began and until the very end, we had only 2 more breaks: one 5-minute break, and one 1-minute break. When our instructor finally called "time", everybody groaned and dropped to the ground simultaneously. When I saw that, I thought "Oh, thank God! It's not just me!". I wasn't the only one struggling.

I barely passed. We had to make at least a 70 or higher on each section (and there were a lot of sections) to pass. If we failed one section, we failed the whole test. I had quite a few 70s. But I made it. Everyone in our class passed.

There were several points where I just wanted to quit, say "I forfeit", and claim defeat. I honestly thought I failed the first couple of exercises. What kept me going is that I didn't want to screw up my partner. Thank God for that. I'm so glad now that I kept going.

Saturday

Slept until nearly 3:30 pm. Body ached. Very tired.

Sunday

I went for a short jog/walk with a girl from Krav class. I think I'm getting worse. We didn't even hit the quarter-mile mark before we started walking. My lame excuse is that I was taking my cues from her. When she started walking, I started walking. Then we jogged a tiny bit more and then started walking again. And walked the rest of the short, 1-mile route. I just got winded so quickly. I was also having trouble keeping the same pace as her while we were jogging.

Through today

Skipped class yesterday, because I had called in sick to work. Minor GI bug, I think. I plan on going to class tonight, though. It's going to be the level 1 class because they don't have the level 2 class set up yet. Our gym lost its Muay Thai instructor, and our Krav instructor took over that class. So now there's not a level 2 class, at least not until they figure out the schedule. They'll have to do some juggling, but they'll eventually get it added.

My plans this evening are to take my regular Krav class and to take the cardio class. After that, I'm going out to dinner with sgpgal. I'm excited that she's in town for a few days. I'm looking forward to spending some time with her and catching up.