My first Muy Thai posting

So, about 2 years ago when we were pregnant with Cruz, I decided to stop training for triathlons for a couple of years. Triathlon is an amazingly selfish sport and very time intensive. I tried my best to do most of my workouts before the kids were awake, but the addition of a third child led me to make the decision to forgo 5+ hour bike workouts in favor of not being served divorce papers- not that we've ever been even close, but I just thought it would be a good idea to do so while the kids were small.
I kept jogging, which eventually turned into, thanks to some strange thing in my head, ultra running and 4+ hour run workouts. Brilliant! The good part about ultra running is that I could do it really early in the morning or late at night after the kids had gone to bed. That was all well and good and probably could have been done without too much family dis-harmony ( is that even a word?)
So how does Muy Thai figure into this? Simple, when my daughter was born, I remembered how I was as a boy with girls and decided that she would be able to beat up any boy who she needed to. I knew that she would be involved with some sort of Martial Art. So a few years ago we started shopping studios and landed at a place we now call home a few nights a week called Performance Martial Arts http://performancemac.com/ run by an amazing couple Master Daniel Kim and his wife Jane Kim ( both black belts). Isabella started there 3 years ago and Diego first started on the mat at 2 years old. They've advanced well in class and really love it.
Master Kim would come out on some runs with me in October - December of 2007 and he let me know that he was going to be starting a Muy Thai Kickboxing class for the parents at the studio. He invited me to try it. Part of his reasoning was that I had been abusing him on runs and I think he wanted to return some of the pain I had been delivering. Needless to say, I said yes. And even with my significant endurance background ( I had run over 700 miles getting ready for the Ultra run that I ran in December) I found myself hammered in every class. And so begins the love affair. I have this strange affinity towards suffering, and this class provided it. It also allowed me to share a sport that the kids were involved in and hopefully set an example in work ethic and commitment for them. Oh, and did I mention that I lost 10 pounds and 2 inches on my waist within the first 60 days. And it's not like I was out of shape.
I haven't posted much about this even though I've been training now for over 14 months in both Muy Thai and Jiu Jitsu because I really think that a lot of people find Martial Arts strange, but since it has become a significant part of my training I thought I'd post some of the happenings that take place while training.
In my next post, I'll talk about the new studio that we moved into and my buddy James' first time rolling Jiu Jitsu with me last night. Hint.... He is REALLY sore this morning.