Day 4 a Day Late

Yesterday was so amazing we forgot to write about it....
So here is yesterday's update.
We did vualts with Mark. First the speed vault, which allows you to pass over an obstacle as if it isn't even there. You have to turn your whole body sideways in mid air though and it is really fun to see the pictures of us in mid-air that Mark is taking. He's used pictures pretty much everyday of training to show us where we are and then an example of what it should look like. Feet together instead of apart, etc...
Kai took a huge spill at one point, smashing his right knee into the corner of the vault box. He rolled a few feet...and now he has a beautiful red line across his knee.
After the speed vaults we did monkey vaults. Dive with hands out stretched towards the fault and pull your legs through where your hands were. Only it's less of a pulling motion, your legs swing if you get your hips up high enough. No bruises there but more tumbles for sure.
We didn't do any conditioning in the morning becuase in the evening we got to attend the Advanced Parkour class. SWEET!!! We got to train with people who can do this stuff. There were about 20 people in the class. One teen who is homeschooled, he does parkour for gym credit, and the rest were adults (20s through 40s). Conditioning for that class was crazy. Run the big block, qm push ups forward and back, and then 50 squats. Twice.
The class was about topping out, and cat leaps. A cat leap is landing with your feet on the wall and your hands on the edge. We did them a little on the first day of this week. First we did cat leaps from the ground onto the wall. Then a box, then a bigger box. Then the boxes started to move back. The distance getting bigger. Jumping 8 feet is not more forte so three different times I slammed into the wall. My knees look like Kai's now.
And then we went to dinner with Mark at this great greek restaurant. And yes, we had Saganaki!
Today we are meeting Mark at the _________ Metro Stop, I don't want to give away where we are going just yet, to do parkour where it belongs. In the outdoors.
Enjoy your day,
we will enjoy ours.