highs and lows

The morning started out good and well, was off to a fantastic start of almost a PR in the three-foot game, until I choked on the last two rounds (saw that I could get 98 out of 102, one better than I’ve putted thus far)..  but, still got 95 out of 102.  My concentration was in cruise control and I felt like I could practice all day.  But, in an instant, I hit an energy wall and could not focus for the life of my by 10:30.  I felt exhausted, so decided to leave and do an early workout before a call with Dr. Len Hill at noon.

Dr. Hill and I talked about my training so far and different ways to slowly move away from the hole, things I will talk with CS about tomorrow during out weekly lesson.

After the call, I ate a quick sandwich and then went down to see Darren, the Neural Cognitive Therapist, for our weekly meeting.  We talked about energy flows and how when training you can have highs and lows; I’m just amazed that there can be such a difference from one day to the next.  I’ve been keeping tabs on pretty much everything, from eating and sleeping to number of hours trained and mood, so hopefully a few months down the line I will be able to figure out why my energy ebbs or flows on certain days and how to maximize the amount I can concentrate on any given day.

Darren and I also talked shop about my progress in his program.  I felt I had prepared well for this meeting and he said that he could see some good progress as far as my eye tracking and in an exercise we do that deals with concentration with distractions.  For next week, I need to work on a bit of hand eye coordination, through a tossing exercise, and my timing/tempo in the balance exercises.  It’s been three weeks since we started working together and I’m already seeing some progress in my balance and eye tracking.  I’m excited to see how far these exercises take me in the coming year!

After leaving Darren’s I had some good energy so decided to go straight out to the course.  I drank an energy booster that Morgan gave me (an all natural type of Emergen-C called Phix) and all of a sudden had tons of energy (after drinking it I read the ingredients and it had a good bit of yerba maté caffiene..)  so, putted for another two hours before hunger overcame me and exhaustion set in yet again for the day.  Decided to call it a night around 6..