Confidence

Weigh ins for the tournament are tomorrow. I am going ahead with it. My shoulder feels 90% now, good enough that I have been rolling fully for several classes without anything worse then some tightness the next day. All in all, I think I should be fine. Actually, if I can be honest, I am allowing myself to have high hopes for this one. I feel good, I feel like I have been making good decisions in my rolls, demonstrating good vision, and capitalizing on openings. Everything would seem to be in my favor this time around and I fully intend to make the most of it. I have what I feel like is a healthy level of nerves, but I am not jittery at all. Compared to the last one, it is like night and day. In a word, I feel confident. (Keep your fingers crossed that it doesn’t backfire.)

The weight is perfect for me, assuming I haven’t gained any weight today. If I go weigh in first thing on Friday, without eating breakfast or having anything to drink I will be under the 160 lbs limit for sure. I dehydrate a lot over night and as long as I step on the scale before re-hydrating from sleep, I am sure I will be fine. After that I will have all day Friday to carb load and try to mentally prepare. That reminds me, time to make another Pre-Fight playlist.

~ by blairturton on October 2, 2008.