It’s been so long since I’ve been in contact with my fellow Traceurs that I’m starting to forget names. Since April of this year I’ve spent the vast majority of my time training entirely by myself, and at the start of summer I left the internet and completely isolated myself. My parents thought I must have be in some deep depression, solely due to the fact that I wasn’t spending much time with my friends at all. Well, the complete isolation served a number of purposes and I’ve reaped a great deal of benefits. 
Most great Traceurs will tell you that the real progression happens when you train by yourself. I think most of us by now have been out and trained on our own for a while and noticed how much harder it is to find motivation, concoct ideas, push yourself, etc. It really is hard to progress without others for guidance, inspiration, innovation and general social fun. If you manage to train for a full day by yourself and train really hard and manage to push past your limits without anybody else’s help then you generally feel quite proud of yourself. The thing is, once this day is over you’re back on the internet, back out with your friends, picking up new ideas and such as you go along. Where would we be without all these conveniences?
Well I just had to find out… Read the rest of this entry ?
