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Hello everyone back for day 13!!!
"Don't wish for it. Work for it."
This was today's objective:
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Despite not going to sleep until about 2am, I woke up without my alarm at 6am. Since starting this program I seem to have more energy and I have been waking up earlier for days. However this resulted in me only getting 4-5 hours sleep which would have a impact on the days performance.
Before getting ready for school, I decided to complete the sets of exercises first. They proved no trouble or tiring what so ever, although I could feel the parts of my body which they were working on.
After arriving home I had lunch before setting out to do my 3km run/jog with extra weight. I made sure to stretch before hand, so I wouldn't feel as much pain as during the previous run. Guess what? It didn't work.
Although I could barely feel the weight on my back I got a serious stomach cramp within the first 200m, every step became a struggle and I came very close to stopping. What kept me going were the comments I had received over the past few days. The commentators were eager to follow my progress and by stopping I would be letting everyone down including myself. I fought through it going slower than usual, I finished the run in about 18 minutes averaging 6:17 per km. I was quite supprised I even made it under seven minutes but I did.
I spent most of the afternoon brewing and testing my Mtg deck before I had to head off to my night course, by the time it had started I had been up for 12 hours, walked at least 5km and ran 3km. I was knackered and could barely concentrate. Upon arriving home still ready to stream, twitch went down. It appeard to be a UK only problem. I ended up spending one hour playing where I went 3-2. The games went better than that score shows. I played 4 zergs and 1 protoss. Going 3-1 and 0-1 respectively.
The loss vs the protoss was a stupid one, I scouted with a drone as usual and saw a gateway first so went 15 hatch. The protoss then proceeded to cancel build a forge and cannon rush. I ended up trying to all in and failed because I was so far behind. Luckily the loss has a simple fix, keep the drone at the protoss base until I am 100% sure what he is doing!
My ZvZ on the other hand has improved massively I won 3 macro games without any problems and my only loss was to a guy I beat in a macro game who then proceeded to 10 pool me, a build order counter to my 15/17/16. I almost held, the only thing that allowed him to win was his faster queen and the fact I took off gas. In the future if I hold the initial rush I will get back into gas asap for earlier bane-lings.
Starcraft Summary
Vs Zerg (3-1)
- Continue to improve creep spread.
Vs Protoss (0-1)
- Further benchmark practice.
- Learn how to properly defend a 2 gate.
- Learn how to identify every build/all in.
- Make sure I know 1000% what the protoss is doing before leaving his base with the drone.
Most of my remaining problems with hopefully go away after I spend a few more days grinding ladder/customs. I can then focus on scouting and working out how to respond to stuff.
Over the next few days I will be facing a few milestones. Wednesday is my last day of school...EVER! I have a few school exams over the next few weeks and these will of course effect my schedule. As a result some days I will not be streaming so I can revise or find time for a break. The only days which I will halt the fitness will be on exam days, the first one being Wednesday as a result there will also be no blog. During the next few blogs I may explain some of my plans for the future.
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As always thanks for reading. Tomorrow there will be no stream and I will be studying for my exams. Ill try and sneak in a few games between breaks!
Note: I am still looking for someone to help me with improving my stream quality via graphics etc, let me know if you can help out!
General Information
Exercise Routine
Current Program - "30 days to change"
Designer- Neila Ray
Website- http://neilarey.com/
Gaming
Starcraft 2 League - High Diamond
Highest Hearthstone Rank- 5
Highest concurrent viewership: 12
Number of followers: 46
Body
Weight- 65kg
Height - 6'1
Age - 18
Long Term Goals
1) Reach High masters in Sc2 and compete in iSeries.
2) Reach Legend in Hearthstone
3) Reach a level of physical fitness in which I can run a marathon for charity.
4) Create a live-stream which maintains a concurrent viewership of 20 everyday.
Blog: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/haulvern
Livestream: www.twitch.tv/haulvern
Twitter: www.twitter.com/haulvern
Contact
Skype: @hauljin
