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Phanuwat “Coke” Chunhawat (L) vs. Rami Ibrahim.

Muay Thai fighting is no sport for old men. I know. I’m 42 and I’ve been training for
“the art of eight limbs” at least five days a week for the last 10 months. Competition is a nearly impossible standard for somebody my age, with my late start, to reach.

Today I am rehabbing a knee injury that occurred three days ago while I was doing chin-ups and whacked said member into a steel exercise machine. The next day was my day off training, then yesterday I did four miles of cross country running with little pain or difficulty. Today it is 15 degrees colder outside, 26 degrees Fahrenheit here in Boston, and I tried to run again but aborted the mission and decided to give the left knee another day of rest.

I feel deeply guilty about missing this one day of training. Which is stupid because I work hard and push myself to get better generally, even though I have nothing specific to train for. Oh, to be spry and 35 again, like my Kru Coke Chunhawat, pictured above in the red gloves!