Beautiful, clear, mild, full-moon evening. Did the usual run with great pleasure. I have new shoes with very thin soles. They're great for improving technique as each dodgy landing results in immediate pain. That's what you call negative reinforcement.

I'm trying to get up the necessary strength to preform muscle-ups (starting from a chin-up position on a horizontal bar, lifting yourself up with a single push, up over the bar into a locked handstand). The conditioning exercises I learned at the trace jam are strenuous: a kind of chin up that you do with your whole body, lifting so quickly you spring up with a bit of air. Three quick reps leave my fore-arms in a knot of pain. Hopefully I'll build up the strength I need before i tear something. Wish me luck.