Jorg’s Brain Log

Wow, time flies when you’re having fun! Or should I say, when you’re busy… Last week was such a busy week at work, that I barely had time to do something else then work. This weekend our cat got a big problem with his bladder so he had to be taken to the vet immediatly and I only just picked the poor basterd up from his cage. Anyway, we’re glad he’s home again.

Workplace here is still okay! Woohaa! No more headaches since 1,5 week! Incredibly. Really enjoying going to work again. Productivity is high and mood is good.

Yesterday I put on my inlineskates I bought like 8 years ago and used them only once. My son on the bicycle and me behind him, for over an hour! When we came back I didn’t feel my feet anymore, but I told myself it was a good thing… so it doesn’t matter. Oh and I didn’t fall once! Just like the old days, only difference is now that I’m almost 40 kg more heavier. But still no problems with jumps, spins and grinds… and that for the first time! It’s fun to do, and also a good workout, so when the sun shines I’m going for some rounds again.

My own business is looking good. After some long months of preparation, brainstorming, discussion, etc, I’ve now finished the whole idea behind it and what we’re going to focus on. Basically you can divide Shark.nu in two; the sport side and the IT side. We’re working heavily on the Shark-IT website which will show a whole new concept of IT management. I’m pretty proud of the idea and so are some other companies who already bought some licenses for the ‘new plan’. More on this later, for now it’s still top secret. hehe.

The sport side of Shark.nu is also looking good. I’m especially proud about the performances of my Team Sharkbait members. Seems that the hard winter training really worked out okay so we have started Phase 2 of the plan. This plan ends end of the summer… I probably tell something more about the plan in the future, but for now we keep the results and news of this new training style to ourselves.

Time to go. The sun is shining so the weather is good. These days give me so much energy, it’s just amazing!

As one of my main interests and that of my company Shark.nu is freediving we’ve made a special website for all freediving related stuff that Shark.nu organises, thinks of, hears about, etc. At the moment the website only has a weblog that will contains all the latest news and info that we think is relevant or interesting. In the future you can also find all kind of other stuff including our own info about freediving training with us. So me and my staff will be writing stuff over there, go and have a look! From now on you won’t find much freediving news on my own blog, but if something interesting will comes up on Shark Freediving, for sure I’ll post a note about it over here.

Wow, what a good weekend! Like a told you in the post about freediving we had a very special training on friday evening. Well, not wanting to reveal to much, we had an excellent evening! Soon, I will unleash the team. ;-)
Saterday was a very productive day for me. I’ve got a nice office at my place but it’s a big big mess, and because I’m very fast distracted I needed to clean it up and throw things away I don’t use anymore. I think I threw away half of all the stuff in my office! So that’s a good start. Next is ordening the place and making it an productive environment. Put some motivational quotes and posters on the wall, getting a fridge over there so that I don’t have to walk every time through the house to get a cold drink or something else, etc. Anyway, the project isn’t finished yet, but when I’m done, I’m sure I will post some pictures of it.
Sunday was very relaxing, during day time spending time with my son, daughter and wife. Family time is important for me. As I’m very busy with (too?) many projects I find the time that I spend with my family very valiable, and as soon as I have time, I want to spend it with them outdoors, just going places.
The evening we went to Heemstede, somewhere near Amsterdam, for a freediving competition. I would coach my 2 athletes and be a last minute judge also over there. Unfortunatly one of them, Notis, had a too busy week and was feeling weak, but at least he showed up to support Sanne. It’s funny to see how most freedivers need so many time and warming ups to perform well. One of the basic rules I use is that a freediver can perform anytime within a small range from his peak with minimum warmup time. And so was the case for Sanne as well. 30 seconds before his start he stepped in the water with his bi-fins and swam an excellent and especially important, easy 109 meters. Very clear, more to come! The big performance that evening came from Peter Wurschy with a 146 meter distance with his monofin, which is a new dutch national record. It’s good to see where Peter comes from, after I first introduced Peter to freediving during a course I gave beginning 2004 untill now, where we can see he belongs to the best freedivers in the world.

One of my main interests is Freediving. No, not diving from cliffs in the sea or jumping out of planes wihtout a parachute but diving underwater while holding your breath. Believe it or not, but there are people who are capable of holding their breath for more then 10 minutes! And no, I’m not talking about that guinness record of 14 minutes and 12 seconds, because the guy used pure oxygen for 25 minutes before doing that record. I’m talking about lying in the sea with only a pair of long fins and a mask, grasping one big mouthfull of air and finning down in to the deep. I’ll surely write a lot more in the coming time about this great sport. For the mean time you can look at the picture here so you get an idea what’s it about.
Anyway, tonight is a big night, because besides practicing the sport myself I’m also coaching some freedivers in this sport to get the best results out of themselves and tonight is personal record night and if succesfull I’ll be very excited! Details are still secret but when succesfull we will make a big bang soon enough.