wtf is up with the sudden athleticism?

so right after biking mightily for the first time in years, after squatting 295 (yeah, kinda poorly, but the 275s were solid and the argument still stands with 275) for the first time in months, i walk into the climbing gym and notice shoes on sale.

get to my changing seat and whip out my own shoes -- doh! a hole in the rubber! time for new shoes, and how convenient that they have some on sale. not a mighty sale, mind you, but a sale.

and, what's more, the shoes they have on sale just happen to be (if my memory serves) the second-choice shoe that i had when i selected my current (now old) set of shoes, which are pretty much out of stock everywhere or i'd have another pair.

so i purchase a pair of the shoes, a half size too small (maybe). and then, i proceed, after a 5.9 warmup, to climb a 10b, a 10d (my very first!), and 2-3 more 10b's.

my best of late has been a bunch of 9s and a 10a if i'm lucky. i dunno if it was the shoes or something else, but in any case, i'm suddenly biking, lifting, and climbing above my level, in the span of 3 days.

then i went home and had some Desert Heat, and realized i'm also brewing above my level (heh).