...at least if you are reading this over at the meta blog ultimatetalk.com...
but, while i'm here...
OK, i'll admit it... i'm a farce... my frisbee playing has been almost non existent lately... i still hang out w/ frisbee players (housemates, former coachees), still like to throw... still throw well... well... well... great... if only the receivers knew what to do w/ out the back throws...
honestly, i'm kind of doing too much 'stuff' (running/biking) to play much ulti... that is... i can't tack on the extra suprise workout these days and have it be a sprint workout... i prefer my faster stuff to come in the context of the team workouts, or as pickups or intervals on the bike... but now that school has started, and i can only excercise once per day... (plus commuting... 4.9 miles one way) , plus weights... well, i will start playing...
in the mean time... the blog...
i had a great summer... i worked at a bike ride as a baggage handler... an elaborate, and hopefully humorous photo essay will follow... or maybe you'll just get some bogus paste eating thing... but where i never intended to put any video of me eating paste... i do intend to put funny pictures w/ captions up... perhaps even mildly self mocking... stay tuned... and the story of the secret door is coming...
my biking has been outrageous... by my standards... i can now do this neato 27 mile, 3000 vertical gain ride (and then back down for 54 miles total) in pretty good form... not that big a deal for real riders, but pretty cool for me... and while for lance, it may not be about the bike... my 20 speed makes it... uh... funner... (but not easier... you need a triple chain ring... like a mountain bike, or a touring bike... for that)...
running is steady... i'm yet again... on the 'jv' for a team that has a decent shot at medaling at state... based on the 'time trial'... you can see it at summitxc.com. find results/2006/time trial.
clark (head coach) put me down as joe b-a. it's actually supposed to be joe k-a. you translate.
also: i can now juggle 4 adequately(well, depends on your standards... 5 or 6 seconds, for sure), ride the unicycle about 450 feet... goal is 6 miles in 2 weeks, and basically unlimited on the 4 balls... or tricks... why should you (the frisbee populace care?)... well... remember how much fun it was however many years ago learning something new (Frisbee?) and being enthralled by both the challenge, and the improvement? if you don't, learn something new... if you do, then you know what i mean... it's both improving my balance and coordination, and getting me fired up to dominate on the field... whether it's tempe or hotbox... see my rec.sport.disc post re: playmaker...
whether it will turn me into a triple threat... ask billy berrou... for non frisbee types... he's a famous wacko, who hates ultimate... but talks about it all the time... don't ask..
beyond that... today... i read 'we die alone' , an amazing story of a scandahoovian who battled germans, elements, and lapplandish sense of nonhumor during ww2. pretty good.
now (and it's late) i'm going to go watch an hour or so of glory road about basketball... first all black team... should be good...
on to the mundane...
lessee... today, sunday, 14 miles biking, 1 hour juggling, 30 minutes unicycling (actually a good workout), 1 hour learning guitar, read a book, watched agassi's last match.
saturday, 54 miles riding, up to mt. bachelor, watched the race... link to follow... juggle, unicycle
friday... easy... games w/ team...commuting only... i think? juggle, unicycle
thursday... team time trial, juggle, unibike, then foolishly played ultimate... almost reinjured hammy...
wednesday... 6 k easy run, then, preran a course (photos to follow) w/ a 1.8 mile warmup...(4.8 total miles)
tuesday... seems like it was an easy run... modest bike like 35 for the day (miles)?
monday... heck if i know... so long ago... easy run... oh no... that's the day i showed up w/ two right shoes, and so ended up doing an easy 8 mile bike ride... rest day...
there you are loyal reader... comment away...
and idris (host of ultimate talk)... hope adding links later doesn't screw things up...
3 comments:
Luke,
I just started biking to work, about 4 miles each way. This morning I tweaked my hamstring (an old ultimate injury) on my way into work. Just wondering what you do, if anything, to prepare for your commute especially in the morning.
Thanks
i don't know... my hamstring has flared up (old ultimate injury), and may be related to the rather significant increase in biking i've been doing... but i've not hurt it biking... i thought of some smartass comment, like... well i get up and have a bowl of cereal... but really...
start off with a slow pace and a high cadence, so that you are spinning easy, make sure your bike fits, (any decent shop will at least look to make sure it's basically right), wear enough clothes... uh, that's it... it's tough when you are running late not to kind of hammer the ride though... but i just ride the bike, so when i reefed my hammy out good back in may, i just had to ride slow and easy...
You aren't learning to play guitar on my old guitar are you!??!?!?!
PS. I'm moving to Ireland on November 8th.
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