Frisbee playoffs

In short, our team lost both games and were bounced mercifully from the playoffs. We had 9 people show up, but still no subs for girls, so our ladies were run pretty ragged.

Neither game went to the full 13 points. Both ended as a result of the time cap. We lost the first one by three points to Ramrod. We lost to Discs of Glory (the team we beat in the finals last year) by one point.

I've told the team that I think this season was my last.

After the game, we went to the Brewsters deck and drank beer. I took advantage of the Sunday brunch buffet and absolutely stuffed myself. I did not feel very good about myself afterward.

Flame War vs Fever

PAnother shorthanded game. Like last week, my cardio was not where it should be. A single hard sprint downfield would leave me gasping for air render me useless for at least a minute afterward. I hope it's a temporary result of my recent bout with the flu and not something else. I'm gonna need to be better on Sunday for playoffs.

Against Fever, I mostly played in the middle for our zone defence, not in the cup. When I did play in the cup, I wasn't good.

Considering we only had six players, it was a surpisingly competitive game. We pulled to within two points in the second half until Fever ran away with it. It was much more fun than last week, though.

Final score: Fever 13 Flame War 8

Flame War vs 175g

This was one of the most unpleasant Frisbee games I have ever played. Our team only had 6 people show up, and we played a good young team who ran us ragged. We kept up with them for a few points, then they stared to light us up.

My cardio was completely shot halfway through the first half. I was pretty much useless out there.

Flame War vs. Discs of Glory

I really should've started including results from my Frisbee games here a long time ago. The season is almost over, but better late than never.

We played DOG last night and our team played iron man because we had JUST enough players. I thought it was going to be worse than it was, because my legs were useless from Saturday's WOD for most of the day Monday, but I was running around perfectly fine. In fact, after two and a half weeks of sickness, and feeling like utter crap all day Monday at work, I noticed that I felt AWESOME when I was playing. I guess I need to be hitting the gym more.

It was a very competitive game. At one point, we were down 7-3, and we came back to take the lead in the second half. What started helping is when we started keying in on their team's best player, Bamford. Instead of playing our standard zone defence, I shadowed him like we did last year when we beat them in the playoffs. That stymied their defence a bit. There were a couple of times I got lazy/tired/, though, and Bamford made us pay.

The beginning of the end came when -- with the scored tied 10-10 and very little time left on the clock -- Mike and one of the DOGs collided. Mike's head slammed into the dude's shoulder and he suffered what would later be diagnosed as a concussion. Mike resumed playing when he probably shouldn't have and they scored the winning point. I'm not saying that if he hadn't have been concussed that they wouldn't have scored, because I don't think Mike fell down on defence.

Anyway, it was a great night for Frisbee and a fun, competitive game. You could consider it a moral victory for us, I guess, given the fact that we are an old, short-handed team, but I always say that part of rec sports is showing up.

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And now for something completely different, because I don't have my other blog anymore.

Courtesy of Aaron...

F**king Wall Balls

The one thing I know about these 100-day challenges is that you do NOT want to fall too far behind. I'm sure that's what eliminates more people from them is missing a few days and then the amount you have to do to catch up is just ridiculous.

That's what happened to my buddy Harlan. He hurt his back and missed a bunch of days, and before you know it, he was over 800 in the hole. To his credit, he never quit them. He was mentioning it to me, and I suggested that the next time he goes to CrossFit, he should skip the workout of the day and just do 10 WB per minute for, say, 40 minutes. It's a slow enough pace that you can keep it up, but it's enough of a workout that you feel it. I did it when I was behind 265 or something and I sweated like a pig. He e-mailed me this morning:

That suggestion for wall ball was awesome! 502 this morning at 10/minute. I will do the same thing tomorrow to get myself back out of the hole. Thanks for the suggestion. It is too daunting to think "holy shit I almost have 1000 wb to do" but if you keep doing just 10 they are doable.

And sweat, fuck me do you sweat! Also like you mentioned.
Have a good day.

HB

On Friday, I did enough wall balls to cover Saturday, so on Saturday, I added 50 to the vacation bank. Sunday was the Boy's birthday party, so I couldn't sneak over to CrossFit Regina to get my daily allottment in. My next scheduled workout isn't until Tuesday, so I was facing the prospect of having to do three days' worth (around 220) the next time I go. Screw that.

This morning, when Tracey got back from her 6am workout, I went out to the garage to do Sunday's 73 WBs with the official subsitute, 45lb salt bag thrusters (which I find more strenuous). I did 75, plus I added another 35 to the vacation bank which now sits at 235.

I'm going to try to do Monday's 74 (minus the two extra from this morning) tonight before bed. We'll see if I can get that motivated. Maybe I should take a salt bag to Ultimate Frisbee tonight and do them on the sidelines when I'm not playing. That wouldn't look dorky at all, nosiree.

UPDATE:
I had to stop by CFR to drop off something on my way home, so I just did them.