Sans Pantalons

yikes, been a while.

2006-04-24T22:44:00.000-04:00

updates on the cell:

Pov: ran a marathon last week. no longer has a buster cannon implant in his left wrist.

Socks: his foot hasn't yet disintegrated into 1,000 bits. was working on spikes involving knee fakes at sectionals--you know he's back in action.

Dermo: playing like the lanky monster he is. dealt with some back trouble, missed lifts last week due to work.

Me: living it, loving it, laying it out (sometimes). I also missed lifts last week due to schoolwork.

two weeks 'til regionals. looking to buckle down and get 'er done before the prelude to The Show.

Progress

2006-03-29T23:23:00.000-05:00

Spring break was great, ultimate's great, I'm in pretty good shape at the moment.

Life's good.

Workout updates will re-commence next week.

Oh, right, also, weekly update...

2006-03-07T16:35:00.000-05:00

Weds: recovery
Thurs: lift, mishmashed exercises to avoid putting too much strain on the knee
Fri: agilities
Sat: turf time, was pretty drained and napped at disc 'til dawn for over an hour before concessions shift from 12-1 (should I put that under sunday?)
Sun: was planning to do pretty close to nothing and recuperate from Saturday, but went to the B-team practice and had a good time there instead.
Mon: lift, Alt. Day 2. First time I've done it, I'm actually a bit surprised at how good a workout it is.

Ankle's been holding steady lately. I've gotten the outside pretty well-strengthened, but the inside of the ankle gives me trouble running without support usually. Also need to keep building back explosive strength in the left calf. (right) Knee's started acting up again, haven't had trouble with it for a good while but I'm sure all the pounding indoors coupled with some probable compensation for the left ankle has it aching again. Got my patellar strap though, so no big deal, should be back to normal in a week or two, hopefully.

Whee, track workout.

2006-03-07T15:27:00.000-05:00

Got in a solid workout with Champo, Crewser and the Carr (three C's and an M--which one does not belong?).

200s-30, 31, 31, 30
100s-13, 14low, 14mid, 14low
200s-33, 34, 34, 33
100s-14low, 14, 14, 14low
200s-34, 33
100s-14, 14high, 14high, 14high, 14high, 14low

I was pretty happy with the workout, overall. Started off pretty fast (but consistent) for the first set of 2's and 1's, then felt the short rest interval on the 100s in the next set. Managed to keep it together and keep pushing for the final set of 2's thanks to Chimpo pushing me, and the last 100s were all pretty solid. Definitely a good workout to have other people running with, as opposed to last week when I was going solo due to a knee-concerned Socks.

I'll be looking to get the 200 times a bit faster when I'm tired, 33/32 range in the future. Relatively happy with 100 times at the moment, though I can definitely stand some improvement.

On a related note, for 100s in general, form is hugely important. Drive with your arms as fast (and as straight) as you can--that's what gets the legs going, it's what kept me under 15 during the last set of 100s. More advanced runners might want to focus on getting a good forward lean while you're accelerating as well (leaning from the ankles, not the hips--it's hard to describe, I can demonstrate in person), though once you're cruising at top speed you pretty much have to be upright.

yes

2006-03-05T18:07:00.000-05:00

i am still here, though i have somewhat disappeared from the scene this term. got running and lifting in over the last two days - trying to get active again before i head backpacking in Chile for spring break. i apologize for my abrupt and lengthy disappearance, but i hope everyone's term is going well.

take care,
Zak

Snow!?!?!!?

2006-03-01T09:26:00.000-05:00

I just love how it takes us almost into March before we get any snow.

Anyways. In terms of lifting and such, I haven't been lifting as much as I should, and have had trouble getting to the team workouts. I have basically made everything up, although I had to do a combo of the track workout and agilities yesterday because I was running out of time to make everything up. Had my first day all term with nothing scheduled (mostly) yesterday, and used it to go cross country skiing with my roommate for an hour or so. I had forgotten how different the muscles are that you use in that sport. Okay, not that different, but my ass is sore today...so something must have happenned.

2006-02-28T20:20:00.000-05:00

So this week is my week to get back in the swing of things after a rather long period of not doing the official ultimate workout stuff. Not that I was sitting on my ass or anything, but still. I did the track workout yesterday, ran upper 30's on the 200's, upper 50's on the 300's, and 17s on the 100s except for the last one where I hauled and ran a 14. Hopefully the times will go down a bit next week. I did the workout solo too, so I think I had a hard time pacing myself. Pretty soon I'll be off to do day 3 before playing for the Pain Train IM basketball team in the playoffs.

Lets see, next week i'm going to have a lot more free time than usual, which means a ton of free time, so hopefully I'll be able to make up most of the workouts I missed before spring break.

That's pretty much it. I went skiing today, that was cool. Played one of the laziest games of boot ever last night. I went 4 corners on Saturday where I got to spent 4 hours driving in a raging blizzard not with my girlfriend, who had to drive her car too since none of you chumps have one. 4 corners was pretty fun, low lights include single handedly losing our first game for my team and in what was more anger than exhaustion, taking an injury in the last game after laying out, hitting the net, almost hitting the wall, and knocking down the cone giving the other team a point. Highlights include getting to play with Tyke and spreading my receptacle reputation.

Right, maybe I should do something constructive now. Ha, sure, and maybe I'll go take a class while I'm at it... pfft.

My hair remains intact.

2006-02-28T18:34:00.000-05:00

Don't believe everything you hear.

(last) Mon: yoga
Tues: track workout, and man did it feel good.
Weds: lift, last sports massage class
Thurs: lighter/supplemental (knees, wrists, core) lift
Fri: agilities
Sat: 4 Corners, recapped on the blog
Sun: recovery
Mon: lift, forgot about yoga
Today: track workout

Speaking of track workout:

200s: 33low, 33mid, 33mid, 32high
300s: 56, 59
200s: 35(19), 33 (18), 33(17), 33(16)
100s: 14low, 13high, 13high, 14low, 14low, 14low (fastest: 13.6, slowest 14.3)

Didn't pace as fast as I should've and could've on my second 300. For the second set of 200s, since it said to focus on the last 100 I went out more conservatively for my first 100s. I though a 35 would pretty much be the norm until I ran a 33 on the next one. () are for first-100 splits, I kept going out faster with each repeat as I felt pretty comfortable picking it up for the last 100.

2006-02-28T18:28:00.000-05:00

Last Friday I did our track workout, or as much of it as a could. I ate breakfast but for some reason felt really faint when i was sprinting, so I would do a couple of sprints and then have to skip one. Still got a decent workout out of it though. Monday was plyos + 7 minute abs (oh boy those hurt), then I played boot in Leverone for an hour or so and worked on my pull. Unfortunately, no big improvements on that front. I need a lifting partner to help motivate me, anyone? Getting injured on spring break would suck royally (I know, it's happened).

2006-02-22T22:14:00.000-05:00

mackey smells

Trackkie

2006-02-21T15:20:00.000-05:00

Man oh man, does it ever feel good to get back out on the track. Basically my first time running (practice isn't the same sort of running) without my ankle brace in a month. I've upgraded from the hulking, restrictive, lace-and-strap brace to a much smaller, more elegant ankle sock that provides some pressure.

Anyways, aside from forgetting how to pace for 200s I had a solid workout with Socks.

100 striders
200s-30 (too fast), 31 (still too fast), 36 (crap, too slow), 33
300s-56, 57, 56
200s-34, 34, 33, 33
100s-14low, 14mid, 14low, 14low

Ankle's not completely better--the inside still needs some strengthening. Compensated for the weakness by going the opposite direction on the track so more weight was on the outside of my left foot on the turns. I was pretty happy with the 300s-was thinking I'd be a second or two slower, but the 200s should be faster/more consistent overall--32, maybe 33 for all of them.

Since last time...

2006-02-20T17:39:00.000-05:00

Not too much unfortunately. Haven't lifted since Vegas. I did the stationary bike with Kristen on Thursday followed by some core body work, and Friday was the women's track workout. I felt pretty good, probably because they're shorter sprints (200s, 100s, 50s). Not sore at all from Vegas, but my butt was sore from that stupid bike! Then we had our early morning practice Sunday, which I think went well, and agilities today. Oh butt bounces... man, it seems like we do so much quad work, I really hope it shows in my mark! That's all.

Vegas?

2006-02-19T23:18:00.000-05:00

So I was there, but didn't see a lot of it. I managed to sleep through all of the casino hunting, strip searching (haha), and other fun things. Sleep was good.

As for playing, I realized that I need to work on cutting. When I am the first cutter, it is really easy to know what you need to do and when you need to do it. As a consequence, I think im pretty good at it. Put me somewhere in the middle though and I lose confidence because I am too afraid of getting the timing wrong since we are yelled at about it all the time in practice.

Once we started losing people to injuries (stupid shoulders and ankles and backs...) I ended up being 3rd handler for basically the rest of the games, which was really different for me. One thing I started to do was fake a bit better, which helped me. It wasn't even moving the disc around so much as physically looking upfield to loosen up the defender.

I got jostled around a bunch in one game and the girls on the team kept yelling at me and telling me to drop the disc and things like that, and so I just kept handling because I need to get over the fact that other teams are not as nice as our team. We are just too damn friendly in the NE I guess.

My throws need to get better, but they have been improving a ton, so I feel like that will come with time. I still need to watch my upfield throws, but I think I did a good job holstering them. I think I only threw one away upfield.

I need to get in shape.
I need to try to lift more.
I need to take better care of my body in general.

I guess that's it for now. I guess I am just really needy!

MIA

2006-02-19T19:56:00.000-05:00

So, is anyone wondering why they haven't seen me in 5 days? It's because I'm in Colorado skiing with my dad. Yay off terms. As a result of my trip (and trying to get stuff ready for Vegas the week before), I have missed lifting the last two weeks. Oops. I'll be back at it when I return to campus on Wednesday. As for missing agilities and practice, I think hiking at 12,000 feet for 30 minutes plus hitting mogul constantly is a good substitute. At the end of the day I feel like I just spent the past 6 hours doing a track workout.

As for Vegas, I felt pretty good about my play and feel that I found my niche on the O line. I make in cuts. Always. I'm too short and slow to make an effective deep cut with consistancy, but I found myself getting open pretty often on my incuts. Now the next thing I need to do is work on my throws so I can do something with the disc once I get it on the in cut. Being able to be a threat to hit a streaking Elliot or Pov on a deep cut after I get the in would be awesome.

Okay, all for now.

Post-Vegas

2006-02-19T18:41:00.000-05:00

Mon: played a game, red-eye flight
Tues: recovery. mm...
Weds: more recovery. re-integration into the real world.
Thurs: lift
Fri: agilities
Sat: off
Sun: practice, lift

Vegas was good. I made a long-winded post about it at my blog (ring ring) if you really want to hear what I had to say about it all.

On playing B team

2006-02-19T14:00:00.000-05:00

with the spring season coming up, the team will once again return to dividing practice time for the B team and the A team. For those of you who have enough interest in ultimate to read the blogs, and are playing on a B team this spring, here are my thoughts.
When i started playing ultimate my freshman fall, my previous disc experience involved tossing with my brother in my front yard. It didn't take me long to realize that I was not ready to be playing at the most competitive level. So I played with the Bness my freshman year.
After my experience on the B team my freshman year, I feel the need to speak up against anyone who feels like playing on the B team is some kind of second rate team. It's not; the only thing that will be different is the skill level. Aside from that, playing on a Bteam has one key advantage that makes it unique-
it's your team. yours. you decide what you want to work on, how hard you want to work, what your cheers will be.... The team is yours, and the responsibility is something to take advantage of. Last year, mackey and I had our bness practice zone and marker drill constantly. the result- a class of 08s who can run a great zone, but need work on their man d. was this a good idea? maybe, maybe not. personally i have my own opinions, but either way we had the opportunity to shape the team, to develop skills, and to develop a core of tightly knit players who will have the skills to play at a more competitive level in the future.
and it's not just the captains. in fact, as many bness players probably realized last year, i had less knowledge about the game than alot of the other guys out there- so i drew on the experience of guys like fischer, watson, grinch, and dorner to identify and improve our problem areas. if you have experience, you can improve the team by sharing it; if you don't have experience, the energy and interest that you put into learning will keep the team fresh and vibrant.
i suppose this is especially for those of you who went through the try-out process. a try-out is to try your skills, to see where they fit in better. I am afraid that alot of people got caught up in the 'try-out mentality,' considering it all-or-nothing , and accepting the bteam as a half-hearted second prize. make the team your own.
this spring, whatever place your skills are at, it doesn't matter. just get out there and play some disc, and do it because there's something in it that you love.

vegas

2006-02-19T13:55:00.000-05:00

not much has been said about the tournament that said so much about our teams. Our biggest tournament of the winter... the mens and womens team having new players step up to fill new roles... experiments with new strategies on offense and defense... an opportunity for us to set the pace for what will certainly be a spring season to follow...
i think someone should say something meaningful about vegas on our blog.

as for me, i just have this to say.

vegas.... remember vegas...? vegas was fun...

keep on your toes when you're pivoting on the mark. even better, keep on the outside of your toes. the less of your foot is touching the ground, the less friction there will be to pivot, and the faster you'll pivot. you don't have to necessarily be on your toes at all times, but always be prepared to get up on your toes when you see you'll need to make the throw.

Wow

2006-02-15T18:41:00.000-05:00

Vegas is so trashy, I can't believe it. But the ultimate was fun!

I handled most of the time, but was also able to cut some in hostack. My handling got a lot better over the weekend, especially in zone, and I was excited about how reliable my break throws were. I definitely need to get my forehand in the wind under control, for some reason it tends to just shoot up above people's heads. Forehand huck also needs work, but the backhand one was pretty good. My cutting was worse than I remember, probably because I'm out of practice. I'm not in the mindset anymore of getting on the field and running until i get subbed out, but hopefully we'll be able to keep having Shmi and I cut sometimes and it'll come back to me. I almost had a layout catch for a score but dropped it. Boo. But fortunately I made it out relatively injury-free, which is more than I can say for half our team.

In terms of the team, our offense is flowing a lot better, and our D improved too but probably not as much. I can't wait to see what we can pull out on spring break!

Today I ran Rip Road + Occum, about 4 miles total. Just took it nice and slow to keep moving, I'll try and get a lift in tomorrow, or if not then Friday.

Viva Las Vegas

2006-02-09T10:30:00.000-05:00

Last week: same as usual
This week:
Mon: light(er) lift
Tues: Elliptical track workout makeup
Weds: 19th birthday. Got blackout wasted. really.
Today: light & strong lift
This weekend: Causing Trouble in Vegas.

I'm stoked. Been wasting class to daydream about the tourney, wasting lots of time making play diagrams instead of taking notes or otherwise prepping myself mentally to kick some ass. Being able to effectively contain Seigs on D and get open against him on O last practice helps with conidence, and I'm feeling plenty strong and raring to go.

Get some!

Blah

2006-02-04T21:11:00.000-05:00

Sick again. This time pretty bad. I have a cough that alternates between getting stuff out of my lungs and being more like asthma, where i can't take deep breaths or i go into a fit. And I've been blowing my nose so much that I've had a perpetual minor nose bleed for the past 24 hours. So forgive me if my workouts look a little sparse.

Moday: Agilities
Wednesday: Seigs's jumping thing, 1hr tossing at leverone
Thursday: 1.5hr zone scrimmage at leverone
Saturday: Practice

You'll notice the lack of a sprint workout or any lifting. I might have lifted Monday, I can't remember. There's no way the sprints would have done me any good. Probably shouldn't have played at practice, but our numbers have been too low so we can't spare anyone, otherwise we're down to 5v5. I wish attendance were better, we theoretically have 20 people who should be at every practice. I'm done.

2006-02-03T21:36:00.000-05:00

alright.. this was probably one of the busiest weeks of my life, but i did get in one lift (pretty standard), one yoga (!), one agilities (so fun... i'm sad i missed the rest of them), one ski lesson (!!), one brief game of boot, and lots and lots of miscellaneous running (my 45 jog/stair climb every morning while delivering papers, sprinting back (and forth!) to the river and between things that i'm late for, etc.)

love

Keepin' on

2006-01-30T23:28:00.000-05:00

Mon: lift
Tues: made up track workout on elliptical
Weds: sports massage. mm.
Thurs: lift
Fri: Plyos
Sat: Turf
Sun: Off
Today: lift, yoga.

Lifted with Socks and the Carr today. Yoga was solid, my legs have been tight for several days (I've been horrible about stretching them) and I definitely got some good stretching in tonight, hoo boy.

On a related note, I rock the headstand. Don't mess.

Sick

2006-01-30T13:50:00.000-05:00

I don't like being sick, especially when it cuts into my sleep time.

Anyways, last week I lifted on Wednesday, went to tossing practice Thursday, did the track workout and a mini-lifting thing Friday, tossed with Coach lifted for real on Saturday before practice, and took Sunday off. Didn't even get out of my PJs. Today is the women's agilities workout, which I'll do as much of as I can, but my hacking cough and inability to take deep breaths might interfere. We'll see though!

Sleepy

2006-01-29T17:16:00.000-05:00

Hello all. I was a little slow last week. I had a shitton of work, and a bad cold, so I never got in the track workout. I did get in two workouts though. I may try to make up the track workout by running on Thursday this week. The weekend practices are a lot of fun, especially when the weather's been as nice as it has been.

Penguins, why penguins?

2006-01-26T21:32:00.000-05:00

I feel like the "Pain Train" is getting a bit worn. what is a pain train? why would anyone keep one around? surely the man who invented the pain train now suffers greatly from the burden on his conscious that the inventing of such a hideously diabolical harbringer of pain would surely bring.

But i digress. Darmouth ultimate is moving into an unprecedented abundance of victories and blogging. and we need a new image to herald in this era. I propose "The Dartmouth Penguins," with a motto "Penguins, why penguins?" (which should hopefully answer any questions you are having right now).

imagine what layouts in the snow would look like...

2006-01-24T23:17:00.000-05:00

i was going to wait and post at the end of the week, but he's just impatient i guess.

the track workout felt amazing, it's getting fun, even! i ate well also, so that helped.

times:

200's: 32, 33
300's: 51, 55, 55
400's: 87, 87, 85, 80
300's: 56, 61, 55
200's: 31, 32

i really don't get what happened on the last 400-- weirdly, it was the only one that felt sloppy out of the whole set.

this update brought to you in dvorak

Slacking a bit

2006-01-24T19:12:00.000-05:00

Ok, last week:

Monday we did agilities and I lifted after with Kristen. I like agilities/plyos a lot.

Wednesday we had to cancel our fartlek because of rain, so we had a sprinting workshop with Mar indoors. I think my form might be a little better now, but the weight sled hurt my back so I skipped lifting with good intensions to make it up.

Friday morning was my first women's indoor track session. It went well, just barely fit into the time we had, but very useful. Leverone is hard on the lungs though! I didn't time the sprints. 800 fartlek, 2X (400, 200, 100). Lifted in the afternoon.

Saturday was the turf tournament at Williams. My playing was ok, I think my D was better than usual but my O definitely needs work. I'm still not all that used to handling since basically my only experiences with it are from practices in the fall. It got better as the day went on, but my upwind forehand stayed pretty awful.

And yesterday I made up the women's plyos on my own in my basement because I was too lazy to walk to the gym before class. Which meant I skipped lifting for the second time this term, hence the slacking. I really need to find a regular time to lift now that 10am isn't an option for me anymore.

Good news: my prof is opening the lab on Saturday mornings, so most weeks I'll be able to go and get work done then instead of Monday during conditioning, so I won't have to miss it as often. Yay!

It's been one week

2006-01-24T18:25:00.000-05:00

Mon: lift
Tues: elliptical track make-up (interrupted midway...stupid time limits)
Weds: recovery
Thurs: leede tossing, got lazy and didn't lift
Fri: stairs! delicious.
Sat: busted ass, limbs, and my body in general at Williams
Sun: ached. hurt. did little.
Mon: ache. hurt. got in a lift (alternative day 1) with Socks and Billy.
Today: elliptical track make-up (this time I managed my time better and didn't get kicked off). See also: ache. hurt.

Yeah. I laid out a lot at Williams, and have been feeling its effects. Also have some nice red spots on my palms from where I saved my face from certain destruction on pavement when I was falling for a disc out-of-bounds and off the turf.

Hope you A-level guys won't mind picking up for my missed lift this week; I went out planning to lift but forgot my sneakers and was too lazy to go back to 17 for them last week.

The alternate workout was an interesting exercise. There's definitely some good stuff in there, Though I think that there should maybe be an extra set or two for the leg exercises. Ab throwdowns destroyed my core though; really liked those.

Another Week

2006-01-18T00:30:00.000-05:00

So I've been lifting twice a week so far this term. Considering my work schedule, I'm going to try to do 3 times so I can actually finish the program before Spring Break.

Did the track workout today. I managed to pace myself pretty well I feel. I was feeling pretty sick afterward, but after 15 minutes or so of sitting and doing nothing but marvel at my own misery, I managed to keep my breakfast down and then still had enough engery to walk to A-lot afterwards. Times were:
200's: 34,36
300's: 59, 61, 60
400's: 84, 85, 86, 85 Last Week: 85, 82, 88, 86
300's: 64, 62, 62 Last Week: 64, 62, 62
200's: 38, 32 Last Week: 37, 32

So, yeah, I'm kind of proud of that.

In non-ultimate workout athletic things, I've been playing some squash once or twice a week and the IM basketball season is about to start, so I'll be playing basketball a couple times a week now.

Also, I'm going to start trying to ski at least 4 days a week, so that'll keep my legs working as well.

Ultimate wise, I can certainly tell I'm a bit rusty out there on Scully-Fahey. Mainly timing of cuts. Sometimes I feel there's never a good time to cut and end up sitting in the stack the entire point. I'm hoping that will get better as I get to play more. The main thing now is that my throws feel really off. I've had no to time to toss at all this term, so if any of you ever want to toss or something, blitz me, I'll probably be down for it.

Lifting week 2

2006-01-17T15:45:00.000-05:00

Ah...the joy of lifting. I have continued on my merry rode towards hugeness and as a result, women flocking to me (i can dream).

Just finished week 2 of the workout scheme. I've been adding some upperbody lifts in there so that i can feel like a man after doing all those plyos. There's a dude I know that will be helping me work out some under-developed muscles in the lat, side of chest area.

I also have been substituting conditioning for the eliptical machines, as per Seigs's recommendation.

Jesum Christ

2006-01-17T13:12:00.000-05:00

Ok. That track workout was absolutely ridiculous. I booted everything I ate for breakfast after the last 200, which was again, way too fast.

Here are the splits:
200: 35, 36 (way slow)
300: 56, 61, 61 (started too fast)
400: 86, 90, 98 (AIEE), 86
300: 61, 62, 56
200: 33, 28

I can definitely work on evening out all the sprints, esp. the 400's. Of course it didn't help that Lamar interpreted "warmup" as 9 minutes of Fartlek. No, I don't think that helped at all. I've been keeping on track with lifting, but I'm on a wierd schedule with Ice-Climbing classes and trying to go snowboarding. I'm going to get one in tomorrow and then possibly Thursday, although I don't want to put them that close if I can help it. Maybe Sunday? Haven't missed a workout yet though. The practice on Saturday was badass. It felt good to play with hands that I could feel.

Yesterday's lift

2006-01-17T08:42:00.000-05:00

Billy, Peter, Brett, Jeff, and I all got a lift in yesterday evening.

Gettin' huge...

It's starting again

2006-01-16T15:55:00.000-05:00

Well, after getting hired again by Tucker (my second job this term) and approaching perhaps the two busiest weeks of my term, the world (and my schedule) is starting to close in on me again. Let's be honest: ultimate training for me this term is much more of a fun social activity than serious preparation for the spring season, since, well, I'll be in Argentina in the spring. For that reason, it's been hard to constantly make ultimate a priority; I expect it will only get harder as my schedule continues to narrow.
The POSITIVE thing that has come out of this has been the understanding that, first and foremost, I play ultimate and train with the team because it's fun. And that said, I had some fun this week.
After a solid lift, one of the best track workouts I've done in several years, (goddamn) plyos, and Saturday's practice, my muscles have definitely felt raged upon over the last several days. So even if I have little more to train for than hiking in the Chilean Andes, I'm still enjoying myself, largely thanks to you all.

Yours in peace, brotherhood, and pantslessness,
Coach Z

Push it real good

2006-01-16T14:19:00.000-05:00

Hey Nopants,
So, had an interesting week. Did the track workout, various lifts...*!@()#(! butt pulses in agilities. Generally getting fit, trying to work hard. I was really sad when practice got cancled yesterday.

In other news, I got cast in "This is Our Youth" a play by the writer of analyse this...it involves me stealing 15,000 smackers, sex drugs and rock and roll....i'll keep you posted, but expect you all to come see it.

Off to buy ice skates and play squash...then lifting and this delicious french toast arrested development proposition
keep it real

-billy

Disc-ing Around

2006-01-16T13:28:00.000-05:00

Sun: nothing
Mon: lighter lift, pretty beat up from the previous week
Tues: Track workout
Weds: Went to see trainer, ordered ankle brace, recovered from track workout
Thurs: upper body lift
Fri: Brace came in, did Agilities
Sat: Turf practice in truly delightful weather, got skied so badly by Hot Wheels that he broke his wrist, missed my first hour of infodesk work due to practice
Sun: Chillaxed watching Arrested Development, football, Princess bride

I'm pulling for the Broncos at this point, though they're not looking particularly solid. My uncle played for them in the late 90s (he was a second- or third-string WR/special teams) and won a superbowl ring with them, so they'll always have a spot in my heart. I like the panthers to go the distance though.

Been doing lots of pulups on the handy pullup bar we got here. As much as guys love to work the mirror muscles, it's a strong back that makes the biggest difference with the ladies.

One week later

2006-01-15T12:05:00.000-05:00

It's been a while since I posted. So to catch up:
last weekend our practice got cancelled due to snow, which was disappointing. but we made up for it this weekend with what I think was a really successful practice. It was hard getting back in the swing of things, and we had a few injured/sick people playing (thanks guys!), but everyone stayed intense even when we couldn't feel our hands. and hopefully they took my yelling in stride.

For conditioning, I did the 4 mile run with Lydia on Monday. Wednesday we did an occum fartleck, which i thought was really good for me. 400s are definitely useful and something i need to work on. i think doing the men's workout the week before may have helped. it always surprises me who ends up being really fast on those, because it doesn't necessarily correspond to quickness on the field. of course, bean and shmi are always in front, so what do i know? friday we did strength plyos, and my hamstrings and shoulders have been really tired since then. i think we could have done more calf stuff, next time!

I've been lifting every MWF with Kristen and Leach, but I'll have to mix up the schedule a bit because I'm starting tutoring during 10s, which is when we go. I think I'll fit it in after the women's workouts, or i might move one lift to saturdays before practice to make things easier on weekdays. My goal for the winter was going to be getting a 6-pack, but things seem to be getting worse on that front. I just can't make my little pouch go away. so my new goal is to do a pull-up. i'm working on the assisted chin-up machine, and i can do the reps on 8,7,6, so only 5 more to go!

Practicing in full force

2006-01-14T20:32:00.000-05:00

M'self, McDermot, Downtown, Socks, Sunshine, Coach, and the Carr all came out to play some ultimate on the turf fields today. Nicely done, guys. We had a solid, high-level practice for the most part, and worked on making our stack better with some good success.

...yeah.

getting my ass in shape

2006-01-14T10:53:00.000-05:00

Hokay. So I haven't posted in a while. I have done all of the women's workouts, which were good fun. One though, the first Occum fartlek, I made up by doing the elliptical for a while, which I don't think makes up for it, but it is better than nothing. I finally got new shoes so that I can actually run outside now! Yay! The fartlek that we did on wednesday was good, but hard, and made me realize how badly I need to get back in shape.

In terms of lifting, I have been lifting with Clara and a few other folkses three times a week. Looks like I might be on a monday, wednesday, saturday pattern. Clara and I were pretty tough yesterday too when we did a whole bunch of extra abs and arms after the plyo workout.

We are ripped.

hehe

Today's lift

2006-01-12T22:58:00.000-05:00

M'self, Sock'ems, and McBilly hit the weights earlier. I got in an upper body set, Mccarthy similarly improvised, and Socks did some parts of one of the workouts or something. I don't know. Ask him about it.

In other news, a legitabrace for the ankle should be arriving tomorrow. Yay for UPS!

I'll probably keep the agilities on the safe side, though, just to be safe. Gonna try and ease up on the ankle and recuperate from high-impact track workouts/rehab. My left ankle currently has less than 0 plyometric strength, it's gonna be a bit of a process...

track workout

2006-01-11T02:05:00.000-05:00

so track stuff was weird today because i felt like i ran less hard but got much more tired pretty fast. whereby tired i really mean dizzy. need to eat more energies before i run, i've decided. last week was a full meal of meat and eggs and potatoes just before and today was a light bowl of cereal many hours before... i think i can strike a balance somewhere between the two. i didn't finish because i felt like i was going to pass out.

.fartlek felt good.
.400s
..felt really really good... sprinted the second lap pretty aggressively in each (of the first three), but i'm not convinced that's what kept me from finishing it all.
..times: 78, 80, 82, 118
.abs at the end were hard. thanks yoga. pushups weren't so bad but we only did 2x15 slow ones.
.fin

pacon!

Yesterday's lift

2006-01-10T15:15:00.000-05:00

M'self, Sunshine, Billy, Coach, the Carr, and Sock'ems were all lifting around the same time on Monday evening. Good to see people working hard.

Getting Huge

2006-01-10T14:43:00.000-05:00

its been a good start of the Term. I've kept my primise and have been doing the gym workouts like a little champ. Taking only one class at an ungodly hour (9) makes going to the gym at 10 a whole lot easier. On monday, I tried the track workout and succeeded in doing the first half of 9 minute thing. Foot has since hurt a little bit, so i might try to ease up off the Box jumping and running stuff. Other than that...Tuesday night RAGE!!!!!!

Finished

2006-01-10T13:48:00.000-05:00

After the track workout this morning, I'm feeling pretty good. At least I didn't bonk after the first 400 like last time, goddammit.

My times were:

400: 83, 85, 87, 86
300: 65, 60, 62
200: 35, 28

I was able to really sprint on the last one, which probably means I wasn't doing the rest of it fast enough. Whatever. I'm pretty happy with my times, but I've got lots of room to improve. Sorry I didn't run with you guys, I had an x-hour at 12, which I was still 20 minutes last to. Also I somehow missed the fact that almost our entire cell was there.

Anyway I guess I'm starting week 4 on Thursday. I wasn't really keeping track before so I randomly chose to start on week 3 at the beginning. After going over my workouts a little more carefully, and seeing where other people are now I realize that was way to little. Maybe I'll skip a week somewhere.

RAAAAAAGE!!!!

2006-01-10T13:29:00.000-05:00

see how today's track workout goes, indeed. had a good crowd of no-pantsers this morning - socks, mackey, billy, and m-self amongst it. we were ripping pretty hard - socks fainted...err..."passed out" (it sounds less like something Timmer would call 'vaginal') after our last 200.

My splits were:
400's: 71-71-75-74
300's: 55-54-52
200's: 30-30

Guys were definitely pushing it. Whole body feels like oatmeal...mmm...oatmeal...

Coach

2006-01-10T10:11:00.000-05:00

so i didn't do too great last week... tracked once lifted once and practiced once but missed the thompson workout and didn't lift thursday, but so far this week has been a different story. congrats for making it through monday, mr. milloy. lifting + yoga kicked my ass, or my legs and back rather, but it feels great.

peace

No pants? No problem!

2006-01-10T09:25:00.000-05:00

Been keeping pretty busy with ultimate stuff...
Monday: arrived at campus, moved into 17, went for a 25-minute run
Tuesday: lifted
Wednesday: went to classes, caught up with people
Thursday: did the track workout
Friday: stadium stairs
Saturday: turf practice. Drills were good for stack positioning and whatnot, but my ankle isn't really ready for 360 degree motion on D yet.
Sunday: general soreness
Yesterday: lifted

Ankle's holding up decently. I'd daresay it's improved a bit since I've started running and whatnot again, though it does change my running gait a bit from what I usually had since it's still lacking flexibility. I'm a bit concerned about doing too much and exacerbating an old injury (namely, my knee). We'll see how today's track workout feels.

2006-01-09T22:13:00.000-05:00

more or less

i missed on arranging the first nopantsathon. i'm thinking this friday around dinner, before the rage.

i'd enjoy having more cats on campus. like, even just free-range cats kind of wandering around collis and stuff. i guess someone would have to take care of them and stuff.

oh yeah, some people are allergic too, i think. haven't met anyone, but i've heard. hey kev. what's up? mccarthy i'm working on a nickname for you. mccarthy is cool, its just a bit long to yell when on the field. filler. filler filler filler. filler.

been working out.

Upping it up

2006-01-06T18:11:00.000-05:00

up the stairs, at least.

A scourge of sanspantsers swarmed sThompson sArena, skillfully scaled stairs, and shortly scooted somewhere.

Downstairs have suddenly become much harder than I remember them being...

Mascot Proposal

2006-01-06T17:55:00.000-05:00

Greetings from the land beyond! I thought I'd add some inanity to the blog.

As we all know this fuel cell has been, perhaps inadvertently, flirting with homestarrunner.com. And if you've been reading coach's blogs carefully, and following his links, you'd have been introduced to Lil Brudder, the puppy with one leg and the heart of a champion.

Well, here's a little guy who I call Lil Brudder. A real fighter. His sad story started when he was neglected over last winter break. He had only one green leaf remaining (kinda like the lil pup's one leg) when I found him. Today with the help of constant love, a big window, a flourescent light and miracle grow, he's got a total of 8 leaves. Brings a tear to my eye. We're hoping to take him off the incubator by late March (fingers crossed!!).

Here he's pictured against a desolate New Hampshire landscape, overlooking it introspectively. You can almost feel his sense of perseverence. Lil Brudder: Inspirational, determined, hater of pants.

I think there's a little bit of him in all of us.

Much love,
Raindog

ps--oh yeah, and I've been working out a lot. Joined a gym, got a hold of some of seig's [intentially placed apostrophe] track workouts. yay me. Other than that, I'll be a little bored here until my job starts in two weeks (I'm a Garden Coordinator, but I'll figure out what that means later).

Setting a good example

2006-01-06T17:10:00.000-05:00

At least I hope so with the freshmen. I've been keeping pretty on top of stuff. This week:

Wednesday I lifted and did the women's rip road run. I was actually near the front of the pack, which is quite a change for me. And yes, I did wear pants. I'm terrible.

Thursday I did the men's track workout. I think I was running around 90-100 for the 400's. I timed it once but forgot to write down the time, so that's just a guess.

Today I lifted and did the women's fartleck. Turns out a lap around occum is a mile, not a half mile, so our sprints were actually 800s. Still useful though I think, did three laps with two sprint legs each lap. And I was really impressed by how many people came out for it.

That's all. I'll probably take tomorrow off and get ahead on work after rush stuff, then practice Sunday, yay! Can't wait.

Kickin into Gear

2006-01-05T14:47:00.000-05:00

Mackey, Liz, Kristen, Billy, Sunshine, and I all did the track workout this afternoon. My first track workout in 8 months or so...felt pretty good, that considered. 400 Splits: 71-77-76-77-78-74.

Booyah.
Zak

Be True to Your Cell

2006-01-04T15:55:00.000-05:00

Sunshine and I thought we'd go out for a nice little jaunt (in shorts, mind you) on Rip Road. A harmless, mid-afternoon jog turned horrifying, however, when we saw the FULLY PANTSED legs of one Kristen Grant, one Alison Kay, and one Liz Middleton. No Pants is not just a name, people. It's a lifestyle. Get some spandex and get with the program.

Disheartened and disillusioned,
Coach

(cue homestar's reaction to Li'l Brudder....http://homestarrunner.com/sbemail109.html)

Back from the Dead

2006-01-03T16:54:00.000-05:00

So yeah. Over winter break I decided to lead a revolution against blitz, therefore missing each and every single one of the blitzes that people sent over break, and in fact never opening my inbox at all. For fans of Arrested Development: "This is my stupidest rebellion ever."

Actually I just became extremely lazy about blitz and blogging and internet stuff. Extremely lazy. So, here's an update of my workouts and such. I went away for a bit at first so didn't work out the first week. The second week I did days 1 and 2, and went snowboarding for three days (if that counts for anything).The next week I did day 3 and climbed Mount Adams in hurricane force winds (literally). I figure climbing Adams counts for 2 or 3 thousand split squats with30 pounds on my back. Or maybe single leg step-ups. Whatever. The next week (last week) I got lazy again and only did 1 of the two workouts, I was in New Hampshire at my friends house for most of it. We did more drinking and watching Arrested Development than anything else, but did go on one pretty long hike. I just got back from doing day 1 again, and I have no idea what week I'm on. Should I be keeping track of that?

Anyway sorry again for not keeping in touch. I'll be better in the future.

Gosh Darn It!

2006-01-03T00:36:00.000-05:00

Hey NoPants, remember my very poorly worded email in an attempt to get a ride? Well, its probably divine retribution, not only did i not get a ride, the 11:30 bus was FULL! so i have to wait in the airport until 2 :(. Anyway, I have been lacking in the blogging area anyway, so here it goes. This past week, I was really sick until about wednesday. After that though, i finished week four of the ultimate workout, and went on several 4-6 mile runs. i also hosted a new years partay for my high school buddies, and played copious amounts of X-men legends II, that game rocks!(I play nightcrawler because hes cool)....
Anyways.... can't wait to be back up at school and see everyone!

-billy

Trimming the fat

2006-01-01T20:54:00.000-05:00

2. (2/134=~1.5% my body weight)

That's how many pounds I lost over the course of break (perhaps a bit more, but I'm taking the conservative estimate). Booyah for working out and getting body fat down! Lean, mean, ultimate machine right here--this guy. And for any doubters, know that one Bruce Lee ranged between 130-135 lbs at what many consider the peak of his fitness (and I'm the same height, so booyah).

Oh wait, what, this isn't the Mideast blog? I'm sorry, let me put my ego away for a bit.

I fell off the horse a bit last week, only getting one session in with the weights (lower body, a solid workout), though I did a fair bit of weightless stuff so I think it works out all right. Coming back up to campus tomorrow, will probably hit the gym that afternoon/evening since nobody'll be back yet.

In other pantsless news...

The Coach, 12/31
"got a run in today. doing other various weights-less exercises."

Sunshine, 12/31
"i got one in tuesday and another will go in tomorrow before i head back to campus"

Saw The Carr today, he's been getting a good workout nightly courtesy of his girlfriend...I jest. He hasn't updated lately but will be back on campus Wednesday.

Should've known to ask Emmy about Dermott. Here's an update on him, through her:
"I haven't talked to him in over a week, but I did go down there and visit for a while and he had been lifting, mountain climbing, and skiing so as far as I know he's alive and well and has not run off to join a nunnery (Owen's primary concern)."
Good thing, Owen, you'd never be able to set your plans to steal him from Emmy in motion had he run off.

On another note, did you know that being properly hydrated has numerous health benefits, like improving your flexibility and helping with the fat-burning process? You sweat a lot when you sleep, just a glass before and after you sleep will make a big difference ,and hydrating throughout the rest of the day helps too (just take a drink when you think of it, it adds up). Carrying a nalgene around with you is a wonderful facilitator for this.

hot beverages?

2006-01-01T19:18:00.000-05:00

ever find it hard to describe what you've done over break? finding that you can only remember one fifteenth of your waking time? unsure if continuing your college career is more appealing than taking another nap?
commisserate with other pantsless members of the dartmouth community.
17 school street. sometime this week, once everyone's back. hot cocoa, tea, hazelnut coffee.
comment back if you're in. otherwise, i'll assume you are anyways.

Mackey- i hope this is okay. both of us are also living in 17, figured we couldn't pass it up. also, i've been working out, since i'm pretty sure only you and seigs read these. hi seigs, by the way. i'm on a jumping program, good progress.

Ice-frisbee

2005-12-31T11:36:00.000-05:00

So much for playing ultimate today. The field was almost one big sheet of ice, and during the first point I fell and landed on my knees and hands. Now I'm at home icing some purple knees and a jammed left thumb (a particular problem if you're a lefty). It'll be fine, but driving home was a challenge since I can't push with my right leg, which made it very hard to break, and i can't use my left hand to steer. I'm sure it'll all be fine in a few days, hopefully in time for a fartlick tuesday before going up to school.

Lesson 1: I guess there's a reason fields are closed in the winter.
Lesson 2: You're better off wearing sneakers than cleats if you're playing on ice, or even really frozen ground.
Lesson 3: Walking up stairs without using one knee is not something you should try.

tangerines

2005-12-29T09:52:00.000-05:00

I just ate one - they're really good.
Well, I've been exercsing every day for the past week and a half and will finish it up before school. For christmas we went and stayed with my mom in Little Rock and it was 60 degrees there, I was able to go for 3 mile runs or so in shorts - amazing. But now i'm back in Chicago, freezing my butt off, and so I've been swimming laps in the pool. But anyways, five days left until we head back - crazy. Have a good one guys, enjoy yourselves.

Wow

2005-12-28T23:10:00.000-05:00

I went for a 4-mile fartlick run today (alternate jogging and sprinting). I really need to work on my endurance, because it took way too long between the sprints for me to recover, and i had to do the jogging too slowly. It's funny how different the muscle soreness is from a longer run. I think I'll do a three-mile one on Sunday. We're also having an ultimate game on Saturday with my friends from home, so that'll be a lot of fun if we get enough people. It's never a problem in the fall, but finding people willing to play when it's 40F and there's snow on the field...it's a little harder. But I'll run to the field and mark up on some highschool track guys to get the best workout from it.

Things I haven't been doing: Lifting and tossing. I have excuses (lack of a gym and working during all daylight hours) but they're not that good. At this point though, I'm just going to try and get in one or two more workouts before going back to school Tuesday and then get into a good routine once I'm there, especially with lifting. Might need some help from you guys with that one!

updates from last week

2005-12-28T22:01:00.000-05:00

Coach Z, 12/24:
"ultimate has been the last thing on my mind for the last two weeks. Just got back to campus from Nicaragua last night and will be sitting all day today in the manchester airport...sooo much blitzing to do...
knowing me, you know that i could easily send a three-page blitz to you about how this trip changed my life and how that justifies my inactivity during the last two weeks (though i did run a couple times and swim in a poo-infested river a couple times).

if you do want to hear more, just holla at me.

sorry for the extra sets if you did them for me. i haven't seen a computer nor a weight room in two weeks, so fuel-cell activity has been understandably limited. will get back on the ball over the week and a half. promise."

Downtown, 12/23:
"lifted yesterday, day 2, didn't pick up extra cause i forgot to

will lift day 3 today or tomorrow. Been doing 2 lifts a week. Been playing lots of pickup for cardio stuff. At pickup i've been playing alright, except that I didn't kick the confidence thing.. made like a couple drops I should've caught. However I've thrown less turnovers."

Socks, 12/23:
"if you want to work on your mark, either wear socks on tile floor or put shoes on and go and ice, and practice shuffling back and forth. this will tell you where you're off balance.

i've been working out. if you want to hear about what i did, blitz me and i'll tell you. otherwise i'll leave the rest of you to assume it was more or less the same thing [as before]"

Sunshine, 12/21:
"so work today was really tiring for my upper body and back, and my last workout was more core and less leg strength, so i did a leg strength workout today, sans equipment since i have none, and i picked up for one since that seems to have been the trend.

rocket jumps, lunges, harvard two steps, toe raises and toe presses, leg lifts, and tried some hindu squats out"

Holiday update

2005-12-28T11:31:00.000-05:00

well, it would appear that Mr. Leach has little to no self control or self discipline when not facing the wrath of Liz middleton. My workouts have been sparse to non-existant.

On the plus side, I've been loading a bunch of sweet-ass music onto my iTunes in anticipation of loading it onto my iPod. Basically burned every one of my dad's CD's and like 75% of mine. On another note, according to VH1, NWA's classic LP, "Straight Outta Compton" is one of the top 100 albums of all time...i think #62. That CD is loaded onto my computer, and i will be thugging out to it over the course of the next 6 months...of that, you can be assured.

-Respect and Chenqwe

2005-12-27T19:05:00.000-05:00

hello no pants! So my break has been pretty good so far. In terms of working out I'd say I've been doing an ok job. For the 2-3 weeks when I was home id say i went to the gym about 4-5 times a week. My shin splints have been pretty bad so i haven't been running so much. I'd usually bike or eliptical for 40-50 minutes. besides that ive been trying to do some ab work everyday. and during the transit strike in nyc i was walking 4-6 miles a day (if that counts for anything). now im away with my family and away from a gym but ive tossed with my dad a bit, have been hiking for 2-3 hours a day and doing abs. but i actually got pretty sick yesterday so im guessing im going to be taking it easy for the next few days. when i get back to the city ill try to run again and see how my shin splints hold up. other than that im excited to get back to school. see you all soon!

I Shall Return (about, ummm.... now)

2005-12-26T19:01:00.000-05:00

So this is my final post of christmas break as tomorrow my girlfriend is flying out to see me and help drive my Jeep back to cold and goddammit it better be snowy Hanover. I will be seeing everyone on the 4th for what I assume will be the first day of conditioning.

So the past week I went running 3 times on my hill route, making pretty good time. I'm starting to feel in a bit better shape and I don't think eating nonstop for the entire christmas holiday hurt me too much. We'll see how I do sitting on my ass in a car for multiple days as I chug soft drinks and eat value meals treats me. I've also been playing a decent amount of basketball as well as doing a couple hours of yardyard a day for the last week or so. Stupid bark beetles killing all of our trees. Tomorrow for the first time in a couple weeks I'll get some throwing in as well, which I'm looking forward to.

I got disc 4 for christmas, and have already watched it almost twice. It's pretty good. Seigs shows up a ton, and I think I may have even seen lil liz on the sidelines of the finals.

I'll see you all soon

I didn't...

2005-12-26T13:52:00.000-05:00

...get anything ultimate-related for Christmas, save travel stuff for those weekends away, as my family is incapable of simply googling titles and items mentioned on my christmas list.

I did, however, get a shitton of cold, hard, cash, as my list was otherwise short, and my extended family is large and generous, so I expect I'll get a good bit of ordering/shopping in before I return to Dear Old Dartmouth.

Been keeping up the same general workouts as previously stated; I do a full workout MTThF, with T and F being lower/upper body lifts, respectively, and M and Th being weightless full-body workouts. Saturday I do a lighter workout with only a few exercises just to get the blood flowing.

I've been feeling a lot stronger, which is a good sign. Still haven't dared to try running again yet, on account of the fact that my ankle started acting up when I was simply walking through the mall doing last-minute shopping a few days ago, and also because it's usually below freezing outside. I want to get new running shoes anyways, so I may wait a few more days until I can get out to Dick's Sporting Goods to use my gift card(s) before I go out for a run.

SWEET

2005-12-26T10:38:00.000-05:00

Hey whats up fellow no-pantsers?
Got back from skiing about 2 days ago...really messed up from all the travel. I went to switerland,which is crazy and far away, but it snowed for 3 days straight, so no complaints. As to previous posts, I really tried to treat skiing as a workout for frisbee. (it may or may not have worked.)
So, christmas. I got disc 4 and other ultimate related videos, trying to watch and maybe learn, but the big deal for me was my new kilt. as we are sans pantalons i think ya'll would would appreciate this:
yes, huzzah for my man skirt...that is technically the national irish tartan, but its just genrally sweet. Happy holidays to all! I'm gonna go workout...or watch movies...same thing right?
-billy

Holiday Workout

2005-12-24T11:39:00.000-05:00

It was easier to motivate to run today than I thought it would be. First, the weather is gorgeous (47F). Second, we're having company tomorrow, so my parents are in high stress cooking/cleaning mode, which is motivation to get out of the house for any reason. That's really all I've got.

So it was a 3 mile run, I did it for speed, and didn't time it but my dad said it was about 25 minutes. That's not very fast, but it's better than my usual 10 minute miles, so I'll take what I can get.

i think

2005-12-24T11:14:00.000-05:00

we should get mackey a nickname. it's a tough call, because his last name pretty much sounds like a nickname.
but i figured that as long as i was resurrecting a year old nickname, i would help mackey do the same. For those of you who don't know (which i assume is everyone) there was a movement to call mackey Jukebox. of course, this nickname is foolish. no one wants to say "jukebox," its verbally awkward and a bit too long.
so i suggest we call mackey "the box." He will thus follow in the great footsteps of Kevin "the fist" garrety and Ludi "the juice" chow.
here's to you, the box.

More running!

2005-12-22T14:54:00.000-05:00

But not enough. Did a 6.5 mile run today at work, man I'm wiped. It's the farthest I've gone, so I'm pretty happy about that, but I tried to sprint the last bit and my asthma kicked in, which was disappointing. I'm going to do a 3 mile--either run or fartlick--on Saturday (assuming I get all my shopping done tomorrow).

Bronchitis!

2005-12-19T20:42:00.000-05:00

So I guess that's the first news, since it was the title and all. Literally the day that I went home my mom took one look at me and sent me to the doctor. I was in there for about 5 minutes when they also took one look at me and put me on antibiotics. So that kindof put a damper on movement for a while. I did go running and have been doing pushups and situps everyday, but I have to admit, I'm lazy :(

I have read probably a book a day, and have gotten the chance to see a bunch of friends from around here. Went to the giants game with my mom and had an awesome time. They won, although the colts lost, oh well.

Hope everyone's vacations are going well!! Hopefully I will get off my ass soon :)

Hey all

2005-12-19T17:48:00.000-05:00

I've been able to work on tossing a bit with Elsa as well as with my dad. In terms of working out it's definately tough getting my butt back in shape when it's been lazy for so long. Two weeks left though - time to make some significant headway. But nothing today to report - I saw the doctors and I have pink eye - I feel like I'm five years old. I'll probably get an ear infection next week. But I've been doing a lot of laps for working out and now I can't or else I'll probably give my whole building pink eye, which in retrospect would be kind of cool. But yeah, keep up the good work guys and have a good one!
-Alho

Running

2005-12-18T15:03:00.000-05:00

Went for a 5 mile run with a coworker Thursday. It was fun, and running with someone faster than me was really good motivation, we're going to do a 6 1/2 run next week. i'll also do a shorter interval run during the week, and i'm going to do some light lifting today. guess i'm not doing as much as i should be, but i think i'm making some progress so that's good.

From Strong Island

2005-12-18T01:00:00.000-05:00

So, i've been home about a week now and haven't done a whole lot of workign out. I've done some work with my dad's Total Gym (the one advertised by Chuck Norris) and some ab excercises a couple times. Big step came tonight, though, when I got to play some ultimate with my sister and her friends. The play really blew, as kids just sort of stood where they were, but it was still fun. Tried out the old foot, and it held up pretty well for a half hour, running on hard ground. Hurts a little now, but overall, not as broken as i was before. I did throw my arm out trying to do a throw that Saul taught me...something involving throwing a really high blade in backhand form. All I ended up with was a hurt shoulder and a piece of glowing plastic hitting the Village christmas tree. I think I'm going to be on the O'Reilly Factor on Monday...Latest incidence of a "Secularist" placing Christmas "under seige".

Net result...gonna try to do the squat excercises, the crunches, and the upperbody excersizes on the regular cycle. Love me

Leach

Ho ho hum.

2005-12-17T22:43:00.000-05:00

Still nothing too exciting happening in my part of the neighborhood, unless you count going to a great-uncle's funeral as exciting (I don't).

Eased up a bit from my initial pace after doing 5 consecutive days of workouts; yesterday was more or less completely off, and today was pretty light. I'll likely keep tomorrow light too and get working again once the week starts.

I've started doing some gymnastic bodyweight exercises in an effort to improve my core strength further/because it's quick to do and a good long-term project. I was heartened by the fact that I could go straight to the tuck planche without needing to build strength; I lack the pullup bar to work the front lever, but've been doing a position similar to the leg raise we do (think dips with legs fully extended) to at least work some of the same muscles for now.

Planning to give running another try by mid-week, depending on the weather (it'll be nice to be able to feel my ankle to know how it's progressing); in the meantime I've been doing lots of alphabet spelling with my left foot and toe raises as well (for some reason the top of my foot/bottom-front shin muscle is pretty tight) in an effort to rehab. It's been pretty good just walking around and working out, but it's still obviously not at 100% when I put weight on the side of my foot the way I rolled it (which is to be expected, I guess).

Also, if you're looking for extra reading and aren't Seigs (I know he already reads these blogs), I'd reccomend checking out Art De Vany's blog. The stuff on evolutionary fitness is really interesting, relatively practical, and a time-consuming read (he's been blogging since March, there're lots of long entries). That and this site have been my main sources of inspiration/general workout structure thus far for the break along with a book I have chronicling the training methods of Bruce Lee. Knowledge is power!

2005-12-17T00:16:00.000-05:00

So I'll start with the bad new first, and that's that I haven't done any of the frisbee workouts yet. My bad. I'm hoping to have week 1 taken care of by the start of winter term. I have been getting some exercise though. I've gone running a couple times. Once where I failed, but today was good. I ran my 'hill' route, hill being in quotes because I doubt what Oklahomans would call a hill qualifies under your definitions. Still, it was 3.5 miles with some inclines. Not bad. I've also been playing some basketball, getting myself ready to dominate in IM this winter.

The big news is that I spent 4 days recently skiing in Utah with my dad. It was fun, and helped a lot with ultimate skills I think. You have to have quick reflexes to ski moguls, and I hit the steep and deep as often as I could and so got in some good leg work. This also brings up a point I'd like to make about training, a little tongue in cheek though. And that is to always keep ultimate on your mind whatever you're doing athleticly. For example, while skiing from top to bottom at Alta my legs began to burn, but I kept telling myself that it was universe point, and you don't get to rest on universe point. So I held myself together and finished the run. This may or may not be actually healthy, and is possibly borderline obsessive, but I found it entertaining. Another example, and hence this ramble, would be that even while doing a mapping assignment during the stretch, I managed to find the time to work in some layout practice. Don't worry, a large shrub broke my fall, and the snow didn't hurt either.

back on track

2005-12-15T12:55:00.000-05:00

so i've been working with my dad, which is just construction for like 8-10 hours a day. it's pretty tiring, so i just didn't have it in me to workout, too. but! i got over that and worked out on tuesday and again today, as well as getting in some short runs and such... right now i have to really push for more than 3 miles, but i can feel it getting better already, so that's good. it never snows much before january here in no. va but it was white when i came home and snowed the night i got back and is snowing again today. crazy! so running in the snow was a lot of fun.

and i'm bored too, but what can you do? watership down is pretty good, and i'm sort building up a remedial childhood by playing original mario and super nintendo (currently super metroid and zelda: link to the past), since i never played them. my reward for finishing them will be ocarina of time and super mario 64, neither of which i've played either. <3 emulators and p2p

peace

Hey Guys

2005-12-13T21:58:00.000-05:00

I don't know about all of you, but I'm bored. I know, I know--I could be "doing stuff." But please, I'd just as soon not. I raked the lawn yesterday. I should probably give more credit to the leaf blower than to myself, though. Oh I know--I read (past tense). I read (past tense) a lot. I'm rereading Narnia. It's pretty good. I prefer it to the movie. Yea, so...

...like I said I'm bored. I live in Williamsburg, Va--home of Colonial Williamsburg. So, there is like really nothing to do. I used to play the fife, but I'm too old for to play in the corps now. I don't like churning butter, and I can't think of the last time I enjoyed visiting the Powder Magazine. Busch Gardens is closed, and none of the very few friends I have are home. So there is nothing to do. I suppose I could lift, but I've heard it stunts your growth.

Right, well. Have a wonderful day all. Enjoy your break.

"You Sit on a Throne of Lies!"

2005-12-13T20:38:00.000-05:00

So, I watched Elf with my little brother the other night. I had never seen it before, it was hilarious. I've been working out hard this week, the standard lifting and runs but I need help. Does anyone have advice for ab workouts?I need them badly. Also, how would I go about improving chin up pull up ability...because I suck at them.

I'm going skiing on thursday and may not be able to post until the 23rdish. If I can't post just asume they would be like "hucking my self off cliffs"*

Right thats about it...until next time folks

-billy

*I've actually done a few times...but not often.

No-weight workout today.

2005-12-13T15:57:00.000-05:00

A bit longer than the other days. More muscle groups to work, and more reps per set. Lots of notes follow.

Clock jumps both/single legs
Hindu Squats 20, 20
Step-ups w/ 10, 10, 10 each leg
Pec (wide) pushups 20, 20, 20
Leg curls w/ 15, 15, 15 each leg
Tricep (close to hip) pushups 15, 15, 15
Supermans 20, 20, 20 ea
Thrustups w/ 20, 20
Handstand pushups 5, 6
Burnouts 125, 125
Bicycle situps 80, 30 two breaths after

-Clock jumps: like the square jumps we do to warmup for day 3, only instead of jumping in a 4-pointed box, you jump in 8 points around a clock--12, 1/2, 3, 4/5, 6, etc, and then back counterclockwise. make sure you face forward the entire time.
-hindu squats(scroll to the bottom for a step-by-step description): I like these a lot, just tried them out today. Need to up the reps, but they're a surprisingly good workout for the lower body. The toes are essential to making it work. Definitely give it a try if you've no weight and want to get a good workout. I might start doing these daily, we'll see.
-leg curls: I did these lying on my stomach and slowly contracting the hamstrings until my calf reached my thigh, contracting very tightly at the end of the motion. I didn't find these very worthwhile; I think I might replace some sort of bridge (similar to the sb leg curls only without the ball) next time through.
-supermans: alternate lifting your right arm and left leg or left arm and right leg. good for the back, I could've upped the reps a bit I think.
-Thrustups and Burnouts: both are described here. All of the things there are solid exercises, these two are really good for the calves, which the ultimate workout doesn't do much for. I probably could stand another set of thrustups with some more reps.

hello fellow anti-pants people

2005-12-13T10:07:00.000-05:00

soooo... decided to actually post something- yay for first time blogging :) mmmm so for workouts i started running again pretty much everyday which of course brought back my lovely shin splints that like to resurface to spite me- but seem to have recovered and have been increasing my mileage, hopefully soon i'll be up to 6 or 7. have been lifting for upper body stuff as well and doing ab work and such and breaking out my old pilates videos that i fell victim to purchasing thanks to the insidious persuasion of infomercial celebrity endorsers- am sad, however, that i haven't been able to toss much- only my dad seems to think that getting outside to toss in the snow and below freezing weather is a smart idea- but hopefully when my friends get back from school i'll be able to bribe them with christmas cookies or some other form of confectionary blackmail... and so concludes my post... promise to try and actually keep up with the blogging. hope everyone's breaks are going well :)

lower body today...

2005-12-12T19:08:00.000-05:00

I also went for my first run in a while. Pretty short, maybe 1.5-2 miles, picked up the pace several times, though it wasn't that fast and the lactic acid came pretty fast. I need lots of conditioning, still.

Anyways, here's the workout I did for any of you following at home:

Day 3 warmup w/out abs (I do lots of ab work separately)
Jumping squats 3x12 @ 80 lbs
Lunges 3x10 @ 40 lbs
sl RDLs 2x10 @ 16 lbs, 10@20 lbs
sl Calf Raises w/ 10, 12, 15 reps
Leg Curls 3x10 @ 40 lbs
Turkish Get-up* 2x10 @ 10 lbs
Clean and Press 8@60 lbs, 12 @40 lbs

*check here for a good description of the exercise. Decent shoulder/side of torso workout, though I think I need more weight/reps and another set to really get the benefit of it.

I know there's a bit of upper body work in there, but it's nothing too exceptional, some shoulder/chest stuff. Focus on hamstrings (pairing leg curls with calf raises really works the area). Thinking I should add some half-squats for my knees, though I usually do the rehab-type stuff (for my knee, ankle, thumb, and to a lesser extent, achilles) separately.

Ankle's holding up okay. It took a few minutes before it felt halfway decent when I went to run, but wasn't a deal-breaker, which is good. Planning to take tomorrow off from running and do weds-thurs back-to-back and see how the ankle responds.

Sunshine makes something for his workouts.

2005-12-12T18:38:00.000-05:00

Yeah, I'm horrible at making titles.

"i'm still alive, and working really long hours with my dad doing construction, and coming home exhausted, so i haven't been working out much in addition to that. i did get a few runs in over the three day weekend (silly dc had a snow day friday, despite getting approximately zero inches of snow), which is good because stamina is probably where i'm weakest right now.
peace"

Socks actually does work out!

2005-12-12T18:37:00.000-05:00

at least, as much as his nubix will allow:

"i've been sticking to what i consider to be the core of my training process (which ironically has remained constant for cross country, discus, and ultimate disc):

-plyometrics: working on turnover by running stairs, harvard two-steps, jumping, and shuffling.
why? plyometrics make you a dynamic and squirrly person. which i aspire to be. turnover is where alot of sprinting power comes from. besides, plyometrics are perhaps the most universal of all sports skills- long jumping, sprinting, capture the flag, whatever. its good to be able to jump and move the body quickly.

-core: sit-ups, elbow holds, murph-ups, trunk twists, super-mans (for back)
why? having a strong core is important for balance and speed, as well as upper body strength. you don't notice it as much, so its often forgotten, but good core strenght is key.

-leg stength: horse stances, rocket jumpes, leg lifts, lunges, toe raises
why? it makes your legs stronger. duuuuuuuuuh.

note that all of these are done without weights or equipment. you can workout anywhere- at home, your brother's dorm, a hotel."

...

2005-12-11T22:56:00.000-05:00

does anyone else think that billy should change his blog name? Bmackin sounds an awful lot like mackey..

This week in workouts

2005-12-11T22:42:00.000-05:00

So, got home on monday night...passed out...baaad exams...baaaad.
Tuesday-10 mile bike, 2 mile run, ultimate workout day 1
Wednesday-2 mile run, 4x25 situps and pushups
Thursday-45 min eliptical machine, ultimate workout day 2
On thursday, i saw a chuck norris infomercial at the gym
my heart sang with joy!
Friday-15 mile bike, 1 mile run, ultimate workout day 3
Saturday-2 mile run, 4x25 situps and pushups
Today-nine mile run, plus decorating my christmas tree

last night i watched terminator 2 and species...am i too bored?

-billy

Sigh...

2005-12-11T22:39:00.000-05:00

you know what's fun? making top 10 lists! if you're bored, its a good way to get out some thoughts with a moderate amount of structure, but without having to stress yourself by making a coherent statements:
for example:

top 1o reasons to read the NoPants blog:
10. by keeping up with kaufman's volunteer activities and organizations, we'll be there to write the backstory when god makes him a saint
9. mackey is a pretty quiet guy. ExcepT on the blogosphere. ever want to know what this guy is thinking? its not a bad place to start.
8. it's not terrible *cough* *cough* mideast-redsox-fullhouse-floppies-seigs-dailypicturesofgoatsandfarmlife *cough* (except for my and mccarthy's posts. those are hella-reprehensible)
7. you can post pictures! does anyone not know this? why doesn't our blog have more pictures
6. you can kind of sort of learn about the 09s. who have each posted once. although i've yet to see life stories and deeply-cherished dreams. let's get on that, 09s.
5. did i mention that you can even post pictures of things that you drew with Microsoft Paint in five minutes while in class? and no one will notice, they'll think you're an awesome artist.
4. where else can you read about people's injuries? i mean, for all i know, Kevin "alex" pfieffer could be sitting at home with an injurt Right noW and i wouldn't know about it because its not on the blog. oh, how i worry myself to sleep.
3. about 2/3 of you guys are sitting at home, listening to the soundtrack from a Charlie Brown Christmas, and eating buttery cookies. the nopants blog is just as much of a christmas tradition, dating back to the pre-enlightenment era when [insert pompous-sounding but obviously false information]
2. there's no one to heckle you on blogs. it's not like spew. what are you going to do if you want to heckle someone, write it in their comments? do a post about it? either way, you'd be affirming that you actively participate in the blogs, and not on any kind of high ground. so go ahead, say anything you want, see if anyone says anything. i'm weirded out by french pastries. gasoline has a strangely appealing smell. the 1980s were a waste of time. mrs. pac-man is the worst video-game character ever. i can't read or write. sometimes i realize that i've been thinking about surfing, and just nodding and smiling for the last half hour of a conversation.
1. yep.

so take a crack at it.
also, i think we should have molly and elsa in our cell. let's all start adding them to our fuel cell blitz lists and blogs and then see if anyone notices. i put five to one odds we could fuel-cell kidnap anyone we want.

It's been a while

2005-12-11T22:38:00.000-05:00

Yep, it's been a while since i've posted on the blog... nov 20th, shit, i've probably forgotten everything i've done since then seeing as how... well i can't think of how long i can remember cause i can't remember things.

Thanksgiving through finals- I did basically nothing at all, when i was home i sat around and ate food and inhaled too much stuff that is bad for you but makes you feel good. The only redeeming thing I did during break was play pickup in DC twice. The first time it was pretty swilly and the second time it was better cause it was pickup with this club team. The only thing I remember is that I bid twice and got the disc but then dropped it when I hit the ground. Finals week I didn't see natural light very often... made me feel sick.

Since I've been home I've been doing a better job of not being so damned lazy. Been doing pushups/situps every day and lifting every other day. Hopefully most of the snow will be gone by tomorrow and I'll go for a run. Today I played pickup with the club team again. It was fun, and I played alright. Made about 3 drops and should have easily caught them. I guess I wasn't feeling very confident, I find that confidence is the main factor for making good throws and catches in games. Also I felt kinda slow and my hip started to hurt a little after playing for a while... signs that i shouldn't have slacked off with lifting after the begining of the term i guess.

Couple days ago seigs blitzed me and dorner and told us that we could practice with the A-team this winter, so I'm really excited about that. I'll have to lead b-ness practices whenever we get enough space to do both at the same time, but I'm still excited about practicing with with A so that I can learn more. I guess this means that I'm obligated to do all the conditioning stuff this winter and i'll have to kick things up right now so that i don't get my ass kicked in the begining of winter term. Alright, that's all for now

Bruce Lee is my fitness hero.

2005-12-11T16:37:00.000-05:00

Upper body set today, with a few exercises borrowed from The Man. Emphasis placed on the back and shoulders. Used my crappy barbell/bench set and the plates by themselves instead of a dumbell; I'll put some weightless substitutes in parinthesis where applicable for anybody looking for workout ideas.

Day 1 warm-up
Decline Bench Press 2x12, 1x10 @ 60
(wide-armed pushups)
Bent-over Row 1x20, 1x12 @40
(maybe pushups, to an extent. nowhere near as good a workout for the back though)
Lateral Dumbell raise 1x12, 1x10 @10 each arm
(you can probably get a good workout with two nalgenes full of water)
Deadlift paired w/ 3x6 @ 40
(RDLs come close; this is more of a back workout though)
Clapper Push-ups 3x10
Handstand Push-ups w/ 1x6, 1x2
Flat-footed situp 1x15, 1x20

A few notes about the exercises:
-generally, I try to do the exercises with maximal exertion and solid form. the beginning and ending of the motions should be slow to avoid the bouncing effect, but accelerate as fast as you can through the middle of the motions to work the muscles as much as possible. You'll be surprised how quickly you tire doing this (a large part of declining reps in several of the exercises I did). Try not to do reps with poor form, as that increases injury risk, especially when tired.
-I also do the exercises with minimal rest. I might work in more pairings to cut down on sit-around time, but generally speaking I'm trying to condition as well as improve strength. More than a minute is too much for my goals.
-bent-over row: bend at the hips 'til the torso is parallel with the ground, keep your legs and back straight and as still as possible through the motion. pull the bar up to your chest, lower back down, repeat.
-lateral dumbell raise: keep the arms straight, lift the arms straight out to the side without rotation up to horizontal. lower, repeat.
-deadlift: difficult to explain. try looking it up online, it's a solid full-body motion with emphasis on the lower back (my main target) and glutes/hammies.

Planning to do upper body w/weight, lower body w/weight, full body weightless in 3-day increments with Saturdays off for now, working runs in on upper and weightless days soon. We'll see how well I can stick to these goals. Ankle's doing a lot better, getting the blood flowing regularly and loosening up the tissue with lots of rotational movements and a bit of massage as well.

I'll post the other two workouts as I do them. Let me know if you have any questions/suggestions.

The Coach's a World Traveler.

2005-12-10T19:47:00.000-05:00

He'll be in Nicaragua until the 24th, and out of touch while there.

Sorry to any of you looking to keep tabs on his workouts.

Here Goes...

2005-12-10T13:59:00.000-05:00

Had my first real workout since I came home today (besides a few pushups and situps). Just a 4 mile run, reasonably fast for me, definitely pushing myself. Now I have to improvise the lifting routine since I don't have a gym or weights. Well, I have two 3 lb weights which is much less than the 15s I usually use, and two 8 lb discs that go on barbells, but no bar. Fun huh? I'll figure something out. My plan is to alternate 4 and 6 mile runs with 3 mile intervals (sprints and jogs) so I can build up my endurance without sacrificing my sprints. Sweet. I'm out, hope you're all keeping up with the workouts!

Hola from Valparaiso!

2005-12-09T15:51:00.000-05:00

Hey everyone. i made it to chile safe and sound with anne raymond and vicki allen, after an eventful trip to the airport involving a tow truck and a 45 minute trek through the logan parking lot. the weather here is beautiful (i think it hit 90 today) and pnut has been a very gracious host, introduing us to all his friends who fortunately are either from english speaking countries or know english pretty well, because i don't know any spanish. we met up with a bunch of people yesterday to play ultimate! i've come to the realization that all ultimate players are as discorganized and perpetually late as we are. we met at one guy's apartment, went to the mall/grocery store to buy food for dinner, and waited three hours (seriously) while a few people went shopping and everyone else wandered around and got lost. the biggest concern was whether we'd have enough beer : )

anyway, we finally made it to the house of one of the players who i thought was just another american bum like the rest of them but turns out he's an executive for MetLife and lives in a country club in a gorgeous house. we played ultimate in the very hot sun all afternoon on the club fields, with five or six on a side, and my team won almost every game. then we went back to the house, went swimming, had a barbeque, and messed around all night.

this morning we made it to pnut's place, a four story house overlooking the bay in valparaiso. i did some serious conditioning walking around the town. it's all on these steep hills with what seems like infinite steps to their tops. we got pretty lost, which was fun, but tiring; i just got up from a long nap.

that's about all i've been doing for now. i hope to play some more this weekend, or at least toss with dan in the park.

hope you all had safe trips home and i'll see you in the winter!
Kristen

Ah, home.

2005-12-08T13:58:00.000-05:00

Been lounging around the house since I got home yesterday...

just got in a pretty solid workout, lots of plyos and other exercises to get the blood flowing. I'll probably get a weight workout in later in the week.

Ankle's feeling better. Swelling's gone down, though it's still a bit painful at the right (wrong?) angles. Ibuprofen, and compressing via wrapping a bandanna around the ankle help a lot, it's already gotten a lot better, I was pretty fine playing schtick night before last.

The Next Fisty?

2005-12-07T18:48:00.000-05:00

An interesting point about having no nickname...

Is William S.J. McCarthy the next Fisty P. Hingham?

Discuss.

HAHAHA

2005-12-07T01:24:00.000-05:00

Socks,
wo(3) shi(4) zhong(1) wen(2) si(4) xue(2) sheng(1) dan(4) shi(4) wo(3) de shuo(1) hua(4) zhen(1) bu(4) hao(3), suo(3) yi(3) wo(3) ying(1) gai(1) qu(4) drill, ni(2) de drill. hen(3) hao(3)!

did anyone else understand that....i thought not

-billy "has no real nickname" mccarthy

Woo!

2005-12-05T18:44:00.000-05:00

No more finals, so excited. I lifted three times over finals, but I don't have gym access so i'll have to mostly do longer runs and stuff without weights. Shouldn't be a big problem; it'll just be hard to find time before or after work to run while it's light out.

Asthma in the House

2005-12-05T12:40:00.000-05:00

Well, the cold isn't terribly kind on my bronchi. Just put in about 4 hilly miles on snow-dusted trails in Pine Park. My lungs have seen happier days. Nice to get back running a bit this week, though. Hoping to work a lift in tomorrow - been surprised at how busy I'm staying this week (with Novack and Nicaragua prep), despite being done. Hardly even feels like a relief.
Probably won't be able to make it into Leverone til Wednesday or so - working 6pm-3am at Novack pretty much every night.

Need sleep.

The Hardy Boys and the Mystery of Where Babies Come From

2005-12-04T23:40:00.000-05:00

...is a play I wanted to do. Well, heading home tomorrow after a chinese exam. I've been playing stchick rather than studying, but thats cool, right?

ultimate has been totally sweet this term. i may suck, but trying to improve my game and just hanging with all of you has been amazing. Nopants rocks

socks called me 'mccarthyism' the other day, i rather like it.

while at home i will be rocking a hair cut and lots of work outs. look for billy 2.0 winter term

well thats it, i love you all. have a good break.

chairman of the house foreign affairs sub committee on anti-ultimate activities
'mccarthyism'

p.s. if you didn't notice, courier is my favorite font

Flatland Freezer V

2005-12-04T22:16:00.000-05:00

That's the name of the tournament I was at this weekend in McPherson, Kansas, one of the few places I've seen that's more in the middle of nowhere than Oklahoma. I went as extra legs and experience for OU's B-team, the Babboons of Wrath. I think there were two other people there of 13 who had A-team ultimate experience, and they spent most of their time on the sidelines freezing their asses off while I was playing and freezing my ass off with 6 guys who each had barely 2 months experience. It was cold, possibly colder than Hanover, 30 yesterday, 25 today, with 20mph winds yesterday.

So I ended up playing handler basically every point the whole weekend. I would say it was a good experience, but no one had any throws in that wind. By the end of the day I was managing to complete most of my throws and not drop anything, but that's because I never threw it more than 10 yards. We ended up going 1-4, beating a team of high school kids who would make zargham look tall and one of whom told me "that was a pretty desparate throw" after I nearly completed a 30 yard upwind hammer for a score. Like anyone else was cutting. Overall I am pretty happy with my handling, there were times when I really had the offense running well, but there were other hell points where I probably pulled a hat trick times 2. My cutting was decent, I think, and of course my defense needs a lot of work, especially man where I had a tendency to shut down my man the whole point only to loose concentration for a few seconds and let him get open. Essentially I need my field sense back.

Highlights include a zone D point where I won a dollar for getting a layout D. I used it buy chicken nuggets at Wendys. I also managed to hold up Dartmouth's rage reputation by participating and placing 4th on the team in what OU called the "comsumer challenge".

All in all a great weekend of ultimate.

-receptacle

Sigh...

2005-12-04T22:09:00.000-05:00

...

Boo lower extremities.

2005-12-04T12:28:00.000-05:00

Yeah, so when I went out to Leverone yesterday I had a minor ankle-rolling incident where I went up for a disc behind one Lamar and both failed in my attempt (it was half-assed at best) and landed with my left foot at an awkward angle on his heel/foot/something, resulting in a roll.

My participation in the dump drill clinic mostly consisted of sitting around, hobbling to the bathroom to run cold water over my swelling ankle, and a little bit of tossing on the side, taking special precaution against pivoting too hard.

It's still a bit swollen today, though I daresay with a bit of R.I.C.E. (that's Rest, Ice, Compress, Elevate, four tenets of injury treatment/recovery) it's already improved substantially. Thankfully I don't really have anything to do for a while, and I'll have plenty of time over break to rest/rehab so I'm set to go come winter.

In other news...I have no other news. My life revolves around ultimate, currently. Do you find that pitiable?

10 hours;10 pages

2005-12-04T08:26:00.000-05:00

til freedom. My fingers will be getting a strength workout today. Also, 30 hours at Novack in the next three nights - come find me, I'll be the catatonic one trying to keep his eyes open.