Where did my journey go?
I don't see my fellow travelers much these days.
I don't find the urge to pound my body into oblivion in hopes that I'll escape oblivion in the future so easily.
It is early Friday afternoon and I don't know when my last workout was, nor when my next one is coming. Maybe typing this will make it happen?
Did I do all of this for me, or for y'all?
Was I selfish the whole time, or gregarious?
My body hurts these days.
It hurt all last season when I was training, playing and anywhen else.
When I run, all I can think of is "Why am I doing this, where am I going?"
When I do a pushup or squat, when i throw a medball or disc... All I can think is "Again? Why the hell are you doing this again?"
I'm not out of breath, but I'm out of willpower. Out of focus. Fuzzy-edged.
Upstate NY, Indiana.
This journey completed, did we ever reach the destination? Was the destination just having memories of being someone on a journey once upon a time?
D.C., The CandyShop.
The midatlantic something or other. Looking for vistas on trail runs and room for Sammy to KILL TIM.
Just as nomadic as ever.
Something will pin me happily to a place sometime, right? Some journey I can't foresee will pull me into a tight orbit somewhere?
These breaths I shared with y'all...
Well worth the prices I paid.
Thanks, fuckers, is what I'm trying to say.
Now what the hell do I do?
I'm like a retired pro athlete with no money to show for the pain.
Or even to buy the painkillers.
I feel like I should go to college now.
I was too immature the first time.
Seeking out something with meaning. Something to give myself away to.
If J wasn't here, I'd quote some davey foster wallace here...
Better in a philosophical way, maybe.
The undervaluation of self-importance and all.
The worse in an economical theory kinda way, maybe.
But then, Nic Darling told me that as soon as you earn $1000000, you should be forced to give it all away.
I already gave it all away and found I didn't want it in the first place.
I've focused on the Journey for so long, I don't even understand what a Destination is or how to find one.
UpstateNY(there are no cities there, so don't expect me to use terms like "Oneanta"),Indiana(ibid),Philly,D.C.... Limbo.
This Journey has no end, no beginning.
Maybe I'll soon enough be able to make sense of that meaninglessness again. Maybe I won't. Maybe both and neither all at once are the only way to see and be it.
My back cracks, my shoulders pop. My knees creak and my neck squeaks. My feet burn and hands get weak.
I wouldn't give it back, I wouldn't trade it. But I can't not doubt myself.
Not sure what commenced this or convinced me that this was the place for it, but here it is kids.
Oh, right... It was the title of this blog that pulled me here. Perhaps if I struggle with the meanings of those words, I'll find something. I'll learn something.
I'll understand?
Friday, January 28, 2011
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Monday, November 30, 2009
Watching Vikes-Bears from the gym
Did 8 miles on the stationary bike at resistance level 15.
Med Ball 200 when I got home.
You'd think football was good to watch while working out. Its not. Far too many commercials. And Joe Buck is really annoying.
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Med Ball 200 when I got home.
You'd think football was good to watch while working out. Its not. Far too many commercials. And Joe Buck is really annoying.
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Crowded Monday evening at Columbus Sq. Park
A number of us headed out to Columbus Sq. park near my house last night to get some sprinting work in. Turned out there was youth soccer, pick up soccer, and three clowns trying to play baseball so we had to improvise to fit our workout in the space. We succeeded and ended up doing the following workout:
2 reps of 2 laps of jog 50 m, sprint 50 m; 4 minutes between reps
5 minutes
5 reps of a 4 x 100 m relay or if you don't have enough dudes: 5 reps of 100 m, 30 seconds rest
5 minutes/get your cleats on as fast as you can
fake d points:
3 sets of 2 reps - 50 (yd sprint) in, 10 out, 10 in, 10 out, 10 seconds fast feet, 10 in, 10 out, 10 in, 10 sec rest, 10 out, 10 in, 10 out, 10 secs fast feet, 10 in, 50 out; 1 min between reps, 3 min between sets
2 reps of 2 laps of jog 50 m, sprint 50 m; 4 minutes between reps
5 minutes
5 reps of a 4 x 100 m relay or if you don't have enough dudes: 5 reps of 100 m, 30 seconds rest
5 minutes/get your cleats on as fast as you can
fake d points:
3 sets of 2 reps - 50 (yd sprint) in, 10 out, 10 in, 10 out, 10 seconds fast feet, 10 in, 10 out, 10 in, 10 sec rest, 10 out, 10 in, 10 out, 10 secs fast feet, 10 in, 50 out; 1 min between reps, 3 min between sets
*it looks tough to remember, but it really is just 50, 10, 10, 10, something, 10, 10, 10, something, 10, 10, 10, something, 10, 50.
*you only need 3 cones for this one: a cone (start), 40 yards, a cone, 10 yards, a cone
3 minutes
fake o points:
3 sets of 2 reps - 15 (yd sprint) out, 15 in, 5 out, 10 jog, 15 in, 15 out, 5 in, 10 jog, 15 out, 15 in, 30 out; 1 min between reps, 3 minutes between sets
3 minutes
fake o points:
3 sets of 2 reps - 15 (yd sprint) out, 15 in, 5 out, 10 jog, 15 in, 15 out, 5 in, 10 jog, 15 out, 15 in, 30 out; 1 min between reps, 3 minutes between sets
*you need 5 cones for this one: cone (start), 5 yards, a cone, 5 yards, a cone, 5 yards, a cone, 15 yards, a cone
Monday, August 24, 2009
Sunday Make Up Workout
Couldn't make it back to Mercer for Sunday practice after the wedding. Headed out to a field in Maryland on Sunday afternoon and did the following:
2 x 2 x Hill sprints followed by 20 push ups
Med Ball 200
8.8 lbs medicine ball
20 x Big Circles
20 x Woodchopper
20 x Standing Russian Twists
20 x Squat to Press
20 x Med Ball sit up
20 x Rocky Solo
20 x Toe-Touch
20 x 45-Degree Twist
20 x Suitcase Crunch
20 x Diagonal Crunch
20 Minutes of pulling. Worked on outside in pulls especially and focused on getting hangtime on IO pulls. Fooled around a little with spin pulls. I could maybe see myself using it at some point but not this year as it would take a lot of refining to get right and my regular OI pull works just fine.
2 x 2 x Hill sprints followed by 20 push ups
Med Ball 200
8.8 lbs medicine ball
20 x Big Circles
20 x Woodchopper
20 x Standing Russian Twists
20 x Squat to Press
20 x Med Ball sit up
20 x Rocky Solo
20 x Toe-Touch
20 x 45-Degree Twist
20 x Suitcase Crunch
20 x Diagonal Crunch
20 Minutes of pulling. Worked on outside in pulls especially and focused on getting hangtime on IO pulls. Fooled around a little with spin pulls. I could maybe see myself using it at some point but not this year as it would take a lot of refining to get right and my regular OI pull works just fine.
Saturday Practice
Good turnout at the MCUDL fields for a good day of practice. Lots of scrimmaging and strategic work. Body felt great until I made a bid on Weez tweaking my groin again. Played through it as its really just a tweak but annoying nonetheless. I had to leave about an hour+ early to book it to Maryland for a wedding.
Friday, August 21, 2009
Back to the Track
Last night I reminded myself why it sucks to lose close to a month of training when you get injured. I headed out to the Temple Track with 13 other philly ultimate players including Grin, Ross, and Ellis and kicked the crap out of myself.
Workout was as follows:
2 lap warm up, active stetching.
2 laps of jog 100, stride 100
3 minutes break
1 x 4 reps of 100 m: 40 secs rest between reps
3 minutes break
2 x 6 reps of 70 m: 30 secs rest between reps; 3 min between set
5 minute break
3 x 5 reps of 25 m: 15 secs rest between reps; 45 secs between sets (or just walk back and start again)
3 minute break
2 x 6 reps of 70 m: 40 secs rest between reps; 3 min between set
3 minute break
1 x 4 reps of 100 m: 50 secs rest between reps
Killer workout despite the short distances. Ended up being close to 1.75 miles of sprinting.
Workout was as follows:
2 lap warm up, active stetching.
2 laps of jog 100, stride 100
3 minutes break
1 x 4 reps of 100 m: 40 secs rest between reps
3 minutes break
2 x 6 reps of 70 m: 30 secs rest between reps; 3 min between set
5 minute break
3 x 5 reps of 25 m: 15 secs rest between reps; 45 secs between sets (or just walk back and start again)
3 minute break
2 x 6 reps of 70 m: 40 secs rest between reps; 3 min between set
3 minute break
1 x 4 reps of 100 m: 50 secs rest between reps
Killer workout despite the short distances. Ended up being close to 1.75 miles of sprinting.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Stairs Again
In Philly at the art museum, your stair workout can be customized to work on whatever part of your game you want to work on. This is the core of what I worked on on Tuesday with some Pikes (Grin, Cuatro, Ross) and some folks from other local teams.
[Warmup]
Every Step, Get Light
5 Divebombers
Walk Slowly
Every Step, High Knees
5 Divebombers
Walk Slowly, Descend Smoothly
Every Step, Butt Kicks
5 Slow Regular Pushups
Every Step, Loose Shoulders
2Feet, Every Step (Minimum Ground Contact, Maximum "Pop")
5 Clap Pushups, Quiet, Low Landing
Every Step, Loose Shoulders, Move Neck
2Feet, 2 Up, 1 Down
5 Clap Pushups, Quiet, Low Landing, Maximum Height
Every Other Step, Walk Slowly, Descend Smoothly
[Workout: Stay on Toes/Forefoot for Duration Up+Down!]
Speed Skater, Get Non-Contact Foot Across Median of Body
2 Claps, Max Height
Slow Skater, Get Non-Contact Foot Across Median, Stay Balanced
Reverse Speed Skater, Focus on Feet/Hips/Spine/Shoulders
3 Claps, Max Height
Slow Reverse Skater, Focus on Balance
L Foot First Shuffle w/ One Step Between Feet- Quick!Quick!
5 Claps, Max Height
L First Shuffle w/ One Step Between, Smooth Descent
R Foot First Shuffle w/ One Step Between Feet- Quick!Pop!
7 Claps, Max Height
R Foot First Shuffle w/ One Step Between, Smooth Descent
Backwards, L Foot First, Balance+Golightly
11 Claps, Max Height
Backwards, Every Step, Smooth Descent
Backwards, R Foot First, Balanced. Light Feet.
13 Claps, Max Height
Backwards, Every Step, Smooth Descent
Shuffle, Start w/ LFoot Closer to Stairs. Lead w/ RFoot Up First Stair in Front of LFoot. Feel Hips/Knees/Balance.
11 Claps, Max Height
SmoothShuffle, Lead with inside RFoot, Smoothly
Shuffle, Start w/ RFoot Closer to Stairs. Lead w/ LFoot Up First Stair in Front of RFoot. Feel Hips/Knees/Balance.
7 Claps, Max Claps Per Pushup.
SmoothShuffle, Lead w/ inside (R / L) Foot
Double Step Speed Skaters w/ Minimum Ground Contact- REDIRECT!
5 Claps, Max Claps Per Pushup
Every Other Step, Lightly, Quickly
SuperTwist, Focus on MAXIMUM Force/Distance of Twist!
3 Claps, Max Claps Per Pushup
Walk Every Other Step, Slowly
We did incorrectly (because I demonstrated incorrectly) the Double Step Speed Skaters. My brain was fried already. After this, Ross led is in some more stairs stuff, including the Carioca, which I think we can add vertically and horizontally, actually. Factually. And we'll rotate in "One Leg Speed Skaters" "Backwards One Leg Hop" "Exagerrated Stride (Yes Infact Verymuch Like the Moon Bounce)".
The Outside Movie was canceled, but we drank well w/ Spaten and Fransizkaner beforehand. And whatever your heart desired at the Foodery with Pikes Past Present and not. Definitely some Old Sag folks at the Standard Tap.
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This was on the heels of the first true-Pike2009 practice this past weekend which left me well worn, but more focused on the season than ever and more convinced that we will get out exactly what we put in. Whatever level we push ourselves to play at will be the level we deserve. We saw the highs and lows of that possibility.
We installed some of the building blocks of our offense.
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Next we add the blocks which build off of the building blocks we'll reinforce thiss weekend.
The beatings will commence asof the second time around these blocks.
And now the Tournament I Love to Hate... Chesapeake.
[Warmup]
Every Step, Get Light
5 Divebombers
Walk Slowly
Every Step, High Knees
5 Divebombers
Walk Slowly, Descend Smoothly
Every Step, Butt Kicks
5 Slow Regular Pushups
Every Step, Loose Shoulders
2Feet, Every Step (Minimum Ground Contact, Maximum "Pop")
5 Clap Pushups, Quiet, Low Landing
Every Step, Loose Shoulders, Move Neck
2Feet, 2 Up, 1 Down
5 Clap Pushups, Quiet, Low Landing, Maximum Height
Every Other Step, Walk Slowly, Descend Smoothly
[Workout: Stay on Toes/Forefoot for Duration Up+Down!]
Speed Skater, Get Non-Contact Foot Across Median of Body
2 Claps, Max Height
Slow Skater, Get Non-Contact Foot Across Median, Stay Balanced
Reverse Speed Skater, Focus on Feet/Hips/Spine/Shoulders
3 Claps, Max Height
Slow Reverse Skater, Focus on Balance
L Foot First Shuffle w/ One Step Between Feet- Quick!Quick!
5 Claps, Max Height
L First Shuffle w/ One Step Between, Smooth Descent
R Foot First Shuffle w/ One Step Between Feet- Quick!Pop!
7 Claps, Max Height
R Foot First Shuffle w/ One Step Between, Smooth Descent
Backwards, L Foot First, Balance+Golightly
11 Claps, Max Height
Backwards, Every Step, Smooth Descent
Backwards, R Foot First, Balanced. Light Feet.
13 Claps, Max Height
Backwards, Every Step, Smooth Descent
Shuffle, Start w/ LFoot Closer to Stairs. Lead w/ RFoot Up First Stair in Front of LFoot. Feel Hips/Knees/Balance.
11 Claps, Max Height
SmoothShuffle, Lead with inside RFoot, Smoothly
Shuffle, Start w/ RFoot Closer to Stairs. Lead w/ LFoot Up First Stair in Front of RFoot. Feel Hips/Knees/Balance.
7 Claps, Max Claps Per Pushup.
SmoothShuffle, Lead w/ inside (R / L) Foot
Double Step Speed Skaters w/ Minimum Ground Contact- REDIRECT!
5 Claps, Max Claps Per Pushup
Every Other Step, Lightly, Quickly
SuperTwist, Focus on MAXIMUM Force/Distance of Twist!
3 Claps, Max Claps Per Pushup
Walk Every Other Step, Slowly
We did incorrectly (because I demonstrated incorrectly) the Double Step Speed Skaters. My brain was fried already. After this, Ross led is in some more stairs stuff, including the Carioca, which I think we can add vertically and horizontally, actually. Factually. And we'll rotate in "One Leg Speed Skaters" "Backwards One Leg Hop" "Exagerrated Stride (Yes Infact Verymuch Like the Moon Bounce)".
The Outside Movie was canceled, but we drank well w/ Spaten and Fransizkaner beforehand. And whatever your heart desired at the Foodery with Pikes Past Present and not. Definitely some Old Sag folks at the Standard Tap.
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This was on the heels of the first true-Pike2009 practice this past weekend which left me well worn, but more focused on the season than ever and more convinced that we will get out exactly what we put in. Whatever level we push ourselves to play at will be the level we deserve. We saw the highs and lows of that possibility.
We installed some of the building blocks of our offense.
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Next we add the blocks which build off of the building blocks we'll reinforce thiss weekend.
The beatings will commence asof the second time around these blocks.
And now the Tournament I Love to Hate... Chesapeake.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Light field work
I wanted to workout on Tuesday to prepare for the track workout on Thursday but then Weez scored free Phillies tickets so I headed out tonight with the Finks, JT, Ellis, Ross, and Liz Thompson. Workout was as follows:
Jog
Stretch
Set up five cones about a 2 yards apart
10 yd shuttle there and back
10 yd karaoke there and back
quick feet weaving through the cones
bounding hops over the cones
repeat for a total of 5 times
Throw for 3 minutes, complete as many passes as you can
10 push ups for drops (I had zero)
Switch partners, complete as many passes as you can
10 push ups for drops (I had zero)
Set up this box
3------------4
2------------1
0-------------0
Start at 0. Box is about 5 x 5 and the 0 is 10yds from the box. Sprint to 1, plant and sprint to 2, side shuffle to 3, back pedal to 4, side shuffle to 1, plant and sprint to 0 while a disc is thrown to you. The thrower than goes through the circuit.
Repeat 10 times, on 6 switch where the 0 is to the other corner.
Disc suicides - 4 reps.
Done
See you Thursday at Temple.
Jog
Stretch
Set up five cones about a 2 yards apart
10 yd shuttle there and back
10 yd karaoke there and back
quick feet weaving through the cones
bounding hops over the cones
repeat for a total of 5 times
Throw for 3 minutes, complete as many passes as you can
10 push ups for drops (I had zero)
Switch partners, complete as many passes as you can
10 push ups for drops (I had zero)
Set up this box
3------------4
2------------1
0-------------0
Start at 0. Box is about 5 x 5 and the 0 is 10yds from the box. Sprint to 1, plant and sprint to 2, side shuffle to 3, back pedal to 4, side shuffle to 1, plant and sprint to 0 while a disc is thrown to you. The thrower than goes through the circuit.
Repeat 10 times, on 6 switch where the 0 is to the other corner.
Disc suicides - 4 reps.
Done
See you Thursday at Temple.
Monday, August 17, 2009
Double Practice 8/15-8/16
The real work began for Pike in this late summer early fall season as we had our first real practice weekend after having the month of July off. Unfortunately a number of Pikes had prior commitments which made for somewhat low numbers. Some guys had legit excuses, others did not. Those in attendance put some great work in focusing on the finer points of our offensive strategies and the D team working on bringing the intensity for every point of every game (which is hard with 2-3 subs on the weekend.
Great work overall. On to another week of individual work with another double practice looming next weekend.
Great work overall. On to another week of individual work with another double practice looming next weekend.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Quick Track
Didn't have enough time to put in the type of work I wanted to but I got something in regardless. I also am feeling the 3-4 weeks I had to take off because of my groin.
Warm up
Stretch
Ladder
50
100
200
200
100
50
jog what you ran
2 x 4 x 100 walk, jog, stride, sprint
cool down
Not nearly enough, but better than nothing.
Warm up
Stretch
Ladder
50
100
200
200
100
50
jog what you ran
2 x 4 x 100 walk, jog, stride, sprint
cool down
Not nearly enough, but better than nothing.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Dog Days of Summer
I'm back to updating this thing regularly so help me...
Decided that I would test out my very purple and yellow groin tonight so Tous and I headed to the Art Museum steps and did the following workout:
Every step
Every other step
stretch
Every step
Every other step
karaoke one direction
every step
every other step
karaoke other direction
every step
every other step
single leg hop up every step
every step
every other step
other leg hop
every step
every other step
side to side two footed hops on every step
every step
every other step
slalom steps
every step
two footed bounding up 3 steps at a time
every other step
Something Tous called a "Dominator" I think. Basically a suicide, up 10 steps every step, down, up 20 steps every other, down, up 30 steps every step, etc. etc. etc.
Suck
Hydrate.
Drive home
Med Ball 200
8.8 lbs medicine ball
20 x Big Circles
20 x Woodchopper
20 x Standing Russian Twist
20 x Squat to Press
20 x Medicine-ball Sit-up
20 x Rocky Solo
20 x Toe Touch
20 x 45-Degree Twist
20 x Suitcase Crunch
20 x Diagonal Crunch
Decided that I would test out my very purple and yellow groin tonight so Tous and I headed to the Art Museum steps and did the following workout:
Every step
Every other step
stretch
Every step
Every other step
karaoke one direction
every step
every other step
karaoke other direction
every step
every other step
single leg hop up every step
every step
every other step
other leg hop
every step
every other step
side to side two footed hops on every step
every step
every other step
slalom steps
every step
two footed bounding up 3 steps at a time
every other step
Something Tous called a "Dominator" I think. Basically a suicide, up 10 steps every step, down, up 20 steps every other, down, up 30 steps every step, etc. etc. etc.
Suck
Hydrate.
Drive home
Med Ball 200
8.8 lbs medicine ball
20 x Big Circles
20 x Woodchopper
20 x Standing Russian Twist
20 x Squat to Press
20 x Medicine-ball Sit-up
20 x Rocky Solo
20 x Toe Touch
20 x 45-Degree Twist
20 x Suitcase Crunch
20 x Diagonal Crunch
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Criss-crossing the Country
The weekend of 7/11 I went up to Maine for some hiking and possibly some white water rafting. We wanted to do the Knife's Edge hike on Mt. Katahdin which is the highest point in Maine and a very popular 10ish hour hike. So popular in fact that the parking for the trail head for Knife's Edge was full at 6:30 am.
As it turned out, we didn't make it by 6:30. We rolled into Baxter State Park at about 8am, signed in for the Abol/Hunt's trail hike, parked our car, and headed up the trail. This was supposed to be a 8-10 hour hike with the Abol hike being a very steep hike to the top of Katahdin and then the Hunt trail (the last leg of the AT) being easier in terms of navigating back down the mountain. We started up the Abol and they weren't kidding about steepness.
After what was a fairly ridiculous uphill and loose rock hike we hit a flat part.
And then kept climbing up to the top of Katahdin.
It was an awesome hike, and an amazing view. And holy crap was it tiring. We made it in about 4 hours, ate lunch and then headed back down the Hunt trail. It was very windy which made it kind of exciting on the way down. The views, however, were absolutely worth it.
We continued the rest of the way down the mountain and finished up in just under 8 hours. It was one hell of a workout and an awful lot of fun. I really, really like hiking.
Sunday we woke up and headed back to Bangor Maine and then did a little exploring along the coast. Our exploring led us to Camden Maine on the coast where we decided to go Sea Kayaking. This was also a great workout. Lots of fun for two hours, great core and shoulder workout. I'm pretty much ready to buy a Sea Kayak.
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As it turned out, we didn't make it by 6:30. We rolled into Baxter State Park at about 8am, signed in for the Abol/Hunt's trail hike, parked our car, and headed up the trail. This was supposed to be a 8-10 hour hike with the Abol hike being a very steep hike to the top of Katahdin and then the Hunt trail (the last leg of the AT) being easier in terms of navigating back down the mountain. We started up the Abol and they weren't kidding about steepness.
After what was a fairly ridiculous uphill and loose rock hike we hit a flat part.
And then kept climbing up to the top of Katahdin.
It was an awesome hike, and an amazing view. And holy crap was it tiring. We made it in about 4 hours, ate lunch and then headed back down the Hunt trail. It was very windy which made it kind of exciting on the way down. The views, however, were absolutely worth it.
We continued the rest of the way down the mountain and finished up in just under 8 hours. It was one hell of a workout and an awful lot of fun. I really, really like hiking.
Sunday we woke up and headed back to Bangor Maine and then did a little exploring along the coast. Our exploring led us to Camden Maine on the coast where we decided to go Sea Kayaking. This was also a great workout. Lots of fun for two hours, great core and shoulder workout. I'm pretty much ready to buy a Sea Kayak.
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Monday, July 13, 2009
Catch-up
Man...life got massively in the way of me updating this blog. Since the last post the following things have taken place:
1) Practice on a very rainy weekend prior to the Boston Invite.
2) The Boston Invite - Pike did alright...left too many opportunities on the field with our chance to make the elite bracket. We made roster decisions after this tournament. It was an incredibly difficult process but we're just about set at this point.
3) Numerous mini workouts with the Finks and on my own.
4) Played at Potlatch with Shelixim/Elixerbac (connected with the team through Huck Finn players from Paganello. Team included Germans, New Zealanders, and West Coasters). Very fun tournament overall. Maybe would have like to play a little more competitively but playing 3 days of ultimate is still 3 days of ultimate even if you're doing a lot of drinking in the process.
5) Spent an UNGODLY amount of time working as work basically decided to hit me square in the face over the past three weeks. I had to miss my first SL game due to work and was basically sleeping 5-6 hours a night and working the other 18-19 hours in the day when I wasn't eating. Thankfully this mess should be over with.
6) Oh yeah...summer league. My team has motivation issues. We don't try hard enough and get in close games that shouldn't be close. And then we lose. It makes no sense to me. We're either going to be the most dangerous 5/6 seed ever or we're headed for the D pool. It's anyone's guess.
That being said all this running around and the excessive ultimate has got my weight down in the 208 range. With two tournaments left this month (Sandblast and Wildwood) I'm expecting another 2-3 lbs if not more plus continuing to feel more and more comfortable playing elite level ultimate. My Sandblast team looks really good. Good women, two of the Titcombs (5 ultimate guys) and other strong players. I'm pretty excited.
Another post will follow later tonight with info on my awesome weekend in Maine hopefully complete with pictures. Hopefully I won't have any more prolonged hiatuses from this point forward.
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1) Practice on a very rainy weekend prior to the Boston Invite.
2) The Boston Invite - Pike did alright...left too many opportunities on the field with our chance to make the elite bracket. We made roster decisions after this tournament. It was an incredibly difficult process but we're just about set at this point.
3) Numerous mini workouts with the Finks and on my own.
4) Played at Potlatch with Shelixim/Elixerbac (connected with the team through Huck Finn players from Paganello. Team included Germans, New Zealanders, and West Coasters). Very fun tournament overall. Maybe would have like to play a little more competitively but playing 3 days of ultimate is still 3 days of ultimate even if you're doing a lot of drinking in the process.
5) Spent an UNGODLY amount of time working as work basically decided to hit me square in the face over the past three weeks. I had to miss my first SL game due to work and was basically sleeping 5-6 hours a night and working the other 18-19 hours in the day when I wasn't eating. Thankfully this mess should be over with.
6) Oh yeah...summer league. My team has motivation issues. We don't try hard enough and get in close games that shouldn't be close. And then we lose. It makes no sense to me. We're either going to be the most dangerous 5/6 seed ever or we're headed for the D pool. It's anyone's guess.
That being said all this running around and the excessive ultimate has got my weight down in the 208 range. With two tournaments left this month (Sandblast and Wildwood) I'm expecting another 2-3 lbs if not more plus continuing to feel more and more comfortable playing elite level ultimate. My Sandblast team looks really good. Good women, two of the Titcombs (5 ultimate guys) and other strong players. I'm pretty excited.
Another post will follow later tonight with info on my awesome weekend in Maine hopefully complete with pictures. Hopefully I won't have any more prolonged hiatuses from this point forward.
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
Temple Track
Hit the Temple University track with 14 other Philly area people (14!) including Pike hopefuls NickM, Ellis, Jason, and Sean Murray. Did what started out looking like a reasonable workout but ended up being harder than any of us realized.
Workout:
1 lap warmup
Active stretching
2 laps jogging the curves, striding the straightaways
2 x (8 x 50 yard sprint, 50 yard jog) 4 minute break between sets
2 x 200
2 x 400
2 x 200
90 second rest between the 2's and 4's.
Hit up some delicious Venezuelan food and then came home, foam rolled and collapsed into my bed.
Workout:
1 lap warmup
Active stretching
2 laps jogging the curves, striding the straightaways
2 x (8 x 50 yard sprint, 50 yard jog) 4 minute break between sets
2 x 200
2 x 400
2 x 200
90 second rest between the 2's and 4's.
Hit up some delicious Venezuelan food and then came home, foam rolled and collapsed into my bed.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Mother Nature vs. Pike
We headed out to the Art Museum to do a workout this afternoon. Tous and I got there around 6:10 to warm up. As we began to warm up it began to thunder storm, pour rain, and hail. As a result we decided to stop waiting for other people to get there. It was an awesome weather experience and a lot of fun to do a hard workout in.
Workout:
Every cycle involves a run down the steps. Its something like 50 steps on the way up
Warm up
Every step
Every other step
Karaoke one direction
Karaoke other direction
Stretch with focus on calves, quads, and hamstrings
Every step
Every other step
Up 2, down 1
every step
every other step
karaoke one direction
every step
every other step
karaoke other direction
every step
every other step
single leg hop up every step
every step
every other step
other leg hop
every step
every other step
bunny hops
every step
every other step, sprint across the courtyard and every other step up the stairs leading to the entrance.
Tabata push ups. Rough guess on numbers because I was keeping time
20-18-10-5-5-6-5-9
Tabata dips
9-7-4-4-3-2-2-6
Every step
Every other step
Up 2, down 1
every step
karaoke one direction
every other step
karaoke other direction
every step
single leg hop up every step
every other step
other leg hop
every step
bunny hops
every other step, sprint across the courtyard and every other step up the stairs leading to the entrance.
By the end Ellis, Ross, NickM, Keri Dorko, and Tree had shown up. Dorko and Tree were going with Tous and I, Ellis, Ross and NickM were going at it as a group as well.
Workout:
Every cycle involves a run down the steps. Its something like 50 steps on the way up
Warm up
Every step
Every other step
Karaoke one direction
Karaoke other direction
Stretch with focus on calves, quads, and hamstrings
Every step
Every other step
Up 2, down 1
every step
every other step
karaoke one direction
every step
every other step
karaoke other direction
every step
every other step
single leg hop up every step
every step
every other step
other leg hop
every step
every other step
bunny hops
every step
every other step, sprint across the courtyard and every other step up the stairs leading to the entrance.
Tabata push ups. Rough guess on numbers because I was keeping time
20-18-10-5-5-6-5-9
Tabata dips
9-7-4-4-3-2-2-6
Every step
Every other step
Up 2, down 1
every step
karaoke one direction
every other step
karaoke other direction
every step
single leg hop up every step
every other step
other leg hop
every step
bunny hops
every other step, sprint across the courtyard and every other step up the stairs leading to the entrance.
By the end Ellis, Ross, NickM, Keri Dorko, and Tree had shown up. Dorko and Tree were going with Tous and I, Ellis, Ross and NickM were going at it as a group as well.
Pike Practice - 6/13/09
Headed up to the old stomping grounds in Princeton. Were promptly given the boot by an assistant AD telling us we didn't have permits. No kidding. Headed over to the MCUDL fields and played there. Had a good run, ran through some strategy, had some pretty good scrimmages, played some mini, and got to finish up with a game in a torrential downpour.
Good work overall.
Good work overall.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Summer League
Played a fairly easy game against the Frentzel's. Largely easy because Jon Frentzel wasn't pushing his recently broken foot prior to his trip to Peru. My team is still figuring out how to play together but if and when we get it, we could be scary. Final score 15-11. Red Dawn references? 3.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Light Monday
Did a little recovery work with the Finks at the park near our house.
Workout:
Light stretching
Tabata in cuts*
40 minutes of throwing finishing with some longer throws focusing on OI backhands and continuing to work on regaining my flick huck. Felt really good about the throws by the end.
*8 sets 3 people 2 discs
Put a cone 15 yards away and have the first person cut to the cone, turn, and catch an in-cut from person 3, have the second person run and make the same cut, then person 3 cuts and receives a throw from person 1. Think juggling with in-cutters. 45 seconds on, 15 seconds off.
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Workout:
Light stretching
Tabata in cuts*
40 minutes of throwing finishing with some longer throws focusing on OI backhands and continuing to work on regaining my flick huck. Felt really good about the throws by the end.
*8 sets 3 people 2 discs
Put a cone 15 yards away and have the first person cut to the cone, turn, and catch an in-cut from person 3, have the second person run and make the same cut, then person 3 cuts and receives a throw from person 1. Think juggling with in-cutters. 45 seconds on, 15 seconds off.
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CUT
Took a team of about 20 up to Cazenovia NY to play at CUT. It was also a big weekend for weddings and graduations that took a number of our players away from us for the weekend. We played well on the whole with some flashes of impressive play. Got to see a lot of tryouts in pressure situations and against club competition. If we can keep the focus and intensity we showed in flashes this weekend for a whole tournament we will be in great shape.
The take home for me from the weekend is that in order to play the competition that we want to challenge ourselves against at tournaments throughout the season we must win every game on Saturday with no exceptions. Personally this will mean a need for great intensity and hard work while on the field and focus while leading the team on the sidelines. I'm excited about where this team has the potential to go.
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The take home for me from the weekend is that in order to play the competition that we want to challenge ourselves against at tournaments throughout the season we must win every game on Saturday with no exceptions. Personally this will mean a need for great intensity and hard work while on the field and focus while leading the team on the sidelines. I'm excited about where this team has the potential to go.
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