Kris and I ventured to Devils Lake State Park, expecting a warm March day. Instead, we found cloudy, rainy skies and a cold breeze from the partially frozen lake. After a semi-frozen lunch, we hiked the West Bluff, and returned along the base, about three miles total. Then, Parfrey's Glen surprised us with an unknown natural jewel. (Too bad we forgot the camera in the car.) At the end of the day, we put about five miles under our feet.
March 2004 Archives
So I thought it would be time to get serious about getting serious once again. I felt so-so. What made me feel worse was all the tan kids coming back from the spring break, still hung over, but yet I looked like Moby Dick floating by. Maybe it was the harpoon in my back.
- 200 warm-up, 175, 100, 50, 100, 150, 200
- 4x100
- 4x50
- 5x25
- 100 down
208.3 on the scale - not too bad for a 3-week absence
We came, we saw, we won. It was my best game of the season, scoring six points and some assists. Although my toenail will fall off later this summer (It did the same thing last year.), it's well worth it to bring home the hardware. The best part about playing was my stamina increasing from game to game. By tonight's game, instead of fans and teammates laughing at my huffing and puffing as I staggered to the bench, they were complimenting me on my play. My physical deficiencies weren't even a factor.
Our last game started off with a dud. It was so bad, that I scored our first point on a free throw. Unless you've watched our games, you might not know how monumental/disastrous this is. We ended up clawing back from more than twenty down to within eight or nine, but couldn't pull through. Applebee's were just hitting too many shots. The saving factor of this loss is that we play them next week for the league championship next week. And they're going to be without their best player. Keep your fingers crossed.
Jason couldn't find his thumb if it was poking him in the eye, so we played without him - all five of us. And unless you failed Jim Harrick Jr.'s basketball test, that's how many are on the court at once. We were heroic. The score was 12-6 in the first have, which could've/should've been closer. With four minutes to go, we found a groove and were within two. But, the wall hit and we scored no more and lost by eight. All of us that played are beat. Definitely my hardest workout in quite some time.
Same old thing, but this time the wife ran along. The morning run was marked by muskrats (or some other water creature), enjoying a breakfast of weeds left behind by the ice fishermen. Saw three total.
For the first time since the alumni meet, I swam prior to work. Before, I had the built in excuse of taking Kris to work. Now, she's at a new rotation, and thus have to use my own motivation to get me going. It took me a bit for my mind to come to and even longer for my body to wake up. I don't think it did until I jumped into the shockingly cold water.
- 4x100 warm-up
- 6x75
- 6x50
- 2x:
- 75 ez
- 2x50 moderate
- 3x25 kick
- 100 down
1550 total. An amazing 207.7 pounds.
