My boys are working their way through a second intramural tournament. We practiced outside, and I introduced them to "sheep and wolves" at the end of practice. I have about another week of practice with them and then my winter sports season will be over. I've been assiduously watching what I eat, and I don't know what I weigh but my coach's jacket zips properly now--for a little while there I had to breathe out and do contortions to even get the back-zip started. That thing was expensive ...
One of the nice things about the annual work-related fitness challenge is that it gives me a goal to work towards. This time, however, I find it a little less challenging than usual. In years past, we've earned points for the type of exercise and amount of time expended in those exercises. This year, they've added some additional categories where you can claim points and... well... I can see the point of offering opportunities to claim 5 points for eating ...
Yesterday was the second tournament since returning to the sport last fall. I was feeling better overall and less stressed out going into it. It was a group of higher caliber fencers so I had no preconceived notions of greatness, only a plan to fence new people, learn how to read people quicker and keep up the stamina. I met a great group of women in my pool. One girl asked me what high school I went to! I could have left a winner right then and there! Two others were vet fencers and ...
Rich, Gabor and I headed down to Ottawa for the Shield yesterday. The field was a little weaker than usual cause some of my club and the Estoc guys weren't there but it was still a pretty good field. For some reason the organizers decided to do pools of 8 so that took a while. I had my own pool which was pretty easy but I dropped a bout to Pascal because he just fenced a lot harder than me and I messed up some simple actions with him. Other than that I had a close one with Dima, and ...
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