All righty. Here is the deal. I think I have had a mega injury for the better part of 5 years now.I'll give you the background story, before i continue....
So the year was 2005. It was my junior year and i was going to my first tournament. It was late September and i was going with the newly formed BlueREY. We had begun practicing mid to late august and were planning on going to this tournament with a full 20 person roster. It featured some stars such as Charlie, myself, and a girl who plays for Cornell now. We ended up like 5th out of like 10 or something. We did decent but we were completely newly formed and were totally reamed by Noah's high school team Peyote.
Well a few Friday practices before hand we were practicing flick breaks and just throwing with a mark. So new to the whole getting low and throwing away from the mark i did the silly squat throw, some of you may not know what this is and that's great, but since i was basically self teaching myself everything i tried a lot of random shit. So i did it for a few throws and then one of my coaches looked at me and said, i'm paraphrasing, that doesn't do shit, you're wasting your time. I listened half heartedly and threw one last squat flick, as i got really deep into it i felt something in my quad sort of snap. I didn't know what it was, and i didn't know if it was hurt or what, because i felt fine. It hurt momentarily and i just kept on playing. Never to do that damn flick again. The next day i looked at my leg, the right leg to be exact, and still to this day, it looks 'sagging.' The part of my quad closest to my knee is, for the lack of a better term, fucked up.
So today as i ran my first of many miles i began to hurt. It wasn't a regular burn or shin splint; it was a painful leg immobilizing pain. I finished my mileage and contemplated doing some arm stuff, after talking to Hogan about core and other shenanigans, and realized i shouldn't really do much until i get that checked out. The weird thing though is i have never had a real bad problem with my knee. I'm wondering if i have ever really been at 100% since that day. This means one of two things a) its a bad injury and i should have rehabbed it so long ago or b)i'm just over analyzing shit and just need to man up and keep going. The ladder of the two is actually the one that concerns me more.
If a) is true then i can get my knee patched up over the summer or whenever it's appropriate, and then i can train and see what my true full potential is. If b) is true i guess i have forgotten how bad conditioning sucks, and i need to get my mental will power back up and keep going through the pain.
I haven't mentioned this before, but i have never - prior to this year - been injured. It may be the fact that high school sports are in themselves not very painful, or it means i have never been in a position to get hurt like i have. But having one injury, and one that may be injured, i still don't know the signs of a bad injury, and therefore i feel as though i am more susceptible to get a terrible injury stemming from a very silly little one. That's why i am not taking chances and am going to go get some x-rays or whatever you have for this pain and see if its fixable. Oh and i've never had surgery, so let's not start this year.... or ever for that matter.
Amp Energy: Overload
Alrighty, i have not much to say and i am just sort of killing moonlight.
Finals suck because they break my routine, which is basically how i have motivation to do anything, ever. Therein i have worked out less and ate more, which will change and i refuse for one week to truly deter me from my goals. On a more positive note i finally bitched out my shit T.A. and he began to whine about how he had too many students and he has a personal life and blah blah blah. To which i retorted, "is being a T.A a hobby, or do you get paid for it?"
Finally, the Bird has gained mad respect points for me in every category possible. A quick factoid about respect points: everyone has an infinite supply, and you can give them out accordingly for let's say witty comments, a dare, something hilarious, something bad ass; the counter opposite is also true, you can take them away for stupid shit. Bird has not only gained it as being a badass ultimate player, but also for being legitimately funny 24/7. If Bird doesn't have a gem to share he is literally sleeping. Overall + 20 respect points - i usually give them out in quantities of 1 or 2.
Positive note for Ultimate. I am consistently fixing my backhand and have - to my knowledge - sort of figure out my backhand. Thanks to Eddie and Christo. +2, +1 respect points to them respectively, and a definite +3 to Geoff for helping me practice constantly.
Oh, also. Fundraising, I've actually been super hardcore about this. I already realize that the team is going to cost a shit load of money and i have a plan of saying money from each pay check. But i also know that i hate spending money, so I've been pushing and giving lots of suggestions and all that good stuff, and have kind of been all over this. So if you read this check out one of three places facebook [which is a combination of the following two] or instead go to the donation page or the credit card page. Help out, and spread the word.
Finals suck because they break my routine, which is basically how i have motivation to do anything, ever. Therein i have worked out less and ate more, which will change and i refuse for one week to truly deter me from my goals. On a more positive note i finally bitched out my shit T.A. and he began to whine about how he had too many students and he has a personal life and blah blah blah. To which i retorted, "is being a T.A a hobby, or do you get paid for it?"
Finally, the Bird has gained mad respect points for me in every category possible. A quick factoid about respect points: everyone has an infinite supply, and you can give them out accordingly for let's say witty comments, a dare, something hilarious, something bad ass; the counter opposite is also true, you can take them away for stupid shit. Bird has not only gained it as being a badass ultimate player, but also for being legitimately funny 24/7. If Bird doesn't have a gem to share he is literally sleeping. Overall + 20 respect points - i usually give them out in quantities of 1 or 2.
Positive note for Ultimate. I am consistently fixing my backhand and have - to my knowledge - sort of figure out my backhand. Thanks to Eddie and Christo. +2, +1 respect points to them respectively, and a definite +3 to Geoff for helping me practice constantly.
Oh, also. Fundraising, I've actually been super hardcore about this. I already realize that the team is going to cost a shit load of money and i have a plan of saying money from each pay check. But i also know that i hate spending money, so I've been pushing and giving lots of suggestions and all that good stuff, and have kind of been all over this. So if you read this check out one of three places facebook [which is a combination of the following two] or instead go to the donation page or the credit card page. Help out, and spread the word.
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