Running Dry
We had our first two ulti games last night! I'm very proud of the team this year... We lost a closely contested first game (8-10) and won the second game easilly (13-7). The play style wasn't pretty - we were playing man all night and our stack was sloppy at best. The sad part is that the new players did it right. It was our older, more experienced players who were ignoring calls to get in the stack, or who would pick up a disc when they should run through, or clog a cutting lane by just standing in it. I suppose it goes back to the old saying: "hard to teach an old dog new tricks". Or in this case: "hard to teach an old dog tricks it used to know but forgot".
On my performance though, I have to admit that I was disapointed in myself. I handled _really_ well... threw a single bad pass, everything else was on the money, including two hammers that stretched over half the field. On the other hand, my energy levels just weren't there. I was able to run hard once in a while, but each time it left me toasted for a minute or two afterwards. I know that its just the start of the season but my cardio has a long way to go. Might have to look into doing some sort of other, cardio-intense activity. And before any of you suggest running, the answer is no.
What I find really amusing (or perhaps, unamusing) though is my energy level this morning. I have been fighting off sleep all morning. Zoning in and out while working. Thank God that our new co-op is off on all day training today. If she'd been at her desk and turned to ask me a question, there would be at least a 50% chance she'd have caught me asleep. I have no idea if the sleepyness comes from ulti last night, or if it comes from not eating dinner last night (yes, I know that was dumb), or if its just one of those days... the tanks are just bone dry.
*yawn*
On my performance though, I have to admit that I was disapointed in myself. I handled _really_ well... threw a single bad pass, everything else was on the money, including two hammers that stretched over half the field. On the other hand, my energy levels just weren't there. I was able to run hard once in a while, but each time it left me toasted for a minute or two afterwards. I know that its just the start of the season but my cardio has a long way to go. Might have to look into doing some sort of other, cardio-intense activity. And before any of you suggest running, the answer is no.
What I find really amusing (or perhaps, unamusing) though is my energy level this morning. I have been fighting off sleep all morning. Zoning in and out while working. Thank God that our new co-op is off on all day training today. If she'd been at her desk and turned to ask me a question, there would be at least a 50% chance she'd have caught me asleep. I have no idea if the sleepyness comes from ulti last night, or if it comes from not eating dinner last night (yes, I know that was dumb), or if its just one of those days... the tanks are just bone dry.
*yawn*