Over the past two months, I've participated in the Kansas City Corporate Challenge. I know some of you know what I'm talking about. But for those who don't, KCCC is an Olympic-style competition where companies compete against other companies in many athletic (and not-so athletic) events. I've run a 5K, sprinted 200 meters, long jumped and played some basketball, tennis, volleyball and soccer for my company. There's also a 1-mile walk, darts, billiards, horseshoes and bowling for those who prefer not to run.
Needless to say, I've had some painful days lately. The worst, however, was from my event this past weekend -- 5-on-5 flag football. As you may have guessed by the multitude of events I participated in, my company doesn't get a lot of participation. This was again the case with football. We did not have any subs -- forcing the five of us that showed up to play the entire time.
I won't bore you with all the details, but we actually did well, which meant we played a lot of games. It was a situation where we kind of wanted to lose so we didn't have to play anymore, but we were too competitive to let ourselves do that.
Not only was it a good time, it also taught me the value of sunscreen, which I failed to use at all. Apparently, going from zero contact with the sun to intense contact with the sun for several hours will result in a skin tone similar to that of the red Pinto station wagon my parents used to drive. The big surprise was when I woke up the next morning with blisters on my shoulders. I had never seen a person get blisters from a sunburn.
While my blisters weren't that bad, it reminded me of the time Dad decided to stick his arm in an overheated engine on the way to Ellsworth. He drove half the way with his arm resting on a bag of ice. If I remember correctly, it was that same red Pinto I mentioned previously. I was young though, so I could be off.
Getting physical
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Training sessions have been going really well these past few weeks. I
swim, lift, and run on my own (or with the masters swim team) during the
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12 years ago
3 comments:
We drove that pinto when you were too young to go to school. We got it right before Grandpa Kepka died. Dad remembers when he burned his arm. We had to stop and buy a second bag of ice. I hope you found something to ease the sun burn pain. Sounds like you had fun playing 5-on-5 football. I hope someone took pictures of all that activity.
Way to go and good job! Go get a massage or better yet make the company spring for all of you to get one, ease those aching muscles. Oh shoot that won't work; you look like a red pinto, plus you can't even get in the hot tub at your apartment. Well maybe your boss could give you all an extra day off with pay for all that great motivation and team work and maybe next year he will spring for sunscreen.
What? You didn't compete in any of the swimming events?
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