Well, I'm back from the first tournament of the Chain season. While I love being on the team, the tournament fucking sucked. We lost in the finals to THE regional competitor, Doublewide from Austin, Texas. While we only had 11 people to their 23, and the heat was ridiculous both days, we still lost, and that is going to be bad for us down the road.
The heat was so bad that by the finals we had lots of people cramping, I was so overheated that I was throwing up, and I think someone caught fire. I don't konw what it is about this summer, but I really feel like we haven't had a hotter summer in a while. At least I'm sweating more this summer than I ever have in the past. On some level I think it is because my resting heart rate is shit right now. I've been thinking of getting a heart monitior for a while, so maybe this is the time to do it.
There is another tournament this weekend, so hopefully my now sprained ankle will fix itself before the weekend. The competition this weekend will be tough. I got to drive the whole way back (only NO to ATL, not a bad drive) which like many tournament trips sparked long conversations about ultimate, phylosophy and the nature of god. I don't know what it is about people trapped in a car for a long time that makes them feel like spilling their soul. I have missed it a good bit.
Anyway, in hopes of lowering my heartrate I'm committing myself to an hour of cardio every day this week. We'll see if I feel like that improves anything. The other thing that we think might have been the source of the problem is dehydration due to Red Bull. I think I am going through the next tournament without touching the stuff.
In other news my summer is over. I'm back to work on wednesday. The PhD hunt is slowing, much to my dismay. I will need to set up a trip to ETSU soon, I'm going to Stanford around my birthday. Things with Tech are at a standstill for a bit. I haven't heard much about the master's dillemma, and I haven't gotten a response fron Dr. Gregor in the school of Applied Physiology about trying to start this spring. Time to get back to work. Out.
The heat was so bad that by the finals we had lots of people cramping, I was so overheated that I was throwing up, and I think someone caught fire. I don't konw what it is about this summer, but I really feel like we haven't had a hotter summer in a while. At least I'm sweating more this summer than I ever have in the past. On some level I think it is because my resting heart rate is shit right now. I've been thinking of getting a heart monitior for a while, so maybe this is the time to do it.
There is another tournament this weekend, so hopefully my now sprained ankle will fix itself before the weekend. The competition this weekend will be tough. I got to drive the whole way back (only NO to ATL, not a bad drive) which like many tournament trips sparked long conversations about ultimate, phylosophy and the nature of god. I don't know what it is about people trapped in a car for a long time that makes them feel like spilling their soul. I have missed it a good bit.
Anyway, in hopes of lowering my heartrate I'm committing myself to an hour of cardio every day this week. We'll see if I feel like that improves anything. The other thing that we think might have been the source of the problem is dehydration due to Red Bull. I think I am going through the next tournament without touching the stuff.
In other news my summer is over. I'm back to work on wednesday. The PhD hunt is slowing, much to my dismay. I will need to set up a trip to ETSU soon, I'm going to Stanford around my birthday. Things with Tech are at a standstill for a bit. I haven't heard much about the master's dillemma, and I haven't gotten a response fron Dr. Gregor in the school of Applied Physiology about trying to start this spring. Time to get back to work. Out.
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