Modern artificial turf has come a long way from the green Astroturf that lined stadiums and the bed of your average El Camino. The old stuff was plastic grass slapped on concrete (and would give you the mother of all carpet burns.) Now fields pieces of green turf with a generous bed of black rubber pellets. The pellets provide cushioning –and honestly, a fake field is more comfortable to run on than your average natural grass field (although I miss the smell of wet, cut Bermuda grass.)
Madison Central High School has one of the new-style artificial fields. And that’s where I workout four mornings a week. There are millions of black rubber pellets on that field — and twice that many in my house. I bring home pellets every day. They are in my car. In my bathroom. Under my wedding ring. In my hair. I’ve also even found them in my ear.
I am a black rubber pellet hoarder. It looks like a rat crapped all over my life.
I tell you this because I lost one pound at this week’s weigh-in. I weigh 211 lbs. And I am 100% certain I would’ve lost at least five pounds if I wasn’t covered in black rubber pellets.
P.S. Today was leg day and I did a million squats. Some with weight. Some without. My knees cursed me royally and the rest of my body was still whining because of yesterday’s butt-kicking. But when we finished today, I smiled. Another week of training is in the books. Thanks be to God.