Fit2Fat2Fit Blog: Day 12

An 80-year-old Japanese man recently climbed Mt. Everest, becoming the oldest person to do so. This morning, a 45-year-old man climbed the Madison Central football stadium.  He also worked out in the weight room, did stretches and pushed a board across the football field several times. Sure, it doesn’t exactly compare with climbing the world’s highest mountain. But it was a big enough mountain for me .

Back in the mid 1980’s, Coach Randy Jenkins loved having the Sprayberry Yellow Jacket football team run stadiums. And our stadium was a beast (It was featured in the Denzel Washington movie, Remember the Titans). We’d run up and down its concrete seats until our legs cramped.  So I had flashbacks this morning. I remembered not being able to push the brake pedal on my car after one of those grueling practices.   The difference today? The MC stadium is aluminum  and not as steep or high. But it was slick. And since I don’t see particularly well without my glasses (I don’t wear them when I workout) I really had to be careful not to bust my butt because I missed a step.

Boards were boards. You can never say, “Dang, those were FUN!”  But I’ve gotten better on them.  Progress is always a good thing.

At the end on Friday’s, Paul will call up some of us and allow us to talk about who we are and why we are there.  Larry, one of my linemates, got up and told his incredible story of weight gain and loss. He’s a grandfather, an epidemiologist and 65-years-old. And he will kick your butt on the boards. He’s amazingly fast on them and bear crawls. In fact, he is so nimble, I think he is lying about his profession. I think he’s really retired Spiderman.

Just a hunch.

Tomorrow, I run a few miles with some of my class.  I normally run alone, but this should be fun.  Can’t wait for the alarm to go off again at 4:09.