Sprayberry High School Stadium’s concrete bleachers. Ran up these a few times in my life. Notice the rough edges. They’d tear your shins up.
Today’s Throw-up Thursday, right?
I thought up that gem of a joke as I was running up Madison Central’s stadium. And then down it. And then back up it. Rinse and repeat. Barf.
We did the Gauntlet today. All jokes aside, I don’t really mind then Gauntlet, though. The concrete stadium at my old high school, Sprayberry High School is much steeper. And it would murder your shins if you tripped. I remember not being able to push brake after high school football practice. Now 30 years later, I’m doing the same stuff over again.
Oh, I’m heavier now. When I stepped on the scale, I weighed 215 this morning. I would have killed to weigh 215 when I played high school ball. I weighed 175. That’s 40 pounds. That’s a lot of change over three decades. But what is the same is that my waist was a 34 back in 1984 and it still is.
I was 195 when I ran the Marine Corps Marathon in 2010. I’d like to weigh that again because I’m not in the business of tackling running backs anymore. I really don’t need to weigh 215. I’ll make losing 20 lbs. my goal.
My knees also would like for me to slim down, too. Forty-plus-year-old knees get kind of bitchy. And did they ever this morning. They grumbled when I did the leg exercises today. They did in the weight room. But they cooperated. I’ll have to reward them with an ibuprofen or two later on today.
We pushed the boards again today, too. One side-effect of pushing a board is that the fake grass sometimes gets in your mouth. I’ve swallowed so much of that crap, I probably could poop a fake Christmas tree. And don’t get me started on the black rubber dots you pick up. My bathroom looks like a rat had dysentery.
But I digress.
As I walked off the field at the end of our second week, I thought of my high school football days. I really wish I had been in this good of shape.
Congrats to Line 2 for a strong week. I work out with amazing folks. Proud of you and grateful for your encouragement.