Fatties: Red Bull log
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RB, I am curious: If the doc thinks your eyesight isn't the greatest for rugby, then what the hell are you doing having someone launch tennis balls at you? :neutral:<br />
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No Nick, it's not that my actual sight isn't good enough, it's that because I'm very short shighted, with the added disadvantage of astigmatism, my eyes are of an unusually [i]elongated shape[/i], and consequently, according to my opthalmologist, my eyes are quite vulnerable to [i]detached or torn retinas[/i] with big hits to the head or eyes. <br />
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A further impediment to playing rugby: I am no longer permitted to wear contact lenses after my eyes reacted to my contact lenses several times, and resulted in small corneal ulcers, which if left unchecked, or untreated, could have blinded me. As a result, it's glasses only for me now. <br />
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But I can see perfectly well with my glasses. Also, tennis is not a sport that I would treat as dangerous in any way, and even if my reflexes weren't fast enough to avoid a ball in the head (highly unlikely
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Also, touch footy is fine, but I stopped playing indoor cricket because I realized a cricket ball in the eye would not be a good thing for me in my situation. -
And wearing a helmet while fielding is poor form <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />
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correct, I didn't want to look like Simon Katich fielding in close. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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Nah, what tipped me over the edge as far as indoor cricket goes, was when I was batting in a game with a really big, powerful-hitting mate of mine, I was at the non-strikers end, my mate flat-batted the ball so hard back down the pitch, the bowler had no time to even move, let alone protect himself, and was hit in the head with the ball. Consequently, the bowler was taken off with a profusely bleeding face, and a badly shattered nose. All my mate could do was apologise, and continue to flail the bowling attack. The point is, the ball could easily have hit me in the eye. :nta -
Indoor cricket is for suicidal, or homicidal, maniacs. It should be played with a plastic bat and a tennis ball.
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Correct MvJ, and there was certainly no shortage of this personality type where I used to play at one northern Brisbane indoor sports centre. Bogans of the lowest order seem attracted to indoor cricket like flies are attracted to a fresh, steaming, moist dog pooh. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />
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[quote name='Red Bull']<br />
Bogans of the lowest order seem attracted to indoor cricket like flies are attracted to a fresh, steaming, moist dog pooh. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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Yeah; a mate of mine used to umpire indoor cricket and was paid handsomely to do it (as far as student jobs go). I expressed an interest (it's like rugby refereeing, only done from the comfort of a chair and with a loudhailer). However he said he hated it because all the players were bogans (and therefore abusive, ignorant twats). -
[b]6/03/06[/b]<br />
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weekly touch footy game last night which stretched for 1 hr 25 minutes thanks to a very drawn battle for "last try wins". I was a bit disappointed to find that I got reeled in on 2 occasions by younger, fitter, faster blokes who wore those piston wristed gibbon 'grass cat' boots. These other tossers are getting a little too serious in my opinion. I'm still the only regular player who refuses to wear any footwear at all while playing touch footy. I just feel a little faster without shoes/boots, as I need every bit of help I can get. Because it's long, soft grass, I can't see it is harming me at all. :nta<br />
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Anyway, it'll be back to my usual sprints tonight, which as MvJ would say, I am looking forward to about as much as a turd on toast. -
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I was a bit disappointed to find that I got reeled in on 2 occasions by younger, fitter, faster blokes who wore those PistonwristedGibbon 'grass cat' boots. These other tossers are getting a little too serious in my opinion. <br />
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Isn't NTA looking to buy a pair of those? <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> -
[quote name='Red Bull']<br />
I just feel a little faster without shoes/boots, as I need every bit of help I can get. [/quote]<br />
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News flash - grass shoes are grippier than your feet hillbilly <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> -
[quote name='Nick the Aussie'] News flash - grass shoes are grippier than your feet hillbilly <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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yeah, yeah.....laugh it up, you sophisticated git <br />
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Tell me Nick, what weighs more: half a shoebox full of oxygen, or a pair of size 11 grass shoes with a sole an inch thick? :nta <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> It's the weight I'm more interested in, and normally the track is dry, so the traction I'm used to is generally capable of defeating most defences. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> -
And getting your sorry arse run down by gits in sophisticated shoes <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> The amount of power you gain with the extra grip should easily account for the weight <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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I tried playing touch in runners, not thinking about the amount of dew you get in the middle of winter even at 8PM <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> Fell over on my sorry arse twice and got penalised for playing off the mark another time because I'd just slide forward a meter :2funny: -
well Nick, getting my sorry arse run down happens so rarely that i don't consider it a big enough issue to warrant the purchase of shoes that make me look like a sophisticated, highly competitive twat like like these younger blokes. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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But you raise some fair points, which is rather unlike you <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> On really dewie or rainy nights, maybe I could pack my old footy boots to gain the extra grip required, just in case? :nta <br />
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Occasionally I pull the old Adidas World Cups out and have a run, but it feels like I have besser bricks tied to my feet, only because of what I'm used to though...these boots are feather-weight. -
Good for your legs - think of it as a weights workout <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />
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geez, this is a bit embarrassing that I should use a pair of footy boots as a weights workout. <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> They'd weigh about, what...300 grams? Holy shit, this is pathetic. :shifty:
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What happened to the besser blocks? <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />
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What happened to the besser blocks? <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /> [/quote]<br />
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If you keep up the smartarse attitude, I'll throw them through the windscreen of your car. :twisted:<br />
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Anyway,[b]7/03/06[/b]:<br />
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Usual sprints again last night, with a jog to the park, 3 x aforementioned sprint routines, with 20 pushups/20 crunches in between each, followed by 2 x shorter sharper sprints as mentioned in my 28/02/06 log. Trundled home. the session again lasted about 38 minutes. I had 2 smallish ham, lettuce, tomato, avocado rolls for dinner, and rewarded myself with one small bundy, lime and soda to replace lost sugars <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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One point I'd like some feedback on please: is it good to be still sweating from your excercise after having a cold shower and dinner an hour or more after the end of the exercise session? I have no idea how hot it was last night, but it was very humid in Brisbane. I'm thinking as long as I keep pumping the water into myself after finishing, sweating shouldn't be too much of an issue should it? :nta -
No it will be OK. I find that you shouldn't have the shower as soon as you get home because you're still pouring heat onto your body and convincing it that it needs to sweat by raising core temperature and humidity. My post-ride/walk/gym session is basically:<br />
<br />- get home and throw down 500mL cold water.<br />
- take off sweaty garments - yes down to buck naked if you feel comfortable that way <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/invision/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
- grab another 500mL cold water and find a cool place to walk around in while sipping - this is either outside (where the neighbours can't see) or if its too hot outside, in front of a fan or in an air conditioned room. The walking is just so you're not sitting still and potentially cramping up<br />
- Once you've got to a point where the sweat is basically dried you've cooled down sufficiently - time for a shower<br />
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After the shower get around in boxers because in the Brissie humidity covering your body up will simply make it heat up and sweat.
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yeah Nick, I pretty much do all those things you mention, except the buck naked part. It was half an hour after I got back from running before I even jumped in the shower, but even then I was sweating as soon as I got out. Must just be the heat, as the house gets shut up all day, and is often like a sauna when I get home. <br />
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Got my tennis again tonight, which is something to look forward to. I have a habit of racquet-throwing tantrums, but since buying a new racquet, I've become a lot more selective in when I chuck a MacEnroe moment. My mates call me "the mad racquet thrower from Kenmore" :nta