Spelcheck? We don need no steenkin spellchek

[dolorouschilde]

Heyo. First post in a while.

Not a lot going on. Still working as a barista, getting ready for rugby to start up. Becky and I joined a gym about a month ago, I've started part of a lifting routine and have been doing some running and such. Practice for the spring season starts next tuesday, so I've got one week to get ready. It's all conditioning

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[amp23]

what sport are you training for?

[dolorouschilde]

Rugby. Playing second row right now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby_union_positions#4._.26_5._Lock

It's a pretty good time. I played one season 5 years ago now, when I was in college (But not for a college team, for a men's amateur team like I play with now). Then last fall decided to get back into it, and played the fall season with my new team, Charles River RFC. Had December and January off, now we start training for the spring tournament season.

[amp23]

nice. my brother was UT team president and played all through college.

too physical for me, i prefer a good efete game of skill like throwing frisbees or rolling balls without direct resistance :)

although capoeira does get quite full-contact, i think it's generally safer than rugby if you stay out of brazil and certain circles.

[dolorouschilde]

Yeah, it's less the high level of violence and more the organic nature of play that appeals to me. The highly physical elements are a lot of fun, because they demand a lot of technical excellence to perform well. While the line between highly physical and violent is thin, so far I've managed not to be involved in any fights or hurt in any way.

True story though, at a match last season I had a contact kicked out of my eye. Guy slipped getting up from a tackle and basically donkey-kicked me in the face, but I saw and pulled my head back fast enough to avoid any real contact with his foot, except for one spike, which grazed my eyeball and pulled the contact out with it. I stood there in shock for about 10 seconds, but was perfectly fine and just kept playing with 1 contact. That's my scary rugby near-miss story.

[dewayne_mann]

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