Comments | ouatic_7: News of the Weird

ouatic_7

News of the Weird

Jun 02, 2009 20:12

Have I mentioned that I joined a sports team last week? Probably the first one I've ever belonged to?

All right, it's a virtual team but still... It's not like fantasy baseball, I do have to do actual physical activities.

rowing, vcirc

Comments 13

alterfano June 3 2009, 03:23:14 UTC

OMG. not REAL physical activities?

ouatic_7 June 3 2009, 10:18:53 UTC

I know! That's just crazy, right?

alterfano June 3 2009, 10:46:27 UTC

yeah. in this day and age, sitting on your butt and typing is about as physical as we should get.... can't wait until they plant that chip in my brain

rya_kelley June 3 2009, 12:31:36 UTC

Huh. What sort of team and what are your physical activities?

ouatic_7 June 4 2009, 00:11:34 UTC

*mumbles* indoor rowing

Now you'll tell me it's not a real sport but that's OK because I'm not a real athlete.

rya_kelley June 4 2009, 03:47:59 UTC

But you're getting real exercise and that's all that really matters.

ouatic_7 June 4 2009, 09:38:49 UTC

But why is it so time consuming?

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45cats June 7 2009, 05:19:08 UTC

It sounds complicated.

ouatic_7 June 7 2009, 12:18:10 UTC

Not really...

So far we haven't done any team challenges and are just ranked both as a team and within the team by total meters.

The season began 5/1 and I've been pretty diligent about getting on the machine 3 times a week so I've been totting up the meters, slow though they are, so I'm currently fairly high ranked. This makes me happy for no good reason at all but if it keeps me doing the thing, all the better.

Team detail:
http://www.concept2.com/sranking03/challenge/univDetail2010.asp?univ=VCIRC

45cats June 7 2009, 17:26:07 UTC

That's so cool. I'd even be tempted to exercise somewhat with a program like that.

ouatic_7 June 7 2009, 18:52:39 UTC

Apparently, there's this whole big indoor rowing subculture...

I don't know if I will like rowing so much when it's in my muscle memory but right now, as I'm learning, I have to concentrate on each stroke which keeps it from being boring. Currently, I don't even listen to music because I don't want distraction from the bits I'm trying to put together.