Archives for February 2008

Ultimate Leap

Friday February 29, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
TRW Field, Burlington, MA
Weather: 20 F, Mostly Sunny
Field: snow
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Cold but calm for leap year day ultimate.
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total Games Played: 17
Total Hours Played: 19

Ultimate Mess

Wednesday February 27, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 40 F, Cloudy
Field: slippery slush
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
The field was a mess for today’s ultimate game (although as you know that’s never stopped us in the past). Also, I’m hoping to start generating some more interesting content for this blog. While tracking my ultimate [...]

Ultimate Tie

Monday February 15, 2008
7PM BUDA Hat league game
John Smith Sports Center, Milford, MA
Weather: Indoors
Field: turf
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
For the second game in a row, we tied in our BUDA indoor matchup.
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total Games Played: 15
Total Hours Played: 17

Ultimate Snowstorm

Friday February 22, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 22 F, Steady snowfall
Field: couple inches of accumulating snow
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
We played ultimate in the snowstorm on Friday. Ho-hum.
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total Games Played: 14
Total Hours Played: 16

Ultimate Return

Wednesday February 20, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
TRW Field, Burlington, MA
Weather: 30 F, Partly Cloudy, Breezy
Field: muddy
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
After a game-less President’s Day, it was back to the ultimate field yesterday.
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total Games Played: 13
Total Hours Played: 15

Ultimate Friday

Friday February 15, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
TRW Field, Burlington, MA
Weather: 38 F, Sunny
Field: snow
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
It’s becoming harder and harder to come up with unique “Ultimate _____” names for my blog posts…
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total Games Played: 12
Total Hours Played: 14

Ultimate Dedication

Wednesday February 13, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
TRW Field, Burlington, MA
Weather: 40 F, Steady Rain
Field: couple inches of slushy snow
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
It takes a dedicated ultimate player to go out in torrential downpours on a cold, snowy field. There were 8 such dedicated players for Wednesday’s game.
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total Games Played: 11
Total Hours [...]

Ultimate Cold

Monday February 11, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
TRW Field, Burlington, MA
Weather: 14 F, Sunny, Very windy
Field: couple inches of crunchy snow
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Monday February 11, 2008
7PM BUDA Hat league game
John Smith Sports Center, Milford, MA
Weather: Indoors
Field: turf
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Yesterday was another two game day. Lunchtime pickup was bitter cold with wind chills around 0 [...]

Ultimate Flurries

Friday February 8, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
TRW Field, Burlington, MA
Weather: 28 F, Snow flurries
Field: about an inch of powdery snow
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Wednesday marked the first time in a long time one of the Burlington lunchtime pick-up games was called off due to lack of numbers. I can’t even remember the last time that happened. [...]

Ultimate Twice

Monday February 4, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 42 F, Cloudy, Calm
Field: muddy
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Monday February 4, 2008
7PM BUDA Hat League game
John Smith Sports Center, Milford, MA
Weather: Indoors
Field: turf
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
With business travel and jet-lag tying up my time over the past week, I haven’t been able to play ultimate in over [...]