Archives for April 2008

Ultimate BUDA

Sunday April 27, 2008
10AM BUDA Spring Hat League Game
Fernald School, Waltham, MA
Weather: 50 F, Cloudy, Few Sprinkles
Field: damp
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
I returned to playing BUDA games yesterday and I feel about 95%. Unfortunately, we did lose but it feels good to finally be back out there without being significantly hindered by injury issues.
Ultimate Statistics [...]

Ultimate Improvement

Friday April 25, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
TRW Field, Burlington, MA
Weather: 70 F, Sunny
Field: dry grass
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Played again today and things are continuing to improve! Hoping to finally be back out there for our BUDA league game on Sunday.
Ultimate Statistics (since January 2008):
Total Games Played: 32
Total Hours Played: 35

Marathon Champion!

I would like to take this post to congratulate Katy for an absolutely awesome accomplishment, finishing the Boston Marathon in 5:30:42! Raising money for cancer research and also battling (and defeating) multiple injuries along the way during her training, it was no small feat.

Ultimate Comeback

Wednesday April 23, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 82 F, Sunny
Field: dry grass
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
I’m back! Well hopefully. I’ve had serious cabin fever the past few weeks trying to recover from my groin pull. It has improved quite a bit but it’s still not 100%. With the perfect, warm [...]

New Job!

I initiated the process weeks ago, but yesterday it finally became official: I’m starting a new job in two weeks! It’s been quite the experience working for the X64 Systems group at Sun Microsystems for the past two and half years, but I feel like I’ve reached a plateau in my current position, and [...]

Ultimate Ow

Sunday April 6, 2008
10AM BUDA Spring Hat League Game
Fernald School, Waltham, MA
Weather: 40 F, Cloudy, Windy
Field: damp
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Spring BUDA started up yesterday. It was a pretty good game. Somehow Brian and I ended up on different teams playing eachother and my team won. I actually felt ok during the game. [...]

Ultimate Annoyance

Wednesday April 2, 2008
12PM Pick-up game
Mitre Fields, Burlington, MA
Weather: 40 F, Sunny, Very Windy
Field: dry grass
Perfect conditions for Ultimate.
Strange. I took a week off from ultimate and maintained a basically daily regimen of icing, stretching, and strengthening exercises for my knee. I think the specific strengthening exercises that I’m doing is having a [...]