I bet your knees are shot too.
--- John Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ah exercise. In another life, back in the last > century, I was an > exercisaholic. I would run 3.5 miles each Monday, > Wednesday and Friday, and > lift weights on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. I > only took Sunday off. > These days when I get the urge to do that, I sit > down and wait til the urge > passes! Of course, back then, I had to stay fit so I > could fight street > thugs. Today, I get them wirelessly! > > JH > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Ed Leafe > Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 7:51 PM > To: ProFox Mailing List > Subject: [OT] Personal Goal Reached > > As many of you know, I have another life away from > the keyboard as a > > soccer referee. For the basic grade (i.e., you > aren't working > professional games) there is no actual fitness test > requirement, but > the tests are offered to everyone. The targets are > based on your age > and on your grade, so for a 45+ guy who wants to > move up to the next > level, I have to do the following things one after > the other: > > . Run 1800m in 12 minutes. That's 4.5 times around a > standard track. > . Then run a 50m dash in 9.5 seconds > . Then run a 200m dash in 40 seconds. > > You get about a 3 minute break between each event > while they > organize everyone, but that's about it. I timed > myself well, and made > the 1800m with about 15 seconds to spare, and then > did the 50m in > 9.0, followed by the 200m in 38 sec. In other words, > I made it! > > It's humbling to watch the younger guys breeze > through these tests, > > but for an older guy like me with 3 knee operations, > it's not easy at > all. But even though I probably won't be upgrading > to the next level > any time soon, I've set passing this test as my goal > to make sure > that I keep myself fit enough to stay healthy. Now > that I'm back home > and showered, it's time to get some food and enjoy a > nice cold > beverage to celebrate! > > -- Ed Leafe > -- http://leafe.com > -- http://dabodev.com > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
