One more 'tune up' and its off to MWC

[wildrover]

OW.

I know exactly how that feels .

Is this for Highlands Ranch, or Estes Park?

[Detroitpete]

OW.

I know exactly how that feels .

Is this for Highlands Ranch, or Estes Park?

Highlands Ranch. I'll be the guy on the field with a knee brace on one leg and a hamstring wrap on the other

[Alan H]

Hamstring wrap...Ugh.

Rest that thing, and you'll probably be some sort of OK by the MWC.

[Detroitpete]

Hamstring wrap...Ugh.

Rest that thing, and you'll probably be some sort of OK by the MWC.

Yep--turns out to be an avulsion--a tear. Nope, I can't just do a simple muscle pull--I have to do things in a big way all the time! Full recovery is actually months not days or weeks.

Since I think this is a once-in-a-lifetime shot for me. I'm going to ice up, strap up, and do what I can to protect it--but still compete.

I'd rather do it this way, then live a life after saying "I wonder..."

[Livingston]

We will have some pain meds waiting for you.... a little Oban cures all.

[Detroitpete]

We will have some pain meds waiting for you.... a little Oban cures all.

AHHH! O B A N! I wonder if I can compete FROM the MacLea tent??? Throw a stone--stop by the tent...throw a weight--stop by the tent...toss a caber--stop by the tent. Never would have thought Highland Ganes were an aerobic activity--but I'll give'er my best!

[o1d_dude]

Sorry to hear about your hammy, Pete.

Seems like a lot of that is going around right about now...

My geezer buddy Frank Lux broke his hand and competed a month ago with a cast on his right hand forcing him to throw left handed. He still went 18' in the sheaf. He got the cast off about two weeks ago and is trying to regain grip strength.

My other training buddy, in the Women geezer class, sprained her thumb last weekend at the Police Athletics up in Reno. Throwing hand, of course. That'll teach her to do the high jump.

And I was tossing the sheaf over the street light in front of my house this past Tuesday and strained a bicep. No tear, no swelling, no bruising, no ache, just feels like I did a killer set of bicep curls.

And yet, we're all going to Denver next Friday.

I'll be the one in the 60's class with the pony tail, the Indiana Jones hat, and the belt that says "o1d_dude".

[Livingston]

AHHH! O B A N! I wonder if I can compete FROM the MacLea tent??? Throw a stone--stop by the tent...throw a weight--stop by the tent...toss a caber--stop by the tent. Never would have thought Highland Ganes were an aerobic activity--but I'll give'er my best!

I've been known to leave the tent with my flask full.....and get back with it empty.

[Alan H]

Sorry to hear about your hammy, Pete.

Seems like a lot of that is going around right about now...

My geezer buddy Frank Lux broke his hand and competed a month ago with a cast on his right hand forcing him to throw left handed. He still went 18' in the sheaf. He got the cast off about two weeks ago and is trying to regain grip strength.

My other training buddy, in the Women geezer class, sprained her thumb last weekend at the Police Athletics up in Reno. Throwing hand, of course. That'll teach her to do the high jump.

And I was tossing the sheaf over the street light in front of my house this past Tuesday and strained a bicep. No tear, no swelling, no bruising, no ache, just feels like I did a killer set of bicep curls.

And yet, we're all going to Denver next Friday.

I'll be the one in the 60's class with the pony tail, the Indiana Jones hat, and the belt that says "o1d_dude".

I didn't know you trained with Kym.... You guys have a great old time and TRY to not get hurt on the plane, OK?

[o1d_dude]

Yes, the Loch Loomis Training Center as we refer to it is the center of the HG athletics in the Sac Valley. Pretty much everyone with an hour or two driving distance has trained there at least once. Quite a few World Champions there in that number. We've got all the equipment including sheaf standards set up on a permanent basis and we're always ready to throw. And we have sheep, sarsen stones, and of course, Loch Loomis on the grounds. Throwing is our passion.

Sorry you won't be there, Alan, but I understand you've got a pretty important sailing opportunity that conflicts with the MWC. As someone in a famous book once said, "There is nothing -absolutely nothing - half as much worth doing as simply messing about in boats."