Ultimate.... Pain!

I've decided that I'm just way too lazy, and I'm reminded of this fact anytime I exert myself at all. I can't figure out how in just a few short years I went from a guy who could (grudgingly) carry a 40 pound rucksack 20 miles and feel pretty beat up over the experience to a guy that can't run more than a few hundred yards before I feel strains and pulls in my muscles and joints that make running unsustainable. I guess I'm just getting old; and fat. Comes with lazy I suppose, and also with my job description of sitting and typing for hours on end.

I've tried to keep up with some kind of exercise program, using our elliptical machine once or twice a week, and trying to lift small weights while I wait for the computer to compile my code. But it isn't enough, so I signed up for ultimate frisbee.

Now I knew it was a lot of running around, but since it was a 'hat league' where everyone is just randomly assigned to a team more or less I figured it would be more mellow than the chaos I've seen before. What I didn't understand that the team captains were handlers encouraging us to push it to the limit. Up and down the field I ran, catching and throwing for three hours. It's three days later and I'm still pretty beat up. If I don't lose some weight and train to be better, it's going to be a long summer. I even managed to bruise my hands in several places, it hurts to type!