Indoor League

Friendship Heights indoor vs Calvin and Alanna - game was really sloppy to start, and we crawled to a 2-point lead at the half, then never managed to open up the gap and eventually let off too many runs. Lost by 10ish. Took a few too many shots that would have been great outdoors, but just a bit too far for indoor.

Indoor

Was originally planning on a sprint workout, but Ronnie Eder invited me to play indoor so I went out to Armory after happy hour.

Showed up part-way into the first game against the B-Marsh/Colleen team, didn't get too many opportunities to go head to head with Brian but did some stuff. We won by a few points?

Second game was against Calvin, Kevin Chiang, Dustin, Pez, etc. I thought on paper there was no way we'd take it, but apart from a string of over-the-top goals to Calvin, we really controlled the pace of the game and wound up winning by 8ish.

Apart from playing poorly in the air - skied once each by B-Marsh, Calvin, and Kevin - I think I did my thing, to the extent my thing could be done with the broad skill level represented at the Armory. Had a few nice connections with some of the ladies, including a couple deep balls. Armory is weird. Not sure if I'd like it for a full season, but it was good to run around - definitely got a good sweat going.

Indoor League

Friendship Heights indoor league vs Duke and Dutchy and Trevor and Neena and Kath. It was 17-37 or something like that when I arrived 15 minutes into the game, halftime was a margin of ~25 and we finished with a modest comeback to lose by 15. I felt pretty bad and never got into a rhythm. Should not have counted on the Red Line to get me there in time.

Lift, Indoor

Snatch: 2x1 at 135, 140, 145, 150, 155, 160, 165lb
Power clean: 2 at 155, 165, 175, 185; 1 at 190lb

6x(1:00 row, 1:00 plank)
Completed 1825m at average 1:50 pace

Friendship Heights indoor vs Twiggy: they picked up Calvin for the first half and crushed us 21-50, then we made a bit of a comeback once Calvin stopped playing and ended the game 58-77. Pretty rough. I played a little over 22 of the 40 minutes, hung out in the backfield maybe a bit too much and forced some throws but tried to play space well on D.

Lift, Indoor

Snatch: singles to 170lb
Clean and jerk: singles to 200lb
3x(3 cleans to 1 jerk) at 185lb
Front squat: 2 at 175, 185, 190, 195, 200lb
Push press: 5 at 95, 135; 3 at 155, 165; 2 at 170lb

Indoor league vs Foss/Ohls/Fey/Malks. 25-50 at half, 61-92 final. Played 23:20 of the 40 minute game. Probably should have subbed more quickly, but stayed on the field because we kept getting roasted and I felt like I had to try to get us back in it. Definitely under/overthrew some shots, took a couple small windows that didn't work out, but also played generally strong defense. Particularly against Jonny and Foss. Felt like I limited them for the most part. Still sucked to get run up on like that. Hopefully the team comes together more in future games.

Lift, Indoor

Snatch singles to 160lb
Power clean: 3-2-3-3-3-2 at 185lb
Hang snatch: 2x3 at 95; 2x3 at 115lb
Front squat: 3x3 at 185; 3 at 190lb

30-20-10 for time:
TRX rows
Assault bike for calories
Kettlebell swings
Completed in 8:15
No rest, straight into 30-20-10 for time:
Split jumps
Pushups
Completed in 5:15

90min indoor pickup, made some solid plays and felt a bit faster moving and moving the disc. Too much rest between shifts, though, since there were a million people there.

Indoor City Championships

Northern VA indoor championships - 5 games against increasingly good teams, a ton of fun even though we lost in the semis to Ben Feng and the Swing Vote kids. They are seriously good. I played well though, connected on a lot of deep shots and had a nice sky block to make up for at least a couple of the many times I got posterized by taller players.

Indoor Pickup

30min indoor pickup after the Friendship Heights draft

Phoenix Tryouts

Drove up to Jersey through the sleet with McGoogan to attend Philly Phoenix tryouts. Did my thing, moved the disc quickly and distributed well, but also threw a couple miscalibrated forehands and one abysmally bad hammer. Played mostly tight defense, felt fast but began to lose steam by the end. Not quite in indoor shape, but still a few weeks before I begin conditioning in earnest. Overall a good tryout.

Indoor Pickup

Friendship Heights indoor pickup, played a cumulative 36 minutes out of almost 2 hours. Lots of subs tonight, had to wait a long time between shifts, so I tried to push a bit harder at times. Got some good blocks, but had a few drops as well.

Indoor Pickup

2 hours of pickup in Friendship Heights, make-it take-it

Indoor Regionals

24-16 vs Ball Circle Babes
26-9 vs Oxbow
23-10 vs League of Avengers
15-13 vs Gummy Bear Hitmen
14-10 vs Gummy Bear Hitmen (semis)
20-19 vs Ball Circle Babes (finals)

6-0 to win the region!

Indoor

34-24 half, 74-61 final vs Aden/Greg/etc.
32-28 half, 57-61 final vs Foss/Gabe/etc.

Recovery, Indoor

4.5mi recumbent biking in 12:15
1 full hour of SMR/stretching
5x5 pullups

30-32 half, 64-62 final vs Foss/Ohls/Gabe/Jessie etc.

Recovery, Indoor

20min SMR/mobility
Front squat to 85kg

5 rounds for time:
300m row
10 pushups
10 split jumps per leg
Completed in 10:38

Indoor 46-26 half, 99-44 final against BMarsh etc.

Indoor

44-27 half and 75-54 final vs Calvin/Alanna, then a good talk over dinner with Dusty

Indoor

Indoor vs Feng/Aden/Esser, down 33-38 at half but pulled out the win 82-62

MP Lift, Indoor

500m row in 1:40
30min SMR/stretching
30min mobility/activation

3 rounds per tri-set:

Eccentric front squat: 3 at 165lb at 6:0:1
Bilateral squat jump and stick: 3
Resistance band tall kneeling anti-rotation hold: 0:35 per side

Eccentric landmine deadlift: 5 at 125lb at 5:0:1
10 banded ab wheel roll-outs

70-64 vs Green (after taking half 40-27 and then being down by 12ish after they went on a huge run...)

Indoor

89-48 vs Blue

Frozen Elephant Classic

Indoor hat tournament, baggaged with Itoh and placed on a team with Bryant and Jerry. Lost two close ones, won a third pool play game, then won quarters against the first team we'd lost to, and finally lost semis against the eventual champions.