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.

6MTWW

6MTWW with the Cardozo Middle School Junior Varsity Track and Field Team
Played a combo Squirrels/Foya/Biddies team in the first round, super fun. Then some Virginia peeps in the second round, they took it more seriously but still a fun game. Third round was a group of WAFC players for the most part, we won that too but I was definitely inebriated by that point. Then semis against The Current, which definitely took it way more seriously and I may or may not have fallen down during the game, having fully committed to the Wildwood vibe. Would have really loved a shot at the Burrito Bandits, but had a great time nonetheless.

Winter League

15-10ish vs ?

Leiout

Couple of fun games of beach frisbee!

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.

Winter League

Winter outdoor league: 15-7 against some team in the driving snow. Fun but frosty.

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.

Pickup

Played pickup for a good long while, mostly savage 5v5 and 7v7 at W&L with a strong group of club players. Awesome day for it, and a good way to work off the events of last evening.

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

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.

Mini, Lift

90min mixed mini

Hang clean: 3 at 165, 170, 175, 180lb
Single leg drops: 3x5 per leg
Handstand pushups: 5; 3x5 from 10lb plates; 5
Single leg jumps to stabilization: 2x10 per leg

Layouts & Leftovers

3 rounds of a hat tournament I helped organize, we won all of our games in some somewhat blustery conditions but it was definitely a fun time for all

Fall League

15-11 vs Furry Tractor
15-8 vs DC Zwonders
15-10 vs Team Schaefer

Mini Mini League

Got in a full hour of mini

Mini Mini League

The metro broke down so I got there about ten minutes late, but got in a really great 15 minutes of fast paced action before we all stopped playing because of a candlelight vigil in the park for the victims of a recent shootout in PG county. Afterwards watched game 7: congrats to the Cubs and Chicago!

PADA MOSH - Day 2

First game against Safety First, the GSU team that came back to beat us after we went up 9-0. I had like 4 assists in 5 O-points. We won. It was fun.

Then we had another bye. Ridiculous for a champ bracket schedule. We lost a bunch of teammates who had to leave, lost another in the first half when his shoulder came out, and eventually lost the game. Caught a ride home with Ben Scharadin and Grace, had some very good car ride conversations.

Also good: that ~30yd return I had after a pick. Couldn't run it all the way in but had a good time juking while it lasted.