4/26/09 (Post-op +24)

Listening to Yellow Ledbetter by Pearl Jam...

New principles...

Stay humble... work harder... never brag... be objective... it is never as good as it should be...

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As a society we don’t test because we don’t want to know. We put the ball on a tee to be certain of a hit. Participation earns a trophy. Podiums have five steps. There is no penalty for losing. This, when virtually every coach and player and thinker agree that losing teaches the lessons; while winning results from having learned (and applied) those lessons. Without tests or boundaries how is one supposed to grow? When everyone is a winner who is left to learn the lessons? Conscious rejection of objective measuring sticks and periodic tests suggests the decline and fall of mankind. Today we’re a species of pretenders, and wanna-bes, and (in this country) obesity. I say bring on the killer cockroaches and whoever survives can start this party over.

Martijn Maaskant, Paris-Roubaix

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I saw this on the Gym Jones website and liked it...

Self-Delusion

"We give a S*** because we're tweakers, idealists, type-A perfectionists. We believe that the world could be bigger, better, faster if people were able to commit, do, stick-to-it. We've lived it in our individual pursuits, been mediocre, become exceptional, even if being exceptional has mostly shown us how much further we have to (and can) go. But most don't make much effort -- or worse, disguise their laziness to themselves through self-deception -- so we get pissed off."

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Session #1 (4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.)

Went on a nice, recovery bike ride around Greeneville. Rode 10 miles.

Session #2 (8:40 p.m. - 9:40 p.m.) ~ 1 hour

Went to the IPF with Bruno and we did some ballwork. Started with some jogging and dynamic stretching and then did passing and receiving. Started with some one touch passing and then two touches with a move the ball away from pressure touch as well as receiving with different parts of the foot (i.e. sole, inside, outside). After, we knocked some longer balls. The mesh felt pretty good for the longer balls and didn't notice it at all until the end of the hour knocking a few more of the longer balls. Going to get together hopefully for an hour each night with Bruno to get ready for Mississippi and get my touch back.

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Tusculum College's Stadium