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I may still hold the record for longest home run given up in Little League. There was a practice field behind regular game field, official field was 200 ft to all fences, practice field was maybe a little smaller. Opposing player was about 5 ft 10 and about 180 lbs, he hit a home run off me that cleared both fences.
I struck him out all his following at bats.
As a Junior, during one HS football game. I had six tackles, a punt block (I got very lucky, as I was UNBLOCKED), with a QB sack too, followed by my grabbing the football that the QB had just dropped, and my getting the fumble recovery. Thus ends my minor tooting of my own little horn from many, many, years ago. That was way, back in October of 1979. I remember listening to the Eagles new music as the album The Long Run had just come out, and the radio station (maybe it was on 96 ROCK WKLS? ) in our car, and my Daddy let me blast out "In the City" after the game on the drive home with my father. BTW, he NEVER did anything like that usually!!! Holy smokes, that was 45 years ago!!! Four and a half decades.... Never, ever before this, nor anytime after this did I ever have any kind of football game with THIS MUCH coming from only me. It was a very good day. I did get a game ball from our coach.
Three years later on in my own USMC Boot Camp at Parris Island, South Carolina with Second Battalion in the fall of 1982. I ran the initial mile test in 5:50. At the end of recruit training three and a half months later, I ran the 3 mile PFT run in 17:40 (averaging less than 6 minutes per mile for three miles straight) I never ran that fast again during my eleven years in the Marines.
Forgot to mention....around 98 or 99ish in the Marines I scored the winning TD in the NAS Pensacola Captain's Cup Championship flag football tournament. Jeff Speedy, former Kentucky QB, was our QB (he was waiting to go through flight school). He threw me a perfect quick slant that I took in for the winning TD.
This was actually a big deal because the "School's Command" typically won this tournament because they were all Navy and Marine junior officers and mostly former college athletes waiting to go through flight school. Speedy was assigned to our Marine unit by pure luck. Super cool guy with an absolute CANNON of an arm.
I'll bet that was AWESOME!!!
It was! I still have the trophy. I was the QB for the team for 2 years before Speedy got there. I was happy to give him the ball. That guy was a freak athlete.
@pgjackson Ever run any blazing PFT's??
19:30 was my best ever 3 miles. I was typically a 23 minute guy. I hated running. I was a very good sprinter, usually one of the fastest guys on all my teams, but hated distance running.
@pgjackson Good story. Spent some time in Pensacola myself my Grandfather was a Navy lifer. He would have stayed in had they let him till he died.
The Naval Aviation museum there is first class.
As a XC/track coach I'm impressed by your 17:40 for 3 miles. I'm pretty sure Marine basic is not designed to produce fast milers/3 milers. So, kudos to you. I do recall breaking 6 minutes for the mile at ROTC camp after my junior year in college - in combat boots. However, I'm not at all sure of the distance on our "track" - it was simply a dirt loop. Might well have been short of 1/4 miles and, hence, short of a mile.
I've thought that would be fun to learn!
It is! It's relatively affordable to get basic equipment and people from just about any age group are participating. I love being able to play with my kids. You can be as casual or competitive as you want. Great way to get some exercise, work on the reflexes, and meet other people.
Easier than tennis, more like oversized ping pong. Give it a shot!
After high school I let my weight get out of control and ballooned to 330. At 25 I got serious and got big into running and working out . Ran the Savannah River Bridge Run 10k, 1 year after beginning my weight loss journey, had never been into long distance running before. Ran it in 45 minutes. Was very emotional at the end and a lean 210 sexy pounds on my 6 5 frame😊
How much impact is it on the joints - knees, hips, ankles, etc.?
For the most part, I haven't found it to be an issue. For me, I have a permanent 2nd degree separation in my right shoulder from decades of volleyball. A few times, I've had a little pain after playing but it's manageable. The paddle is light and you don't serve overhand so that helps.
SO important to have the right shoes. Don't try it with running shoes or slip-ons, etc. You also don't need to get really expensive shoes, just basic court will do that have decent support for side to side impact. Paddle sets are pretty cheap, especially if you get something off Amazon. I'm not an expert, don't even have a DUPR, but I have noticed that quality does cost a bit more. You can get a decent set of 2 paddles and 4 balls (usually comes with both indoor and outdoor) for around $50-$75. Get graphite or composite, not wood paddles.
You really can minimize any potential damage by choosing the level of play and exertion. If all you wanted to do was get some exercise, you can stand at the baseline and just hit it back and forth with a partner or in a foursome. The more competitive you get, the chance for injury increases obviously.
There is also some strategy in terms of playing up at the net and if you are the backcourt partner having to cover a miss, those movements are more strenuous. But overall, it can be very minimal impact to joints.
Ran a 5k pushing both my kids in a double stroller this morning and was able to finish the whole thing without stopping. Should say that I’m definitely not a runner. My wife is the runner and we were there to support her, but I am proud of myself for doing it, and the kids see their parents being active.
Kudos to you Matt. A runner is not necessarily the one who records fast times or doesn't have to stop. To me a runner is one who enjoys running and does it consistently - regardless of times, distances and such. That you could do a 5K while pushing a fully loaded double stroller is impressive.
I kissed Beverly Jenkins in the 7th grade!
A buddy of mine and me polished off an entire handle of jack Daniels on Sullivan’s island beach Labor Day of 1999. I’d probably not wake up from that one now, not to mention that bourbon on the beach in the summer probably violates all sorts of James Bond protocols.
I did that once my first year in the fraternity at WAZZU. That single action changed the course of my life. To this day I still can't drink brown liquor straight without gagging....
I held that one down so brown is fine, but tequila is a different story. Too many straight tequila nights for me to ever touch the stuff again.