Day 5 - YEAH ME! Thursday 10-1-09

Still on track with the Gandhi thingy I never thought I would make it this many days - still feeling great.
This morning I got up early and headed to the Y to see if I could redeem myself from yesterday and hit a few new classes. There was a 8:00am Yoga class - I thought that would be a good relaxing start. I got in a little late and they were already achieving enlightenment - I grabbed a pad and got into my criss cross applesauce position (I believe that is a yoga term) and got dialed in. Soon as there was a break and it was then explained that we take off our shoes and socks in yoga and we use a special yoga mat not just a exercise mat...ooohh laddy da da. Once I got going it was cool transitioning from the child pose (Garbahasana) to downward facing dog, onto Warrior 1 then warrior 2 and 3 (that would be Virabaharasana 1 2 3) lots of stretching and breathing and balance.
There are some things I confirmed and others I learned about myself -
Confirmation 1: I am not flexible at all
Confirmation 2: I hate getting on the ground
Confirmation 3: I am fat
The thing I learned (and it surprised me) is that I have terrible balance, I was all over the place falling, tripping it was embarrassing and humbling. The class ended with that cool music playing, slow stretching and what I was waiting for the mantra OOOOOOMMMM, OOOOOOMMMM it was awesome! The ladies were all very nice and told me to make sure and comeback, most importantly I didn't fart through the whole class YEAH ME!
Right after Yoga was step class with my favorite super trainer Sheryl WOO HOO! I will not bore you with the details (only guy in class, weights, step... yadda yadda) it was really hard and wonderful. I was almost always screwed up turning the wrong way and stuff but I kept moving the whole class and KICKED ASS -Sheryl said I did great YEAH ME!
Now on to the important part of the day SOCCER - Thursday is super fun soccer day because I get to play with Christie and Jill on a really good team in a tough league. I don't always get to play on Thursday because of Lebo's practice (I know what your thinking SUPER DAD) so this was a special occasion. My legs were pretty much mush after the last couple of days of soccer, Y classes and fasting and I really struggled through the first half - but I didn't suck. The second half there was some discussion about a goalie change Ian wanted to play out (he did a amazing job in the first half) so I offered after everyone else balked at it. Let me describe my goalkeeper ability...hmmm...checking thesaurus.......abhorrent, appalling, horrid... I think shocking describes it best for me, the best skill I have is taking up a considerable amount of space. I am not sure if it was the Yoga or maybe the fasting but I achieved nirvana in goal - I was a wall - they fired shot after shot, low shots, high shots, benders, skidders I faced it all - feet, hands, head, belly I saved everything - I was Kung Fu Panda. OK - I had the best defenders (Christy and Jill) and we got a lead from Amy, Ian, Josh and Clay and we could just pack it in - I did have some good saves though - The most important part was I DID NOT SUCK - YEAH ME!!
Talk to you later.
Joe
Peace!