I bet your knees are shot too.

--- John Harvey <john.harvey@shelbynet.com> wrote:

> Ah exercise. In another life, back in the last

> century, I was an

> exercisaholic. I would run 3.5 miles each Monday,

> Wednesday and Friday, and

> lift weights on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. I

> only took Sunday off.

> These days when I get the urge to do that, I sit

> down and wait til the urge

> passes! Of course, back then, I had to stay fit so I

> could fight street

> thugs. Today, I get them wirelessly!

>

> JH

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: profox-bounces@leafe.com

> [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf

> Of Ed Leafe

> Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 7:51 PM

> To: ProFox Mailing List

> Subject: [OT] Personal Goal Reached

>

> As many of you know, I have another life away from

> the keyboard as a

>

> soccer referee. For the basic grade (i.e., you

> aren't working

> professional games) there is no actual fitness test

> requirement, but

> the tests are offered to everyone. The targets are

> based on your age

> and on your grade, so for a 45+ guy who wants to

> move up to the next

> level, I have to do the following things one after

> the other:

>

> . Run 1800m in 12 minutes. That's 4.5 times around a

> standard track.

> . Then run a 50m dash in 9.5 seconds

> . Then run a 200m dash in 40 seconds.

>

> You get about a 3 minute break between each event

> while they

> organize everyone, but that's about it. I timed

> myself well, and made

> the 1800m with about 15 seconds to spare, and then

> did the 50m in

> 9.0, followed by the 200m in 38 sec. In other words,

> I made it!

>

> It's humbling to watch the younger guys breeze

> through these tests,

>

> but for an older guy like me with 3 knee operations,

> it's not easy at

> all. But even though I probably won't be upgrading

> to the next level

> any time soon, I've set passing this test as my goal

> to make sure

> that I keep myself fit enough to stay healthy. Now

> that I'm back home

> and showered, it's time to get some food and enjoy a

> nice cold

> beverage to celebrate!

>

> -- Ed Leafe

> -- http://leafe.com

> -- http://dabodev.com

>

>

>

>

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