This weekend we had our World Series of Softball in Columbus Ohio.
The organization was GSL, I do not know what it means, but the USSSA World
Series is in Disney, a much better but costlier trip. Columbus is only a 6 hour
drive, so that’s not bad. All beside the point. I started playing with a new
team this year as my old team went up in competition and I needed to go down.
Also beside the point. Our team finished in 5th place out of 68
teams from around the country (though mostly Midwest). Also, beside the point.
The blog post is to document my year physically and set goals for
next year to be better.
The year started off bad with knee surgery on February 2 that
turned into microfracture surgery and had me in a bed for 22 hours a day for 6
weeks. I wasn’t able to work out in any normal fashion really until May, which
was when we were buying and moving into our new home. Preceding the move, I
developed a sinus infection that morphed into an ear infection by moving day
and really didn’t clear up for almost a month. Though I played softball, I
really didn’t have the time or energy to workout, not to mention that I have
not as yet joined a gym locally. During one of those softball outings, I caught
a ball on the ankle which shelved me for two more weeks, during which, while
painting my kids playhouse in the back yard, tore my meniscus in my left knee.
Again, no working out. So in total, since last November when my meniscus in my
right leg was confirmed via MRI, I’ve probably worked out 3 or 4 times, and all
very mildly. That’s not good for a man who turned 50 over that span.
So I have surgery scheduled for November 1, with explicit
instructions to NOT do microfracture surgery. Hopefully come December, I’ll be
able to resume workouts and hopefully hit a gym for some upper body stuff
before the surgery even. That’s the plan. I want to really commit to getting
into better shape for next year, even if I don’t play softball, so I can
reverse the effects of this bad year on me physically. It’s doable!!
