Chesapeake Open, Day 2

Pike went 2-1 on the day with a convincing win over Medicine Men, a double game point win over Sons of Liberty in the quarters, and a double game point loss to Tennessee in the semis.

Chesapeake Open, Day 1

Pike went 3-1 in the Open Division at Chesapeake with convincing wins over Eastern Motors, Colt 45, and X-Rates and a disappointing double game point loss to Grit.

HP ETC

Just off the plane from Portland, Raph and Mere came up to HP to get in some baby time, a solid workout at the HP track, and some tastilicious Greek food from Pithari.

The workout was handed down from Ironside via Trey (a concept that still bothers me since I'm pretty sure Trey never followed any of the track plans I used to send out for Pike [meow!]). All whining aside, it was a pretty solid speed workout and it was fun to get the legs going a bit pre-Chesapeake. I also find it amusing that I had just told a friend earlier that day that I don't do track workouts any more since I've found I get more out of Crossfit-style circuit training.

Anyway, the workout was as follows:

Warm-up:

2 laps of jog 100, stride 100
Active Stretching

Workout Proper:

1 x 4 reps Quick Agility Drill (sprint 5m, side-shuffle 5m, back pedal 5m, side-shuffle 5m, sprint 10m): 15 secs rest between reps
3 minutes break

1 x 4 reps of 100 m: 60 secs rest between reps
3 minutes break

2 x 6 reps of 70 m: 30 secs rest between reps; 3 min between sets
5 minute break

3 x 5 reps of 25 m: 15 secs rest between reps; 45 secs between sets
3 minute break

2 x 6 reps of 70 m: 30 secs rest between reps; 3 min between sets
3 minute break

1 x 4 reps of 100 m: 60 secs rest between reps

Half-Filthy 50

Warm-up:

10:00 Exercise Bike
Active Stretching

Half-Filthy 50 for time:

25 Box Jumps w/ 18-inch box
25 Jump Pull-ups
25 Kettleball Swings w/ 25lb ball
25 Lunges per leg (stationary lunges)
25 Knees-to-Elbows
25 Push-Press w/ standard bar
25 Back Extensions
25 Wall Balls
25 Burpees
25 Kangaroo Jumps
Total Time: 8:21

8:00 Elliptical Machine

Pike Practice

Practice at Mercer from 8am-12pm. Post-practice Chili's Chillout.

Pike Practice

Practice at Mercer from 9am-2pm.

WallBalls

Warm-up:

Active Stretching

CFWoD for August 20th, 2009:
"Karen"
For time:

150 x Wallballs, 20lb ball
Total Time: 8:23

8:00 Elliptical Machine

Tabata Workout

Warm-up:

6:00 Exercise Bike
Active Stretching

Tabata Sets:
Elliptical Machine:

8 x :20 sprinting, :10 slow

Overhead Squats w/ 5' bar:

16, 16, 17, 14, 12, 12, 11, 11

Chuck Kellers:

14, 13.5, 12.5, 11.5, 12, 12, 12.5, 13.5

Inclined Sit-ups:

16, 14, 14, 11, 10, 10, 11, 11

Pull-ups, Dips, Burpees

Warm-up:

5:00 Exercise Bike
Active Stretching

Circuit Workout:
5 rounds for time of:

21 x Pull-ups
21 x Dips
21 x Burpees
Total Time: 33:45

(NB - I broke the pull-ups and dips down into 1 set of 5 and 4 sets of 4, alternating pull-ups and dips [5 pull-ups, 5 dips, 4 pull-ups, 4 dips... etc.])

Pike Practice

It's August and Pike's now going full swing. The Jake and I again schlepped to Philly for an 8am start time and once again we all did work in the blazing sun. Today's practice was focused more on application and execution and we did a lot more live play than yesterday.

Practice ran 8am-12pm. Although Ellis attempted to distract us, the Jake and I once again rocked Chipotle in North Brunswick.

Pike Practice

The Jake and I rode down to Philly for the first Pike practice in what seems like eons. Overall numbers were a little less than I would've hoped for, but we got in a lot of important work in the August heat. This is the part of the season were things get more fun as the roster is now fully set and we can truly focus on team-level strategies.

Without going into much detail, I'll just say that it was great to back on the field with my boys once again. And the post-practice Chipotle burrito run was primo.

Practice ran 9am-2pm.

MCUDL A-League Finals, Game 3

¡Los Campeones!

After another afternoon nap and my second RockStar energy drink I, and the rest of the Stick roster, was pumped for Game 3. We came out even stronger than last night and fought through the first half to earn an impressive 8-3 lead. After the fight Root's gave us last night, we came out in the second half fiercely determined to expand our lead, not taking anything for granted.

While they were able to right the ship a little bit and played much better in the second period, our patient O and aggressive D were too much to overcome and we won game 3 by a 15-8 tally.

Big Stick, 2009 Mercer A-League Champions

Standing: Peyton Jackson, Michael Jackson, Mike Auld, Matt Wilson, Walt Kalicki, Len Magargee, Pete Reavey, Pete "Crash" Gyori, Tom Barry, J Dono
Kneeling: Clayton Coltman, Brad Bellinger, Billy Maroon, Min Yi, Angus Pacala

MCUDL A-League Finals, Game 2

With our backs against the wall in Game 2, Big Stick game out ready to play and stormed out to take half 8-4. (On a personal note, I made sure to take a nap this afternoon and choked down a RockStar on the way to the fields.) Confident in the victory, we started the half with another break before the wheels came off and Roots began to rally.

What started off as a blow-out, quickly became the second dog-fight of the final series. Roots fought back to get on serve, though we were still on the plus side. At 15-14, we got a turn and worked it up to the endzone only to turn it over on a miscue mere yards from a victory. That sparked a Roots mini-run and they ran off the next two points putting the score at 16-15, hard to 17. I wish I could say I remembered the details, but with our backs against the wall, we were able to grind out two turns and two conversions to steal the game 17-16 and force a decisive game 3 tomorrow night.

MCUDL A-League Finals, Game 1

A re-match of the last 2 years, A-League finals pits Big Stick against Roots of Rhythm. I gotta say, I was exhausted for this game after a few days of fatherhood and the resultant lack of sleep. Notwithstanding, Stick played well and managed to stay a break up for the entire game. That is until 15-14 when we stalled and Roots surged and ended up stealing the game in OT 17-15.

Huge apologies to Matt Bode, whom I crushed on a poorly executed layout bid on an in-cut. On a relatively tight pass, I keyed on the thrower and layed out as the disc was released. Unfortunately, the throw was behind Bode, who quickly cut back to make the catch. Not anticipating his change of direction, I was already committed and airborne and speared him square in the back. A very bad play on my part that I should be experienced enough to avoid. I know he hurt his shoulder pretty badly, but being the warrior he his, he was back on the pitch playing hard in a point or two.

Game 2 of the 3-game series is Wednesday night. Hopefully, we'll have a few more of our big guns out there, and maybe I'll grab a little nap beforehand.

Snertz Workout

Warm-up:

6:58 mile
Active Stretching

Snertz Workout for time (detailed explanations):

4 x 100 yard strides
2 x 40 yard grapevines
2 x 40 yard side shuffles
2 x 40 yard high knees
2 x 40 yard butt kickers
2 x 40 yard power skips
30 x push-ups
100 x crunches

4 x 15 ground jumps + 40 yard sprint
4 x 15 tuck jumps + 40 yard sprint
30 x push-ups
100 x crunches

2 x 40 yard lunges w/ full twist
2 x 40 one-legged hops (20 yards/leg)
2 x 10 two-footed forward cone hops
2 x 10 two-footed sideways cone hops
30 x push-ups
100 x crunches

10 x 5-10-5 yard shuttle runs
10 x 40 yard sprints
4 x 100 yard strides
Total time: 27:36

2 minutes off my fastest time, but I guess it's all right considering my lack of sleep and general inactivity for the past few days.

L & D

I'm a dad!!

Jamie Rose Dono was born 8/5, at 8:17pm and weighs in at 6
pounds, 10.4 ounces and stands at 19 3/4 inches. From start to
finish, the labor took all of 3 hours 17 minutes, barely enough time
to make it to the hospital! So she's already a little speed demon. Mom and baby are both happy and healthy and I'm incredibly proud of both of them!

MCUDL A League

Semi-finals vs. Rutgers

After a fun Crossfit workout during lunch, I felt like I was running around the field in a weight vest. It wasn't a bad thing for me as it forced me to (attempt to) play smarter and more efficiently since I couldn't just rely on speed to make up for bad decisions. It wasn't my best performance, but it wasn't my worst, and my teammates more than made up for my short-comings. I'm not sure of the final score, but Stick won fairly comfortably.

Next week: finals rematch vs. Roots of Rhythm.

Fight Gone Bad Circuit

Warm-up:

7:00 Exercise Bike
Active Stretching

CFWoD for August 4th, 2009:
Fight Gone Bad
3 rounds of:

1:00 Wall-ball (reps: 32, 27, 24)
:15 rest
1:00 Sumo Deadlifts @ 75lbs (reps: 21, 18, 17)
:15 rest
1:00 Box Jump (jumps: 61, 54, 50)
:15 rest
1:00 Push Press @ 75lbs (reps: 21, 17, 23)
:15 rest
1:00 Rowing Machine (pulls: 31, 31, 27)
1:30 rest

Tabata Sprints & Accelerators

Mel and I headed to the HP track tonight to close out the weekend and burn off some built-up energy.

Warm-up:

6:51 mile
Active Stretching

Tabata Sprints:

8 x :20 sprint, :10 rest

Accelerators:

10 x jog 50m, sprint 50m

20:00 throwing

CFWoD: 08-02-09

Just a quick WoD for the day. Maybe if the rain holds off, I'll throw in a run later on.

CFWoD for August 2nd, 2009:
"JT"
21-15-9:

Hand-stand Push-ups
Iron Gym Dips
Iron Gym Sit-ups