6 AM Sprinklers

So I keep putting this off, and i am going to go back at some point and explain the past week, but in the mean time I'll start with this week...


We started PT (Physical Training) yesterday at 5:30. Last week we had our baseline, where we ran a timed 1.5 mile run and did as many push ups and sit-ups as we could in two minutes. Depending on your time / number of push ups and sit-ups, you were put into one of four groups. The groups were (fastest to slowest) Group A, B, C1, and C2. I made Group A! We will have PT four times a week on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Yesterday was our first day and it consisted mostly of stretching for 20 minutes, then doing Abs and Push Ups for 25 minutes, and 15 minutes of Sprints. We do all of our work outs on Holmes field which is right across the street from where my dorm is. Well, long story short someone forgot to tell the grounds crew that we were starting yesterday and about half way through our work out the sprinklers came on. It was bad enough the ground was already wet, it was pitch dark outside and it was still freezing. Minus the freezing cold water and wind it was still a lot of fun. I haven't hurt from doing Abs in a while so it was good to get that feeling back.

Today we had our second day of PT. It was a little bit more of what I was used to because we went for a run. After 15 minutes of stretching we started off on our run. We went for about 2 miles and stopped and did 75 push ups and a couple minutes of Abs and Planks. Then ran back to the base. We split Group A into maybe 5 or 6 smaller groups for our run and I got to step it up with all the other kids who actually like to run. Our last mile back was in a dead sprint. I haven't ran for a while so it was really nice to still see I had some speed under my legs and I could keep up with the other guys. I'm really excited to see how PT goes for the next couple of weeks.

My team also more or less decided I was going to be on of the two PT cordinators for our team. Every team has a couple leadership positions which I will go into at another time. Tanya and I are going to be the two PT coordinators. What that means is I work out with Willie (The head PT trainer here) a couple times a week and then when we go on Spike I will be in charge of coming up with work outs for the team and making sure everyone is staying healthy.

I will hopefully be able to get back on the computers later and give a run down of everything that has happened so far.

-Matt