I generally think I’m in relatively decent shape. I run 4-6 miles 3 or so times a week and am somewhat active with the kids and dog.
Last week we were vacationing up at a lake. The kids and I LOVE to waterski, so we took turns hauling each other around for hours on end. Then we went horseback riding - the kids wanted to do something more than walk, so we took a 2 hour trail lesson heavy on the trotting and cantering.
Just got back from my lunchtime run. Oh MAN I’m not sure what that riding did to my legs, but there’s definitely something wierd going on down in my thighs - and NOT in a good way. And my shoulders are telling me that maybe - just maybe - I overdid it a bit on the skiing. Duh!
So commiserate with me. When is the last time you tried some fun and different activity, only to pay for it in the days to follow?
I think I need a nap. Or a massage. Or some ice cream.
I am a fencer, an archer, and I lift weights two or three times a week. Though I am hardly well built, I am fairly strong and resilient. I also have a fair amount of finger strength from playing woodwind instruments for years.
But after two hours of playing that guitar for the first time, I thought I had contracted carpal tunnel syndrome. I thought that every single muscle in my forearm and wrist had been already punished by fencing.
My rule of thumb is that if you don’t hurt the next day, you didn’t have enough fun. Way back when I was a teen, I went on my first canoeing trip…on a rough black-rock river flooded with snowmelt. I came home limping and sporting a nice goose-egg on the back of my head (the canoe had, at different times, managed to fall on both my ankle and my head). I couldn’t wait to go again.
Most recently, I went for a two-day IFGS game in Oklahoma that left me moving like Frankenstein’s monster with a bad hangover for a couple of days. Two days of near-constant running and fighting will do that.
I must remember to add the ice cream, massage, and nap to the deal, though. That sounds like something that will definitely enhance the experience.
