third story

So I signed up for the DOCS Olympics, a multi-event, department-wide, week-long fun thing that has Corrections employees from all over NY competing behind the Academy and around Albany. I will be on the Central Office Soccer Team, which unfortunatly is indoor.

To re-condition my lungs/legs in two weeks' time, I realized that I had to run every day for one hour to be able to compete in the 4-game, 100-minute trials. Today was day one. I ran...for about 200 yards before my heart/lungs felt like they were exploding. Man, if you have not run for 6 months, everything is lost. Anyway, I walked/jogged for a bit and found that there was a soccer field not too far away from the apt. with a middle school kids' game in progress! FUN. I scanned the field until I found the self-absorbed, high-energy, super-concentrated miscreant (me as a kid) and watched as he powered his way past three kids to nail the ball...out of bounds. It was very educational, getting back into soccer by watching kids. YUP