If you would’ve asked me just a few months ago what a DUPR rating is, I would’ve probably tried to be inventive. It’s the hurricane strength level of a house. The probability of an online dating profile getting a date. How brown a banana is. Nope, none of those. It’s a pickleball player’s rank inContinue reading “I have a DUPR rating! But what does that even mean?”
Tag Archives: competition
The CrossFit Games Has Me Burning Inside
Sheesh, CrossFit has me rethinking the severity of the bad decisions I made when I went out for a jog the last two days. One run was 3.5 miles and the other was 5 miles. I completed both but neither were easy. The difficulty was completely my fault because I chose to do the following:Continue reading “The CrossFit Games Has Me Burning Inside”
Pickleball – a new activity I hate to lose
Over a recent weekend with family a few of us took part in pickle ball games. If you’ve never played, it’s kind of in between tennis and ping pong, with a few rules unique to itself. Anyone who knows me knows I’m competitive in just about anything, so while pickle ball is really fun, ultimatelyContinue reading “Pickleball – a new activity I hate to lose”
That time I was accused of being 55 yrs old
When I was in my mid-30s I played soccer for an adult recreational team. Like a few other sports, I am a little better than average but what I lack in skill, I make up for by being a pest on defense. In one particular game, I was being aggressive on defense which turned outContinue reading “That time I was accused of being 55 yrs old”
The challenge of being too competitive
I was pitching for my softball team earlier this week and everything was fine until the 2nd of a double header. In the first game, the opposing team’s pitcher was a bit flustered that a few of our hits were right back up the middle. You see, in those scenarios, it’s proper etiquette to makeContinue reading “The challenge of being too competitive”
Out of the Wilderness 