Relative Something

It is that time of year again. Floorball is starting up! So now, in addition to my three-mornings-a-week indoor soccer, I will have one evening per week of floorball competition. I hope I am up to it. That is an awful lot of running around. I have often said that there is no way I see myself doing a fraction of this amount of running without having a ball to chase around for incentive. In the end, it is not the running that is most taxing, it is the sudden stopping and frequent changing of direction. I’m pretty sure there is a line to be crossed between the activity being good exercise for a body and the activity being too much stress, but I have no idea how closely I operate to that line. I’m afraid I will discover it after I have over-stressed something like a knee or an ankle.

In addition to all the activity I am participating in, I have also been offered two more opportunities to go see the Gophers play football in their new stadium this season! This Saturday looks to be an exciting opponent in Illinois and it will be a day game with pleasant weather being predicted. Sweet! But that’s not all. I have also been given tickets to see the Gopher basketball team the following week on the new floor installed at Williams Arena.

It’s probably a good thing that the Vikings have a bye this weekend or I might exceed a reasonable quota of all things sports related with so much happening in such a short span of time. At least I won’t have to worry about the World Series calling for any more of my attention since the team from New York claimed that championship last night. That’s good, because I need that time for watching college and NHL hockey now, anyway.

So much sport, so little time. Feel free to follow my example. Get out there and play something! It’s a great way to make exercise fun. I think playing a sport makes watching sports a much more rich experience. The two do go together quite well, complimenting each other nicely. But be careful. You might discover it to be a bit addicting and then you run the risk of becoming a Sportsmaniac! But I don’t know anything about that. I barely dabble in sports…