casual ultimate » there’s no “i” in win

with five weeks left to go before battle of the beach, miss casual and ms. ultimate decided to kick our workout into high (fixed) gear with a grueling triathlon on saturday, which lasted until the wee hours of sunday morn.

Stage 1: Wake up at 8:00, don’t eat breakfast because it makes you fat and slows you down. we’re trying to convert 100% of our winter energy reserves into lean muscle by march 10. drink coffee to get your heart racing, and then jump on a high-performance bi-cycle racing machine for a 15-mile ride in frigid temperatures. luckily about 20 other people had this same idea, and we met up with the lady and gents from chicago fixed gear for a ride from montrose to the planetarium and back again. here’s a pic of some of the tri-athletes at the start of the ride, courtesy of our man fro. upon completion of this stage, it is acceptable to have a light brunch of bagel and cream cheese (as pictured here) or almond croissant, followed by a repeat of the same after some book shopping at myopic and quimby’s.

Stage 2: After a quick shower to warm up, we went for a consultation with one of our trainers, monica, where she was working the gatorade table/hostess desk at the peach pit. she advised us to drink a beer each (full frontal and double d are choice selections this time of year) and consume a pizza as quickly as possible. this kind of training will prepare for between-game hydration and bagel consumption in florida. we then turned to an endurance sitting session by watching seven episodes of arrested development season three in quick succession. when you’re watching this many episodes on DVD, it’s important to conserve seconds on the clock by fast-forwarding through the credits and opening song of consecutive episodes. we had to sit through the first five episodes only to get to the sixth, which contained steve holt (steve holt!) gems of training wisdom. our favorite adages include the post title, as well as: “don’t ask ‘can i’, ask ‘i can’” and “no blood, no oil”. words to live by as we moved into the all-critical third stage.

Stage 3: stage three was all about isolating muscle groups that will be necessary for beach ultimate dominance down in florida. we chose to focus on the quads, abs and glutes - “wind your waistline to the bass line” was our battlecry as we rolled up to the darkroom for a merciless three-hour dance workout. it’s important to dress appropriately for this stage, particularly for the quads, so we had to wear our heels. one of ms. ultimate’s dance partners showed what a great workout dancing could be, as he refused to dance without holding his shirt up and fondling his six-pack. someday that will be us. just as miss casual was beginning to wonder, “can i?” she ran into inspiration in the form of an old college buddy, j dot. his drunken posting makes us think he’ll be guest posting about dance moves here in the near future.

it was an arduous 16-hour marathon, but that’s what a girl’s gotta do if she wants to play serious ultimate. we plan on repeating this every weekend between now and botb: stage 1 with our chifggers, stage 2 switching it up each week, and stage 3 at various venues including carol’s. we’re going to run out of arrested development, though, so anyone who bought season two of the office is welcome to join the workout. we’re looking forward to an update on the weekend in arizona, gentlemen, so don’t let us down.

xoxo,
c & u