While I was in Shanghai, my co-worker, Lea, and one of her climbing buddies, Heather, realized that I knew both of them. I still haven't figured out how they chanced upon this, but Heather's team was short for an ultimate frisbee tournament, so she got my contact information from Lea. She emailed me asking if I'd play in a one day tournament on Memorial Day, and I figured that a one day tournament couldn't hurt. If you hate the team, it's ok, because it's only one day! It was also really close to where we live and in a nice sports complex, so I said I'd play.
The team's name is Rule # 5, while I'll never understand why, because nobody knows what rule #5 is. NOBODY. Anyways, they were actually a lot of fun to play with. They play very hard, yet they are really happy and carefree, and don't care too much about whether or not we win. It's no fun to play on a team where people get frustrated and angry, and that is actually why I haven't played ultimate in a while. I didn't like the teams at RIT too much because they had a lot of drama and fights. Then I joined that draft league and had a lot of fun playing that. I didn't think I'd join another team, though, until I found Rule #5. Their playing style so closely matches mine that when they asked if I'd play for them while I lived in the bay area, I jumped at the opportunity! They practice on weekends, go to a few tournaments, and have a lot of fun, so I am excited!
We played pretty well that day - they had a lot of newcomers (to the team, not the sport) so we learned how to play with each other and what throws everyone has, what cuts people like, etc. It was a lot of fun, and we definitely improved over the day!
At one point in the day, there was this perfect halo around the sun. I looked it up and it was caused by moisture, but it was funny because everyone was saying, "look at the sun!" We all spent so much time looking at it because it was perfect and amazing that we all stumbled around the fields blind for a while.
After the end of play, I found myself really sore. I haven't played that much in one day, and running is a lot more high impact than biking or swimming, so I have to get used to it again!
The team's name is Rule # 5, while I'll never understand why, because nobody knows what rule #5 is. NOBODY. Anyways, they were actually a lot of fun to play with. They play very hard, yet they are really happy and carefree, and don't care too much about whether or not we win. It's no fun to play on a team where people get frustrated and angry, and that is actually why I haven't played ultimate in a while. I didn't like the teams at RIT too much because they had a lot of drama and fights. Then I joined that draft league and had a lot of fun playing that. I didn't think I'd join another team, though, until I found Rule #5. Their playing style so closely matches mine that when they asked if I'd play for them while I lived in the bay area, I jumped at the opportunity! They practice on weekends, go to a few tournaments, and have a lot of fun, so I am excited!
We played pretty well that day - they had a lot of newcomers (to the team, not the sport) so we learned how to play with each other and what throws everyone has, what cuts people like, etc. It was a lot of fun, and we definitely improved over the day!
At one point in the day, there was this perfect halo around the sun. I looked it up and it was caused by moisture, but it was funny because everyone was saying, "look at the sun!" We all spent so much time looking at it because it was perfect and amazing that we all stumbled around the fields blind for a while.
After the end of play, I found myself really sore. I haven't played that much in one day, and running is a lot more high impact than biking or swimming, so I have to get used to it again!
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