| Sunday's Iced Mocha Adventure(To get you psyched about this long entry-- This story contains the following subjects making it more interesting: What meal at McDonalds has 1000 mg of Sodium, the Lakers Game, the Best thing at Trader Joe's, Charlie horses and Olympic athlete Kerri Walsh.) We ended up going to McDonalds for lunch on Sunday. This decision was much to my dismay and moaning though (as evidence when I anxiously bit through my Daily Bread), because there are just so many better choices in the Carmel Mtn/RB area. Yuen Chee had a meeting to rush back to and really wanted to watch the Lakers game over lunch, so since the world revolves around YC we really wanted the pleasure of YC's company, we complied. Thankfully, MCD has their line of iced coffee's that are really yummy and magically give me an extra boost of energy for Ultimate! Unthankfully, I forgot to have any other liquids before heading out to frisbee later that afternoon. <-- I'll come back to this later. Because everything else at MCD sounded nasty... I ordered a 10-pc chicken McNugget. Whoopee, haven't had one of those in __ yrs, couldn't possibly be as bad for you as say... a Big Mac. Oh contrare monfrare. The 10-pc chicken nugget has 1000 mg of Sodium (Big Mac - 1040mg). So, I guess it is "healthier" but... that doesn't count the sauce (Of which the best sauce is Honey, hands down). Oh yeah, and the Lakers won. After lunch, Sylvia and Kitty humored me by coming along to Trader Joe's and being introduced to the best thing at Trader Joe's. Now, "the best thing at Trader Joe's" changes every time I find something better (it used to be Dunkers, then Asti, then Trader Joe's hummus, then whole wheat honey pretzel sticks, then dried pears.). And right now, the best thing is... the dried mangoes! They are so good and free of artifial sweetners or sulfur! A light snack, sweet, but not too sweet. At this point, its 2:30 pm. Since 2:30am the night before, I have not had a sip of water and consumed almost an entire Small cup of Iced Mocha. (They do not actually HAVE a small cup, but they made one for me because I told them I didn't want a Medium-- although I still Paid for a Medium). (And they also do Not have Soy Milk). Between 2:30pm-4:30pm, I got side-tracked with running around with my roommate looking for things to decorate our house... we were very successful, but by 4pm, I was really thirsty. Before going to Ultimate, I gulped down a large cup of water, probably 16oz. Note: I rarely drink coffee or caffeine for that matter, so I am sensitive to small amounts of coffee and may spaz. By the time I got to frisbee I was SO wired off the coffee and was ready to bounce of the walls, or simply run off my extra energy. Needless to say, Ultimate was SUPER fun! I arrived during a water break, so I didn't really drink much water and wanted to get straight to playing. Sylvia and I were on the same team and she got to experience, first-hand, the coffee-infused side of Shannon. :D We played hard and pulled ahead in the first game. The water break was welcomed and I finally got to hydrate a bit. The second game came and the competition was fierce, plus we lost Siva. The score was 5-7 when I discovered we were playing to 10. I said, "at the next point, I'm taking my own water break." I was really thirsty, but the game must go on! Then, before another point could be scored, I jumped to catch the frisbee and in mid-air (this is probably only inches from the ground because I can't jump very high), I felt my calf cramp like it hadn't cramped since I was on the swim team. I fell to the ground contorted with my left toe pointed. The field stopped and friends came to help and all I could say was "Charlie Horse... somebody help me". Sylvia was there first but I could tell she was scared to touch me because I had said "Charlie Horse". Little did I know Charlie Horses only refer to cramps in the quads... I wouldn't want to massage someone's quad muscle either! To my relief, KK got there and straightened out my foot just in time and began massaging the block in my calf. Pain. At some point, I had stopped sweating and was just asking for a cramp. By the time I hobbled off the field, I found out calf cramps were the "injury" of choice that day as I was the third to fall victim to it. Calf cramps are not real injuries, but I was pretty much done for the day. After running 5 miles on Friday, indoor rock climbing for 3 hours on Saturday and my calf cramp on Sunday, my body was calling out to me to stop moving. Robert, this guy from CEC, is studying to become a physical therapist and offered to tape up my leg with Kinesio. Kinesio was made famous by Kerri Walsh, during the 2008 Olympic volleyball match where she and Misty May Treanor defended their gold medal. I was happy to try the Kinesio and after wearing the tape for 3 days, I actually think it helped! Usually, calf cramps to this degree render me pretty useless for a few days-- walking is a chore and running is out of the question. I was walking normally the next day and while all my muscles were tired from the weekend, the tape helped me back into a low heel two days after. Go Kinesio! Anyway, that is adventure of the Iced Mocha from Sunday! |
