So… for the first time in, I think, a year and a half, I played in a club tournament today. I’m playing with Drunken Masters, a NYC Masters Division team. Now, at Sectionals, you just play in the Open Division, which means that I spend my day chasing players who were upwards of 17 years younger than me (Hello, Adam!) The good news — I survived without injury. The better news — I played reasonably well. The best news — I had a great time. This is a great group of guys to play with, the weather was perfect, and we were just competative enough to make it really fun. I’ve mourned the end of my competative Ultimate days… but today reminded me that while I don’t have the time (or probably the ability) to play on a team that wants to train hard and compete in one of the other divisions to go to Nationals, but I can play Masters and have a lot of fun.

Even more fun was playing against and in front of Beacon kids. Yes, they are all faster than me now, but that’s not the point. It’s just fun to be out there with the kids I taught to play. And it was fun to play in front of Jakob… if I can hang around for another few years, he might even remember his dad out there.

Regionals in two weeks… more fun to be had.