on Mar 3rd, 2008Paintball Extravaganza!
Ok, so maybe calling it an extravaganza is a little overkill, but it was pretty fun anyway.
Saturday, my Sunday school group got together and went paintballing. Well, 9 of the guys from the group went.
I learned a valuable lesson. I am extremely out of shape.
Now, I’m not a fat man or anything. I’m relatively thin, except for the growing ’spare tire’. However, being a computer guy who sits and works on a keyboard 8 - 12 hours a day you can imagine that I’m not exactly the most athletic of people. After the first 10 minute round (which really probably lasted about 6 minutes) I was completely wiped out. I was thinking, How in the world am I going to last 3 hours of this?!
Well, I did make it. Played every game I could until I was completely out of paint. Even when I was out of paint I just made a mad dash for the dropped flag we where suppose to be capturing. It ended in victory for us, but still. I’m not a quitter! Even when my goggles fogged up and I couldn’t see a thing I still stuck it out.
So today, two days later, my legs are extremely sore. My back aches. I have a few remaining welts. However, I have some good memories and had a great time. I’d do it again.
