Day: September 8, 2024

End of the season blues

First, from last night:

Ok, how about today?

The Peoria Chiefs closed their season with an 11-0 win over the Lake County Captains. The Chiefs started with 3 hits in a row, including a home run on the first pitch. Then came a 6 run avalanche in the second inning.

But in the 4’th, we saw some fireworks. Up 10-0, the Chiefs scored on a bunt (runners on base) and the next batter got some “chin music” from the pitcher. The pitcher was ejected then the manager was. The 4’th ended with 4 more runs and the Chiefs up 11-0.

There was to be one more ejection as one of the home run hitters was hit by a pitch. It was quite the way to end the season. But alas, the Captains are headed to the playoffs (based on their first half win) to face Dayton in the East, and the Quad Cities River Bandits will face the Wisconsin Timberrattlers in the West.

I felt emotional at the end of the game.

Workout notes: very tired from yesterday. Deadlifts;

low trap: 10 x 134, 10 x 184, 10 x 204

4 inch: 10 x 244

Then a lazy 31 minute Moss 2 miles.

Too hyped up to sleep.

I drank a large diet coke before the 10 pm drive home to Peoria (1:30 in total) to drop Tracy off and go home. So, it is 12:15 am and I am still up. But I am at home.

Workout notes Friday: weights. It went like this: 10 sets of 5 pull ups (kind of a struggle), bench press: 10 x 134, 5 x 154, 5 x 154, 5 x 150
high incline: 7 x 94, 9 x 94, 7 x 94 curls: 3 sets of 10. Two commuter walks: 2 miles and 1 mile (just over) to total 5k.

Saturday: 10.5 miles of walking: used Moss to High to Main to Hamilton to get to the trail, goose loop, ball field, dam, goose loop where some faster fitness walkers (middle aged couples) shamed me into going faster. Then I returned the conventional way; 14:06 was my final Moss mile.

It is humbling that I am no longer a fast walker. But it was 2:34 for 10.5 and that was enough training. And I handled the ramps and stairs better than most fans.

Chiefs Baseball Friday’s 4-3 loss in the 11’th inning was a heart breaker. In the 10’th, with the game tied at 3, the Chief’s ghost runner advanced to 3’rd on a balk..NO OUTS. But there he stayed and you could see the Chiefs morale sag and they lost in 11.

Illinois Football What a game. The Illini played slow in the first half and took advantage of an interception to get a 3-0 lead. Kansas tied it at 3 and then, on a drive took a 10-3 lead. But then the Illini got another field goal..taking advantage of a spectacular catch.

and a spectacular pick-6 just before halftime to lead 13-10.

In the second half, the Jayhawks appeared to take control. They had an impressive touchdown drive to go up 17-13. Then later in the 3’rd , they got the ball back and appeared to be driving again. They had momentum and was moving the ball easily. But then they the Illini got a huge interception at the Illini 5 (poorly thrown ball). And THAT turned the game completely around.

The 4’th quarter was all Illini. They had two nifty drives: one for the go-ahead touchdown (20-17) and a second to burn clock and to put the Illini up 23-17 with 58 seconds left to go. KU had no time outs and never made it past the Illini 45.