An update at last

Well folks its a long time between blogs. I been a bit busy, new job working hard at the allotment at the weekend but not playing badminton.
I am now working on two new projects live@edu A Microsoft hosted email solution for education and Share point acting as a portal both good fun, but like all IT projects sometimes you just want to bang your head on the nearest wall.
Badminton is bad news, the knee is not getting any better, this may be my last competitive season with a max of 2 or 3 games but I have found rowing machines

All England Badminton Championship

Just spent an enjoyable week watching the All England at the NIA. I think the NIA is a great venue but the seats and the food are terrible. Junk food for 6 days is more then a person can stand. The one thing badminton fans have in common is that they take exercise and most likely look after their diets. So please NIA more fruit, salads and decent bread please. And as for the seats they are an exercise in torture; they may be OK for a gig but when you are there for 5 or 6 hours for a number of days it is a right pain. For those who don't know the seating at the NIA you cant fit your feet on the floor unless you have very small feet or are willing to have your legs angled under your seat for hours at a time. Or you can put your feet on a 2 or 3 inch high thin separator but that means your legs are at an odd angle and your body weight is not spread on your bum but centred on one part so a numb bum!

English Nationals Badminton

On Friday (1st Feb) is the start of the nationals and the start of a three day badminton watching marathon. If you get the chance I would strongly recommend going, they are held at the Velodrome in Manchester. Not sure if this is the case for the players but for the fans it is a very relaxed event and you can find your self drinking coffee with Gail Emms (who sadly has just dropped out this year) or discussing tactics with a national coach

Badminton

Do you folks ever think you are going round in a circle? For the last few months I have working hard in the gym three nights a week to get my knee back in shape so that I can play badminton again. Everything was going well, two weeks ago I played on a Thursday night at the club and had some good games, but on Sunday my knee went again and I back at stage one. Lots of knee pain, lots of exercises and the need to see the physio again. Some times you cant win.

Playing Badminton

Well this week I will be playing Badminton again for the first time in about 3 months. I picked up a knee injury and thinking about the time I realised it was the first time in over 40 years I have gone 3 months without playing some form of competitive sport. Like most people who play sports, time away from the game is a pain and for me it has been very odd. I have missed the challenge, the wins and the losses but most of all I have missed the rush of playing the game. So come Friday I will be limping into work no doubt, taking stick from the team but in my heart I will know it is worth it.