Racquet Ball for 6 hours - Straight Up - No lie!!

by Phil

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I love racquet ball.  I am not that good at racquet ball.  But I have been getting better.

Last night I texted @uberpasha (this little brother to @magicAntonio101) (Antonio Esfandiari) to see if he wanted to play.

I used to be able to beat Pasha but as of late he has been schooling me.  So we start and after 2 games he quits.  (He beat me both times.) 
He mumbled something about how he had a big day the next day and he was calling it a night.  But luck was once again on my side. 

His buddy Beau (Beau Evans) was with him and wanted to play.  Wheeee!

We played and played.  After beating him 4 games I declared that I would play him til noo the next day, or 20 games in total, and that I would win
each game.  After beating him 4 more times I realized that he was determined to have me eat my words.  I stepped it up.  By the 10th game we
were both very tired but neither of us were quitting.

Who is this guy?  Where is he finding all this enduro power?  Beau is about 23 years old and in great shape, but I was never more determined to
not stop.  The 115 hr poker session was some great enduro training, but I was really starting to feel fatigued.  But in the end, I figured (correctly)
that if I could play cards for nearly 5 days, then I could play r-ball for 5 or 6 hours.

And that is what I did.

My longest session of racquet ball I ever played.  (And obv his too.)  16 games in total.  Two with Pasha and 14 with Beau.  So sick.  It took about 6 hours. 

I went undefeated against Beau.  (With two of my wins were shut outs.)

It felt good.  Enduro stuff is fun.  Racquetball is fun.

Why did I play so long?  One reason was this.  Beau is soon going to get good at the game, and the days of being able to full out school him will be
coming to a close.  And sometimes you just have to get the wins when you can.  (Makes me wish I had played more cards during the boom days of 2005, and 2006.) (Ho hum.)

Anyway.  Thought you might like that story.

Come to think of it, this was the longest enduro athletic activity I have ever done.  It even took longer than the marathon I once ran back in the day.

Life marches on.