Getting old?

I used to be decent at basketball. Not great, not even really good but decent. I had a decent shot and could play average to slightly above average defense.

Holy shit. I hit the court yesterday and felt like I should be dragging around an oxygen tank behind a wheelchair. I guess I thought running a couple times a week was keeping me in decent shape. WRONG. Cripes man, I'm out of breath right now just thinking about it. I was playing against two, shall we say 'not slim' fellows but man they were running circles around me. I think they suspected I was hustling them, because I had the first part down really well. The part where you play really shitty and make yourself look bad. However I was not able to complete the con by coming back and being really good at the end. I guess I better work on that.

Adding injury to insult, two little kids joined up. I had a brief exchange where one accused me of traveling. Upon showing him that I was not traveling, in a smack talk sort of way, I got a massive cramp in my calf muscle and called it a night. I guess it was bad karma, talking smack back to a basketball timmy.

Today my back hurts, my left leg is in pain and my right is uncomfortable. My shoulders and wrists ache. I am trying to decide if it's just general oldness or if I can somehow get back into shape so this doesn't kill me.

Who am I kidding, I do this every year when it warms up. Active for about two weeks and then back to slugville. At least I'm predictable!


PS if I am a skrull, then you know I'm just acting out of shape until the time is right for me to pounce.