I told my wrestlers that if seven of them entered the Sunflower State Games, then I would do it too. I lost the bet and had to enter the games. It was a lot of fun, but you are reminded real quickly what kind of shape you need to be in to wrestle. I remember that my hands and arms were cramped up for about two hours and i went to bed shortly after getting home. I was running quite a bit before hand to get my wind up, but i was reminded that there is a difference between being in shape and being in mat shape. The really sad part is that the matches were only 3 minutes each. Call me what you want, but in all honesty, a 6 minute match would have probably killed me.

But, I will do it again this summer, whether any of my kids do it or not. I have surgery to remove skin cancer from my face the week of state and then I'm out of activities for six weeks while my face heals, so hopefully i can "get my wind back up" for the Games.

By the way, if any of you old dudes are contemplating doing it, i say do it. It was fun. I will continue doing it until my body gives out. Maybe, if you're lucky, you could catch my lazy head in a head-lock too!