Condors Coach goes Ballistic!
After a long losing season for the Condors this year (I still love you guys!), a bad call that resulted in a game misconduct for goalie Robinson in a recent game against the Fresno Falcons was the last straw for coach Marty Raymond, he said ENOUGH!

Watch as the Bakersfield Condors coach goes ballistic and throws everything but the kitchen sink onto the ice in the middle of the game.



Now that's something you don't see everyday...

Labels: Bakersfield Condors, coach, Fresno Falcons, Hockey, ice hockey, Marty Raymond

  posted by Matildakay at 11:32 PM 0 comments

New torture devices, jealousy, and the 5K challenge
It’s a new month, which means ‘M’ has found new ways to torture me at physical therapy. More specifically, he introduced my knees to the dreaded Stairmaster machine!

In the five years I’ve been in physical therapy I’ve managed to avoid contact with the Stairmaster, until now. Stairs are challenging enough for my slip-sliding knee caps, adding weight, resistance and hills makes the Stairmaster the most challenging torture device ‘M’ has come up with yet for my knees.

“I can’t do the Stairmaster.” I argued.

“Yes, you can,” ‘M’ said. “I want to add more cardio to your program and still work your knees.”

“Oh, you’re working my knees alright!” Working them right out of their tracks. I thought.

“Climb up.” ‘M’ punched the program settings into the Stairmaster as I climbed aboard the torture device.

“Five minutes.”

Five minutes is a really long time! When I stepped off the Stairmaster at the end of five minutes I had climbed 10 flights of stairs and could barely walk.

“How was that?” ‘M’ asked.

“It was hard!”

“But you did it.” ‘M’ grinned as if I had walked on the moon.

Whatever. I limped over to a table to rest.

A few minutes later, ‘M’ handed me a flyer.

“You’re doing this.” He explained.

“What’s this?”

This turned out to be a 5K Run/Walk sponsored by Terrio Therapy Fitness on October 27, 2007.

“You don’t have to run, you can walk and set your own pace. But you’re doing it.”

“How far is 5K?” I asked.

“A little over three miles.”

“Three miles? Are you kidding me?”

“No.” ‘M’ said. “You can do this and you’re going to.”

“OK.” Did I have a choice? I wondered.

“You can get some of your friends to do it with you, its not just for Terrio patients and clients.” ‘M’ explained.

“Ok.”

So, how many of my friends out there are willing to do this 5K run/walk challenge with me? Email me or leave a comment for sign up details. Don’t make me walk alone! You get a T-shirt for walking.

“I won’t be here Wednesday.” ‘M’ informed me at the end of my workout.

“Why. Where are you going?”

“I have to help out with the Condors physicals. It’s almost Condors time, are you excited.”

“I can’t wait!”

Did he just say he was giving the Condors players physicals? I wondered.

“You’re giving the Condors physicals?”

Um. ‘M’ do you need help with those physicals?

“Yeah.”

“Tell Fukufuji it's great to have him back. I can’t wait to see him play again!”

“Should be a good season.”

Are you sure you don’t need help with those physicals ‘M’?

Labels: bad knees, Bakersfield Condors, Fukufuji, Physical Therapy, Stairmaster, Terrio Therapy Fitness, torture devices, walk, walking

  posted by Matildakay at 11:14 PM 0 comments

Local Sports Debate
“When are you going to come to a game?” Nate, a Bakersfield Blitz player I work out with at physical therapy asked.

“I don’t know.”

“You go to the Condors games!”

“I like hockey. It’s fun to watch.”

“So is Football!”

“Not like hockey.” I said.

“What makes hockey more fun to watch?”

“It’s fast, difficult, rough and it keeps you on the edge of your seat.”

“Arena football is fast and rough!”

“She only likes the Condors!” ‘M’ explained wrapping Nate’s shoulder in heat pads.

“How many Condors players do you know?” Nate asked.

“None.”

“You know me and I’ve been trying to get you to go to a Blitz game for two years.”

“I don’t have to know the players to like the Condors.”

“You should go just to watch me play.”

“It’s football!” I walked away to do more exercises.

A little bit later Nate motioned for me to come over to the table he was laying on.

“He’s a Condor!” Nate mouthed pointing at the guy at the next table ‘M’ was working with.

Wow! A real live Condor two feet away from me! I had goose bumps!

“Which Condor is he?” Nate asked.

“I don’t know. He doesn’t have his uniform on.”

The Condors player was young, probably early twenty’s and looked like Ryan Gosling hiding under a baseball cap.

“You don’t know who he is? What kind of Condors fan are you?”

“I don’t hang out with the players.”

“Ask him for his autograph.”

“No.”

“Why not?”

“That would be weird.”

“But you love the Condors!”

“I don’t have to be a groupie to love the Condors.”

Nate just shook his head at me.

Labels: Bakersfield, Bakersfield Blitz, Bakersfield Condors, Football, Hockey, Local, Physical Therapy, Sports

  posted by Matildakay at 1:51 PM 9 comments