waking up was a bit of a chore.

i was sore all over. i refilled my water jugs and headed off to get some breakfast. i knew i shouldn't eat before running, but i was starving enough to get some mcdonalds. i got back over to the field on 30 minutes late.

i had guessed that we would have 2 or maybe 3 games today, but since there were 10 teams total, there were only 2 left over after the 8 team "winner's" bracket. so the loser's bracket consisted of us and the team from lubbock, texas - both of whom lost all four of their games.

the prospect of only having to play one game was a big relief.

lubbock proved to be really bad - they had decent athletic ability, but lacked heavily in experience. we went up on them 5-0 before getting lazy and letting the game slide to 8-7. after that, we only allowed them one more point and went on to win, 13-8.

it felt really good to have won a game. everyone's mood improved dramatically. i felt bad for lubbock, having lost all 5 of their games.

we shared a watermelon that matt had brought with him with the lubbock players and split up to play some pick-up games before the championship this afternoon.

i saw hunter, from the MIT team. he is working in santa fe for the summer and was playing with the santa fe team in the tourney.

i skipped playing pickup in order to watch him play and to watch chris's atomic fish to play.

unfortuately, both teams lost in close games in the quarterfinals.

carolyn and i decided that it was too hot, and that we needed ice cream. so we headed back into town for some mint chocolate chip. she had a scoop in a sugarcone, i had a pint.

we returned in time for the last half of the semifinals between albequerqe (the savage seven) and flagstaff (the munkens), and between telluride (ryno's rocky mountain revolution) and denver (big sexy).

both games were good to watch, with seven and the revolution winning.

one guy had a shirt on for a team called "discus erectus."

the final between telluride and albequerqe didn't start for about half an hour while both teams rested up. i played 500 with a few guys from out team.

the championship game lasted 2.5 hours. i'd never been to a real tournament that wasn't on the east coast. i've come to realize now that ultimate is very different on the east coast and everywhere else. i think the west has more fun with it.

everyone on the sideline watching the game was playing "fantasy ultimate." you pick two players, one who you think will do well, and on who you think you will make mistakes. no two people can pick the same player for the same side (positive/negative). during the game, if your positive player does something favorable, you get a point or two depending on how cool it was, and vice versa for your negative player.

of course, the scoring and judging is totally subjective, leading to huge arguments among the fans. also, when your negative man has the disk, it is in your best interest to have him screw up. so you call out things like "throw the hammer!" "puke it!" "push pass into the dirt"

and an entire crowd heckling the game on like that is really hillarious.

the game was a very close one and ended up with the savage seven winning 15 - 13. it was a great game to watch, if perhaps a bit long.

carolyn and i left immediately to find somewhere to eat. everyone was going to meet at o'henry's in white rock, but it was closed. so we drove to espanola to try joanas, but it was closed. so we drove to tesuque to try gabriel's and it was open.

yum. that guac is so good. paul and his family showed up later, but we didn't see anyone else there that we knew.

i ate too much. 2 days of hardly any eating and hard exercise leads to a very contracted stomach. a buritto, some quesadillas, and quac was too much for me to handle.

i was in stomach pain for about 3 hours.