110!

I went to the courts just after 8am today. I was thinking of doing 110 shots, but didn't think I'd have the legs for it since I hadn't done it for a while. I figured I could just do five instead of 10 on each shot, but when I started my first set, I thought I'd do 10 and see how I go. If I got extremely tired then I could just stop and go home. No obligation to do all 110.

But I found myself a groove and some determination on the way. I only allowed myself sips of my half bottle of Gatorade after every two sets, and didn't shoot free throws to rest in between because I feared it'd take away my rhythm. I didn't sit down either, for fear my legs would get used to the rest too soon. The only rest I did after every two sets was standing there grabbing my shorts.

Somewhere between my 30th and 40th shot, I found that I had excellent spin on the ball as I shot. You know how Kobe has that spin on his jump shot and how I could only do it with my set shots? Well I only noticed today that it comes up for some of my jump shots as well.

I started getting really tired when I had about 40 shots left, but by then I was pretty determined to finish it off. Even if my legs locked up, I was still gonna force myself to just shoot set shots. But I didn't have to. I kept dribbling from half court to the mid-range spot and launched. The last 20, and especially the last 10, were ugly.

But I was so glad when I finally finished it. I can't believe I could still do it even with my surgically repaired knee!

PROUD!

Now I'm gonna pay for it tomorrow...