I accomplished a long held goal today and it was really satisfying.
About 20 years ago, I told my wife that I wanted to be healthy enough and in good enough shape to wrestle my son when he is 18 years old. I said that before we even had a son.
Well, today I did just that. It was Dad’s Day in the high school wrestling room.
They led us through all of the basic drills that the team does. I could see in my son’s face that he was surprised that I could do the moves as well as I did. He even started to look a little concerned.
But, after the drills…they dismissed us!
I thought, “Hey, wait…don’t we get to wrestle?”
So, my son found a friend to referee the match and we went for it.
He had a 5-2 lead after the mercifully short first period. Then, I pinned him in the second!
You might scoff and say that I am a full grown man and he is a young boy. I should have beaten him.
Well, for your information, I barely cracked the starting lineup in my senior year. And to do so, I had to wrestle in a weight class 15 lbs. above my weight. I finished with a record of 1-5! So, to beat my son, who won a match in the National Freestyle Championship is…fun!
In all fairness, if the first period went the full duration, I don’t know what would have happened. The ref cut it short because I was so out of breath! and I run 4 miles three times per week!
Anyway, it was a very satisfying, bonding time. I am even toying with the idea of getting back into wrestling shape so we can play some more! But, man am I SORE!!!
