O&A Fitness frustration continues
A quick clarification of the headline: We are speaking of a body part here, not a person—i.e., a heel, as in “a bad person, a no-account.” By no means are we implying that Eric Duckworth, the Ultimate Frisbee player who is participating in the 2015 O&A Fitness Challenge, is a person of inferior morals. It’s just that he has a heel injury, which has not healed. Thus, the headline. (“Feet, Don’t Fail Me Now” also occurred to us, but we quickly rejected that.)
Think of Eric as our very own Joel Embiid (See ProBasketballTalk, “Sixer May Once Again Miss Entire Season”). Like the 76ers, we had the utmost confidence in our guy before his injury, and we continue to hold out hope that he will compete later this year.
Pre-injury, Duckworth managed to play just one game during the spring season of the Men’s Ultimate Frisbee League. Last month at press time, he was hoping to participate in the summer league with his team, the intriguingly-named You Don’t Win Friends with Salad. Alas, the injury failed to heal, and now the 41-year-old father of two says he is shooting for the fall season.
“This has been very frustrating,” says Duckworth, who was hoping to lose a few pounds and further develop his Ultimate Frisbee skills this year.
Stay tuned.
In the meantime, if you would like to participate in the O&A Fitness Challenge, simply email our publisher, Jerry duPhily, at jduphily@tsnpub.com. Explain what activity you plan to engage in and what you plan to accomplish. Here’s hoping it’s not something that’s hard on the feet.
