I chose to play basketball with my son Andrew and my old basketball buddies this morning. With preparing for the Boston Marathon, and Andrew's shoulder surgery a few months ago, I hadn't played for months. It was definitely the right decision. Andrew doesn't live at home and it was great spending some time with him again, not just while playing but on the drive there and back. I also enjoyed being with many of my old basketball friends again. I've been playing with some of these guys for over 15 years; one is an old friend from high school. Besides all the social aspects, it was great exercise, and even though I was a little rusty, I actually didn't play all that badly. It was great fun. It was a great cross training workout. We played a little longer than normal, for over two hours, and I was plenty tired by the end. It's hard to map basketball into running miles, but I can't not count it at all. I just roughly count one easy mile for every 20 minutes of basketball (equivalent to a walking pace), subtracting out the time between games and when I'm sitting out.
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