I went paintballing on Saturday and really enjoyed it. It is expensive, but nothing comes cheap (apart from the US dollar at the moment) and it's not really something you do that often. I was wondering if they'd ask for what size overall you wanted, but they just handed them out. I assume mine was small, since I didn't have to roll the sleeves up much at all. The legs I had to roll up three times, though, so I didn't walk on them. Although I discovered running was slightly tricky, with a trouser crotch round my knees.

At first I was quite crap as I managed to go out in the second game without firing a shot. After that I improved, although I discovered that staying mostly behind cover and firing doesn't achieve much, but running out for cover closer to the enemy gets you killed, mostly. One of the games I was in till the end, though, which was much better.

It does hurt when you get shot - although mostly it stings a bit. No different to fencing really, except for the places you get hit, which in my case was mostly on my left side. So I wore a sleeveless top today to show them off. The worst is when you get hit at the bottom of the mask where there are holes you can breathe through. This unfortunately means you get a mouthful of paint, which tastes really disgusting.

Given that I went swimming yesterday as well (which required two hours driving) I don't ache nearly as much as I thought I would.

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