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October 13, 2005
I'm in love
with soccer. We had a team practice tonight where we just scrimmaged and it was so fun to play again. It’s been more than a year since I have played. (I was on a team in DC with some ex-coworkers). I think we are Team Dandelion and there will be either pink or yellow shirts. It’s so funny, b/c I was so worried about the slight twinge in the back of my leg during the day today-but I KNOW my whole body is going to sore tomorrow. I don’t think I have sprinted (except for the last .2 miles of Tufts) in a LONG time. When did I become such a baby that I am already afraid of being sore tomorrow? That is definitely a new thing with me. The other cool thing is it is a co-ed league and there has to be 2 girls on the field (out of 6 players) at all times. My team has 3 girls on it so I will get to play a lot. The flip side of that is that it sucks for the 13 or so guys on the team that are sharing 4 spots on the field. In my experience it always ends up that way in co-ed leagues though. Therefore, if you want to play a lot-be born a girl.
I also ran about a mile to the gym this morning, lifted weights upper body, did some core exercises, did some balance exercises, foam rollered, and then ran a mile back home. Lilly commented on my blog and suggested that I lift if I didn’t already as a strategy to avoid injury. That’s a good suggestion but-and maybe this is my downfall-I prefer not to lift lower body. Except for quad exercises to help my knees I just don’t do it. Other exercises always end up hurting my knees when I try to lift with my legs-even years ago before I started running.
I think my injury from earlier this week is better. At the very least it will be hard to distinguish if I am still hurt tomorrow b/c I know it’s going to be BAD all over when I wake up. Go dandelions!
Posted by Audrey at October 13, 2005 11:39 PM
Comments
It sounds like you're going to have a lot of fun this season with soccer. Cool!
Have you tried doing leg exercises w/o weights? I do step ups, one-legged squats, and side step squats w/o weights to maintatin strength but not bulk (and help the quads, knees).
Posted by: Leilani at October 14, 2005 08:25 AM
Sounds like some of those big resistance bands would be a nice alternative to weights.
I have a feeling the guys on the team would not be so happy to have pink shirts for Team Dandelion. :)
Posted by: Jon in Michigan at October 14, 2005 10:36 AM