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November 21, 2005
Lots of Soccer
I went to my game early so that I could do a warm-up mile and one of my teammates who is also in my running group joined me (following my e-mail inviting everyone). We basically spent the whole run patting ourselves on the back for being so smart and warming up while the rest of our team rolled out of their cars straight onto the field. The guy running with me has been lifting a lot and only running a few times a week so we are both running really low mileage right now. As a testament to how little we run, when we finished the mile in the dark, in the brisk winter air, we were so pumped we were high-fiving and saying how awesome we felt. Um, I think that means I need to run more if I could get so excited about a mile! Also, this is the first time I have run with anyone in sooo long. It really does fly by when you have company (or when you only run 9 minutes). Next week we are meeting earlier and running 2 miles together pre-game. Look at us go!
The game was fun. We lost. Again. The joke is that we are consistent. I played okay. It was so great to be back. I had one of our two goals (the other team had about 9) which is always nice but not that big of a deal. It’s what happens when you play up front. There were many (many) opportunities I did not capitalize on.
I can also play with this team indoor next season (the new season starts in a few weeks and we are moving down a competitive level-thank god). I also got invited to play on a spring outdoor coed team. They need women. Soooo….I need to decide if I want to do that. It’s so nice to be playing again-but I miss running and I was so bummed when I got hurt playing soccer a few weeks ago. But then again, I get hurt running too…sigh…well, there is no way I can train for a marathon and play soccer so I will have to make a choice. But I DON’t have to decide about spring soccer for a few months so I am not going to worry about it right now.
Today: No exercise. I was busy working and with school and with meetings. I had to bike 5 miles in annoying 1 mile segments b/c my schedule had me going back and forth between places. It was torture. It will probably help with soreness tomorrow, but it was pretty painful today. My lower body is sore from soccer and my upper body is sore from swimming. Owww! I can't wait to go home to suburbia where I can DRIVE around :) I need to rest!
PS. A car tried to run me off the road while I was biking during rush hour. The car sped up and turned sharply right and someone in the car yelled out the window, "Watch out for people turning!" The driver was crazy and mean. People on the street were staring b/c it was so shocking. I was a little freaked out. I hate people.
Posted by Audrey at November 21, 2005 09:02 PM
Comments
The response to the idiot drive (aside from getting his plate number and reporting him to the cops) is to throw a big rock and yell "Falling rock zone!".
Posted by: Jon in Michigan at November 22, 2005 10:41 AM