Life Lesson: Training for a 10K does, in no way, shape, or form, condition one to be prepared to play soccer.
Wartburg Soccer hosts an annual 7v7 soccer tournament, and of the two or three years I've gone back to play on the team the alumni put together, this was the year I felt like I was in the best shape to play. After all, I've been running and lifting for the past two months, so playing a few games of soccer (on small fields with 18 minute halves no less) didn't seem like that big of a deal (from a fitness standpoint at least--I was well aware that my soccer skills were going to be sub-par at best). I was wrong. Turns out running sprints uses entirely different muscles than distance running, not to mention the fact that I was getting shoved around by college girls who are probably at their prime fitness level. Thankfully we had nineteen alumni show up, which meant that we had oodles of subs. I only played about 45 minutes on the field and 18 minutes in goal, but I still feel like I got hit by a freight train. Thankfully I've been getting progressively better since Sunday and might even brave the gym tonight to get a light jog in. In spite of the soreness, though, I would totally do it all over again, because it was such a blast to catch up with my former teammates, some whom I haven't seen in a few years. And I even got a chance to get to know some of the younger crop of players who I didn't actually play with. My body might feel differently, but I'm already looking forward to next year's tournament!
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| The whole squad of women alumni--the team included graduates from 2005 all the way through players that are graduating this year! |
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| The group of female 2008 graduates that were present--we were missing a few of our ladies! |
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| The keepers that were present--love these fools! |
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