My Soccer

The last few months I have been playing indoor and outdoor soccer typically once a week, but twice a week for the last couple weeks. I played soccer for probably 8 years when I was a kid, and I had not played for probably 10 years. It has been great getting back into and I am finally getting some ball skills back and feeling a little more confident out there.

I am always shocked by how bad of shape I am in when I try to do any other activity other than running. When I first started playing soccer, my legs and torso were sore for probably a week. it is amazing how your body adapts to whatever you typically do and sorta atrophies for everything else. I still get sore every week, but certainly a lot less. Soccer has also been cutting into my running time because of the time committment and the soreness. Long-term, it is probably better to mix up my activities. I was able to get my weekend 10 miler in today and it felt great getting on the road. It was probably 70 degrees and beautiful when i was running this morning. I was definitely not burning up the road out there, but a nice leisurely run.

I may not make too much progress towards my 20 min 5k until after the twice-a-week season is over, but who knows, maybe soccer will help my speed on the road.