Happy Hump Day!!!
Soccer game recap- I’m going to start off by saying that we played the team who won our division and they are pretty darn good! We have played them 3 times this season and last season and have tied them once and lost twice but it is always a very close game. We started off the first half really strong and were leading 2-0 at halftime. Unfortunately the second half didn’t go so well and they ended up scoring 3 goals, leaving the final score 3-2. We played hard and did great! I know I’m happy with how I played! And we only had 4 girls there last night so that meant we all played the WHOLE game, 90 mins of straight running! I was exhausted!! Unfortunately I had a guys cleats come across the side of my leg and slice it and then land directly on the top of my foot. OUCH!! I have a nice bruise and scrape on my leg and my foot is so sore! Even hurts to walk! I think it’s just bruised though, no worries!! Of course we went out after the game to East End Grill and had some drinks! It’s a must after running for 90 mins!! I am so excited for summer league to start up in a few weeks!!
I had planned on running today but when I got up and could barely walk on the foot that got stomped last night, I decided I better not. But believe me, I tired! I went out to see how it felt and decided that shooting pains up my leg would not make for a very fun run!! So luckily I was at my parents house and I opted to take a bike ride instead. I went 6.38 miles in 34:58. Don’t know if that’s good or not but my Garmin told me I burned 241 calories so I’m happy with that! My legs were sure working hard!!
After that, I came home and mowed my backyard. I did Day 2 of the One Hundred Push-up Challenge. So far so good!! We’ll see how sore I am tomorrow! I also did some other arm and back strength moves. Now it’s raining so I’m glad I already walked Sadie and got all my outside work done for the day!! I am going to dinner with a good friend from High School at Bonefish tonight. I have been craving that place! Can’t wait!!
Question for runners: I am not sure what to count my soccer running as. Obviously I don’t know the exact mileage I’m running so it’s hard to count it in my weekly totals but I don’t consider it a cross training day either since I’m actually running the whole time. I guess it’s more like speed work but how would ya’ll fit it into a training schedule? It just bothers me that I don’t have a number of miles from that to add into my week total!! Any suggestions would be great!!
Posted in: on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at at 12:11 PM
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What kind of bike do you have? hmm as for the running, are you currently training for something and do your legs usually hurt the day after a soccor game? If it were me, I would just go by how sore/tired my legs were and go from there. What kind of mileage are you looking to do every week?
It's a lot like cross training since you're using different muscles than running continually in a straight line. You have to stop, go, turn, change direction, kick, etc. If biking counts as cross-training, I'd say soccer does too.
Have you tried wearing your garmin during a game? It'd give you almost a play by play map of the game, and track distance. You'd only have to do it once to have a mileage estimate for games. I think I'd consider it similar to trail running - with the different muscles you use.
What exactly is a Garmin? You talk about it alot in your posts and I was just curious. It seems like something I might be interested in purchasing myself. Congrats on your game. It's never fun to lose but it sounds like y'all played well!
I haven't played soccer since the fourth grade, but I think it would be more of high-intensity/higher impact cross training activity. You're moving in all different directions, so more muscles are being used than the forward motion muscles used in running.
However, I don't really know how to "count" it!
I like what all the other commenters said about "counting" the miles.
If it were me and I was trying to count them, I would try and figure out how much time I was running and then guess how many miles... ex: 45 mins of running per hour of soccer? (just made up numbers) would be like 4.5 miles of running at a 10:00 pace?
It is way different than just regular forwards running because you are moving in all directions and stopping and going. Maybe count it as speed workout day?
I don't know how you would be able to track the mileage unless you use a garmin. It would be really interesting to see though. I would definitly consider it a speed workout.