Oye... I feel old these past two days!! I decided to play some pickup soccer at a local allsport soccer arena on tuesday, and my body is KILLING ME!! This was my first time playing an actual organized soccer game in 17 years. I showed up at allsport, put my name on a list, and overheard the lady running the event that there was only 11 people for the games tonight. That meant that we were playing 5 on 5, and only one team had a sub.
Each game was 20 minutes long (which doesn't sound like much, but when 4 people are covering a whole field, it's a lot of running), and there was a 5 minute break in between games. Most everyone that showed up that night was in the 18-22. I'm 31. They kicked my butt! These guys played soccer daily, and some planned to join clubs in the spring with the hopes of actually making money playing. They were pretty nasty!
After the first game, I felt like I was going to keel over! took my 5 minute break... thought about heading home, but stuck it out. Played the second game, and felt slightly better afterwards. Amazingly enough, after the 3rd game, I felt great and could have done another one!! Instead, I decided not to push my luck and called it quits. Imediately after I mentioned I was heading home, everyone else chimed in and admitted they were beat too, and called it quits as well.
Fastforward to today.... My legs are killing me! But, I can't wait to go back for more :)
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