So let me start off by saying, last soccer game? Made of awesome. Tuesday night, I was totally the hero, and I wasn't even in goal. Butch (one of the coaches) told me that I'd made the difference in the game (which, I might add, we won, 3-1). I mean, I know it wasn't /all/ on me, but I was totally marshalling the defensive lines and making tonnes ( Read more... )

The rain gods were good to us, and we played last night (in incredible humidity, but what do you do ( Read more... )

So we played in Greenwood last night. We had nine players on the field most of the game, eight for a while as Lechelle (I think is how you spell her name...) was nursing her baby. The goals that went in were the big lob balls that Jessie's not good at (and I've sort of tried to plant the bug in her ear that we should work on those next practice, ' ( Read more... )

.. is realising you need to add distance to your normal running route if you're to keep physically challenging yourself. And realising how much time you've shaved off the running of the normal route without even trying ( Read more... )

So last game was good. I ran harder than I've run in ages. Lots of sprinting, chasing. I was complimented for playing the men outside when there was an attack, and for getting first to the ball once I'd figured out the timing ( Read more... )

Well, I've looked into playing soccer in the Valley. I'd need Tuesday, Thursday, and some Sunday nights. I'm going to talk to Frank next week and see what comes of it ( Read more... )

The knee has been strange and a bit twingy today. Hmm... Of course, I did almost nothing active on Wednesday, and then worked on Thursday, so that might just be it. Either way, it was a little touchy during some parts of physio today, and on the ride home from work. I've now had some ibuprofen and am going to get some omega 3 in there, too. Just ( Read more... )

I, for the first time in two years, played soccer. It was scrimmage soccer, but it was fast-paced, in the gym, and I was in goal, and I was diving, and I was challenging the ball, and I was kicking, and it was fantastic ( Read more... )

I am watching an old episode of the Simpsons (season 12, episode 20), in which Homer tears his ACL. He just got up out of a wheelchair and tried to run, post-surgery. His leg went off to the side. I had an adrenal response ( Read more... )

The gym this morning was good. I finished Herodotus, and did a whole bunch of cardio. Or, well, about thirty minutes on the bike, but I worked hard and got very sweaty, so I'm feeling good about it ( Read more... )