Soccer Practice

I finally made it to soccer practice today. I figured that since games start next weekend I had better go. This was the first not freezing or raining Saturday we've had since practice started. Considering I haven't played since the Fall 2007 season (I was pregnant for all three 2008 sessions), I wasn't as bad as I expected. And it seems that I'm not as slow as I had thought I would be. I guess my slow half-marathon training is paying off. I'm not too sore yet, but tomorrow's long run may be more painful than normal.

I play on a co-ed team with the men being 30+ and women 18+ with no more than six men on the field at a time. There are 4 divisions (A, B, C, and D, which is the least competitive) and we play in the C division. Our team used to lose more games than we won, but we've been picking up some more competitive players the last few years and have been finishing in the top half. I've played left back since starting with this team and occasionally play in the goal when we don't have a keeper.