played soccer ninety minutes, hilly hot trail run.
A year ago I quit playing soccer, for two primary reasons ... one being so I could focus on qualifying for Boston, and the other because I did not want to risk injury continuing to play soccer with 30 year olds with my aging body! Well, I qualified ... but now I am questioning some of my logic. Almost every distance runner I know is battling injury of some sort ... and I don't know any soccer players who are injured ... although they do tend to have more of a beer gut! I really enjoyed the scrimmage I played in, scored a goal and had 4 assists. I am leaning towards joining the team for the fall season, and scaling back my running, focusing mailnly on speed work. Then again, I am excited about my fall marathon, Boston in April, and New York next November. How I got excited to run 3 marathons in the next 15 months when I don't enjoy running over 10 miles, I am not sure. I definitely want to and will PR this October, but Boston and New York may evolve into just enjoying the experience and not worrying about time ... of course, that would be in direct conflict with my competitive nature! I am conflicted ....
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