Soccer Practice

Joe and I have joined a coed soccer league in San Carlos that plays on Thursday nights. A friend of ours started a team and thankfully asked us to join! Joe and I both played in high school, but that was a LONG time ago and have only played in sporatic pick up games here and there ever since, so this should be interesting.

I've coached soccer in East Palo Alto for the past 4 years, but blowing a whistle and telling kids to run is entirely different than actually being on the field and playing. And after recovering from what seemed like the world's longest lasting cold, I've also been completely MIA from any sort of physical activity, much less running on a field for an hour and a half. Yesterday everyone got together for what will be our weekly soccer practice every Saturday for the season. I wouldn't say it was a complete embarrassment, but I've certainly got some work to do in the cardio department. I'm out of breathe just thinking about it.

This was after practice, tired but happy

Whitney is also playing on our team. For those that don't know, Whit has been my friend since we were 4 years old in pre-school at Sea Breeze. We've played AYSO soccer for over a decade together and I'm beyond excited that we're back at it :-)

Me and Whit

My soccer cleats from high school, a tad beat up

Soccer's the only sport I played in high school, and I have to say it's still my personal favorite. It's got to be the one and only thing that can motivate me to run for over an hour and forget how sore I feel. Hopefully this season goes well for us, but either way it's so amazing to be back out on the field.