Tonight was my soccer night. Indoor soccer is fast-paced, the clock never stops, and the ball is in play about 95% of the time. Because you can play the ball off of the walls, possession changes constantly. One second you can be moving at full speed in one direction, and then you have to stop and start in the opposite direction.
I was terrible. Let alone the 9 month lay off since I last played at full speed. My ankle held up great, by the way. It is completely healed. I was just slow and the conditioning required for indoor soccer showed me I'm just not there yet.
I have so much work to do, and tonight was a good indicator of that. I had intended to be on my bike this week, but I've been unable to get it tuned up for racing. I'll have it set by this weekend. In the mean time, I'm going to continue working on my swimming and cardio.
This seems like a slow week even though I've been putting in plenty of training time. With the race 5 1/2 weeks away, I feel that I'm at the half-way point in my preparation.
I'll be fine on the bike. Right now I'm dealing with a mental block about the swimming. I need to get over some basic problems with being in the water and work on basic technique.
I'm positive I'll be fine by race day. And with today's realization on the soccer field, I still have more building up to do before I'm ready for the race. Now I need to get some rest.
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