Week 15 - Day 5

So, I ended up going to a tournament over the weekend with some friends. I hadn't planned doing so when I laid out my schedule back in January, but there you go. Saturday's workout was 5x60m with a standing start. So, when I got to the fields, I warmed up and did my workout during the first half of our first game. I pushed hard and focused on each one and took 3-5 minutes between each one. By the end of the workout, the bellies of my muscles felt untaxed, but I felt strangely fatigued/stressed around my knee and hip joints. I hung out for a bit, ate some food, and played a little, but didn't feel comfortable making full-effort changes in direction; I felt injury-prone. I did an "ultimate" warmup before the second game and did some pivoting/throwing but still felt a little weird. I split my time standing and sitting and then, by the middle of our second game, I felt fine. The sensation was gone and I went out and ran hard and felt great. I'm interested in what my body was going through there...perhaps it was getting over the impact of running that hard, except that I ran on grass and didn't run *that* much faster than I do when I cut deep in a game. Anyway, interesting.

Sunday's workout was a 100 (12) - 200 (26) - 300 (42) - 200 - 100 ladder, but I decided to forego it and run hard in my games instead. I had hopes of getting this in on Monday, but I think I was wise to just do a light jog and a lift. I'll try to make it up soon, though.