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[RSL_Fan]

Originally Posted by xlite

i don't believe this to be true. I recently started training again to get inshape for soccer and hopefully try out for the weber mens team this coming summer. My initial thought was just to run. I was doing 2.5miles every evening and wasn't feeling too bad afterwards... however ask me to sprint from the halfway line of a pitch to the penalty area to defend an attack 3-4 times in 10 minutes and i would be dead for the rest of the game ... running distance is a lot different to the short bursts of speed you need within a soccer game. Playing outside with my kids gives me a better workout .. because it is a lot more like that of a soccer game ... short sprints, going to ground getting up again, quick turns etc ...

Fartlek training. Try that same 2.5 mile run alternating short sprints with a less intense jog. That would more simulate a soccer game. See how you feel after that.

[xlite]

thats what i have started to do ...only can't do it for that far yet ... but i don't see that as running just to run ... for me running just to run is jogging long distance which does nothing for soccer