Training hurts…

Now I’m turning up to training (usually with a ride from another player), and feeling quite comfortable. We play touch, I run out of breath (but moving more now). We then start splitting into two groups, one running through some attacking games. 4 players needing to get round individual pad holders, but only in a 5m channel (3 pad holders), then similar, but after you go round the pads, you wrap around and have to play down the line, with the pad holders becoming defenders, and playing touch.

A few muscles were pulled along the way, and when we got to the running in attack down the line bit, I was hopping and hobbling along as quick as possible, making sure my communication was on point (or in other words, yelling at the others to go outside of me so i didn’t have to run as far!). My positioning wasn’t great, need to make sure I’m deeper and wider, so the first man can pick from options, and not just have me blocking everything!

We then went into a game of contact, up and down half of the pitch. Supposedly 50% intensity at first, but it ramped up pretty soon. Managed to get my boot stuck in the ground as my leg kept going, and think I overstretched my calf. Thankfully it basically felt like a dead leg, so I kept going as best I could.

Something was definitely not right though, and that sore calf stuck with me for some time, but only really felt it when I squatted right down. Still, not much worse than the usual aches and pains after training, and no worse than the first week! Back to dragging myself to the shower when I got home again though, to the tune of tittering at my misfortune (or idiocy!).