Training Log Archive: Dr. Smith

beautiful run by the Salzach to Puch Autobahnbrücke... almost perfect running conditions at roughly 12 degrees and almost no wind... legs were rested and ready to go... I am more than happy with the run and the time, seeing that I improved quite a bit since last week... seems like all that fistball playing is finally showing some results :)

this week's tournament matchups looked promising... 2 newcomers to our league (hirschbach and ottensheim), the latter being 0-6, the first 3-3... going into the games, therefore, we knew that none of them would be far superior to us and that we would get our chances... and boy, did we get them... unfortunately, we were not always ready to accept the gifts our opponents offered - for a number of reasons: inability, poor weather conditions (rain), and more inability... that lead to a disappointing 2-3 loss to hirschbach and even though we recovered with a clear 3-0 win over ottensheim, we drove home feeling we could have done way better

outdoor training... funny story: while most of the time we are struggling to find enough players for hard and challenging practice sessions, this time we had way too many players (23), which made practice almost impossible... did some running, a couple of ball practice, and played a total of 5 scrimmage sets (first team won each but one of them)... all in all, it was a pretty easy session, which is okay seeing that we've got matches coming up tomorrow

easy run along the banks of the Salzach towards Puch... following saturday's hard work, my legs were not yet back at 100 per cent, but after 15 mins of suffering, all the fatigue was gone... had actually planned to run a 10k, but had to get back a little sooner... hope the nice weather continues so that I can run again on wednesday

what a day! played this season's only home games versus schärding and wels... they are both newcomers in our league, but given our slow start, we were not sure whether we ought to be treated as the odds-on favorites... going into the first game, we didn't show our best fistball but improved in the course of the match... finally, we managed to get away with a 3-2 win and a hard-fought comeback in the final set (winning 11-8 after trailing 5-8)... the second game turned into a similar kind of thriller, even though we got a quick 2-0 lead... but once again, we pulled ourselves together and won an exciting 5th set after some clever adjustments by coach gürtler had done the trick

Brilliant idea of the day: going for a run through aigen's fields and forests... once outside, i found out that my new hometown is a runner's dream: small nice villages, deserted roads and forest trails... the terrain is pretty hilly, which should be a good thing, as it should help me improve faster... today's only downside was the weather - as it had been raining most of the day, the trails were still quite wet and thus dangerously slippery... had to stop and walk a couple of times since i didn't feel the need to break a leg or something of that kind

two further losses in another embarassing showing at kreuzen... can't tell what we are doing wrong, but everybody seems to be playing way worse than this spring... maybe it helps not to rack our brains over it and play more freely this coming saturday

throwing some footballs with klaus (had some nice plays, and some very poor ones), followed by some extra fistball training with johannes and klaus

we opened the season with two losses, one to union freistadt, the other to union st. leonhard 2... given the fact that both teams finished ahead of us last season, the losses did not come completely unexpected... however, we would have hoped to get away with at least one win, especially as we beat st. leonhard only a couple of months ago... sadly, we played rather poorly today and we will definitely have to step up or this could turn into a very long season for us

outdoor training session... warmup soccer (scored a goal), followed by lots of exercises and a 3-set-scrimmage versus the second team (lost first set, won the other two)