Calm2Chaos
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ddoyle00 said:I'm an American who runs marathons. I've always enjoyed any type of endurance sports, so soccer has its merits with me. I make fun of football players who get taken out when they run for 50-60 yards because they are breathing so damn hard they cant stand up straight. Yeah, I know they have a few lbs. of gear on but some soccer players stay in the game and run for the whole 90 minutes up and down the field. Probably averaging 3-4 miles easy.
As the football player would probably laff at you as your spine got snapped on the first end around or catch up the middle. Running, running fast, running fast, while avoiding others intent on hitting you, Looking for the blockers while doing all that and then finding the holes created by the defense. It's usually a little more involved then just a simple 60 yard jog
Of course those guys aren't getting hammered by 350 - 400lbs monsters in cleates every 90 seconds while being driven into frozen turf or astro turf over cement. There kicking a ball around a field for 90 minutes with an occasional trip (tackle).