My Captain

Part 49

Jill and I then headed to the raining pitch near our hotel, and we were there in the knick of time, as I didn't keep my eye on the time while calling the girls. Jill, Lieke, Jack, Viv, Lynn and I tell Mark that we are going on a run to warm up. At our national camps we are on some days allowed to choose our own warm up, as some girls like Sherida and Shanice love to warm up in the gym, or to warm up with a run like we are today, a couple girls like Victoria(Pelova) love to get some target practice on these days. You can find me on these days mostly in the gym, but today I wasn't in the mood for that. We are now going for a thirty minute run as we have a longer session today. Today's running crew exists out of the six of us, so we all partner up with someone who has the same pace, Lynn and I partnered up, just like Jill and Viv, and Lieke and Jack. Lynn and I were running up front, and the others followed closely. I hear Lieke and Jack talking about their transfer to PSG, Viv and Jill are just joking around. So how's it going with Lena (Oberdorf), I ask Lynn with a smirk. Well I think she is doing okay. I haven't spoken to her much as we both are really focused on the tournament. Lynn and Lena are inseparable,as they are best friends, they are both really close friends of mine. We were the chaotic bunch back when I was still playing at Wolfsburg. So how's Arsenal? It's amazing, the team is absolutely amazing. That's great news, but don't you dare to forget about Obi and I. I will not Lynn, you guys are two of my best friends. Good, she says and gives me a quick side hug.

After our thirty minute run, we return to the training pitch. We ran 5.5 kilometres in these thirty minutes, which is a great warming up. For now there is a 1,5 hour training session planned. We will do running drills, target practise, set pieces, and we will probably do a small tournament within the team.