Inside look at Terps lacrosse
Maryland goalie Brian Phipps gives lacrosse fans an inside look at the Terp's season. Find out what goes on in the preseason and what it's like to be a top college lacrosse player.
01/03/2008 By
Brian
One day after New Year’s Day and I am back in College Park practicing for the 2008 lacrosse season already. I am also taking a January term 3 credit class so that started January 2nd, same day that preseason practice started for me. I arrived back in College Park on New Year’s Day around 9pm, just in time to unpack and get settled back in my for routine for January. Wednesday, my first day, was not a typical January day for me. I woke up around 8:25 to get to my 9 o’clock class on time. My class goes from 9-12:15 Monday through Friday. So on Wednesday after class, I came home and took a nap before going to my first running practice at 5pm. At practice, we ran and lifted for about an hour and forty five minutes. We did a circuit of drills for about 20 minutes that consisted of short, explosive sprints with about 50 yards sprints in between drills. After running, we headed into the weight room for our ab work out, followed by our lifting routine. After a strenuous workout, I was beat and ready to get home and relax. I got a good meal for dinner and put a movie on and was set for the night. Now, I just had to set my alarm for 6:15 to start my typical January day on Thursday.After hitting snooze on my alarm once and getting up at 6:20, I had to head on over to the team house for work out number two beginning at 7am. After running several long sprints and a stick drills work out, I had to quickly shower and head on over to my 9 o’clock class. After paying attention for just over three hours in my class, I was headed home and to bed. I was ready to take a nap and sleep forever, until waking up, watching a movie, getting food, and setting my alarm for 6:15 to do it all over again.
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