recovery time

I played the first game of our fall season for soccer last night. It was kind of a haphazard game, but I felt pretty good...until my leg on collision with the best player on the opposing team meaning instead of getting my whole body in front of him I chickened out and just stuck my leg out. Both of his knees collided with my calf and I fell on my shoulder while my shoe flew off. Needless to say, I'm going to have a sweet bruise on my left leg and my shoulder is a bit out of whack. I'm taking a break tonight and will do some stretching (thanks for the tip, runnerika). I feel like I should run at least one more time before Saturday's race so we'll see how Wednesday feels. Anyway, lesson learned: sometimes being cautious is more painful than just going for it.