3-14-16 HY: Tennis + Splits + TCF.

3-14-16 HY: Tennis + Splits + TCF.

I was hoping this would be a tennis day for a while, and unexpectedly, it became one. I was planning to play with my regular partner because the forecast was rain and we play indoors. But we ended up not being able to play. But the weather became sunny in the afternoon so I asked my son if he wanted to play and he could so we play for over two and a half hours. The reason why I wanted to play THIS week is that my son and I are playing doubles in a tournament this coming Sunday and I haven't hit a ball in over two weeks, and I haven't served in much longer. The last time we played together the conditions were as bad as one could imagine, We played in wind, rain, snow, sleet, and of course cold. I was actually playing while wearing a wool hat, a glove on my left hand and my winter coat. Today, the conditions were sunny, cold and very windy. That is probably the same type of conditions we're looking at this Sunday. So it was good that we could play today. The wind was blowing straight through the court, so on one end, hitting the ball as hard as possible, the ball would make it to mid-court. On the other end, just tapping the ball would send it sailing past the baseline. So we had to get used to playing the wind. Within 10 minutes, my legs were feeling like rubber again. Much like they felt last week playing basketball with my daughter. But, luckily I had a power bar and a sodium tablet so I was able to recover and get back onto the court. I did do some serving practice, but I immediately felt that my shoulder was not ready to go full out, so I just hit a few serves, then quite. I hurt my shoulder before trying too much too quickly so I'm going to go slow, increasing my power and reps over the next week. Hopefully it won't be too little too late for Sunday. We had some ups and downs, but getting out there and stroking the ball together was a good thing for us to do. We are planning our schedule now for the week so we can hopefully practice more.

We played at a court near our house so when I got home, about 3 minutes by car, I started right away with my splits. Legs were pretty tired, but I was able to get low. The Flow was also, as usual, smooth and clean.

In the end, I torched over 1760kcals. Huge burn for the day.