4-28-16 HY: Tennis + Splits + TCF.

4-28-16 HY: Tennis + Splits + TCF.

TENNIS DAY!!! But first a story about last night.  I have two night classes, one on Wednesday and one on Thursday. Last night, I was running to catch the signal to cross the street when suddenly I had a pain hit my knee.  Not quite sure what happened, but it sort of felt like a pinched nerve.  I got to the room and shook it out and did a little rubbing it and it felt better.  I was hoping it wouldn't affect tennis today. At first I didn't think we would be able to play, but things worked out so all was well.  Also, my partner plays with a 20 year old discount sporting store racket, so I let him use one of my reserve rackets and so he did.  His returns were noticeably more punchy, with a lot more zing to them.  It took me a little while to get used to the new level of play.  But in doing so, I had to raise my level of play as well.  While we were playing my knee started to act up again, the same type of pain as last night.  I sort of ran and took some weight off of it and squatted to stretch it out.  I think, though, as the level of play got more intense, the adrenaline rush became more intense and the pain disappeared, thank goodness.  We had another knock-down drag out match.  It took him a little long to get control of the racket, so I was able to take the first set 6-1.  But the second set was more competitive.  He was firing on all cylinders and blasting shots back like crazy.  It was all even at 3-3 when I unconsciously shifted into another gear and tore through the next three games taking the set 6-3.  We were only able to play a few games in a third set, but MAN, WAS THAT FUN!!!  After the match, I had torched a nice 900+kcals.

I had night class this evening, so I did my splits after class.  I added a few new ballistic stretches to loosen up more before the big push, so I'm also upgrading my stretch sequence to push even more.  I was a little afraid that my knee would be an issue, but it actually felt pretty good, and no pain at all.  Going for that goal!  The Flow was choice!