5-11-17 Pickle-Ball.

5-11-17 Pickle-Ball.

We really wanted to get out Pickle-Ball in this week so we snagged a period that we hoped the gym would be open.  We waited and much to our relief, there was no class in the gym.  And since I moved my 4th-period class to the 2nd period, my afternoon block is totally free.  So we felt free to play as long as we needed.

We started with our regular warm up and then got into the match.  Unfortunately, I again fell into the same pattern as the past several matches.  I jumped out to a big early lead, the switch off.  Only to see my opponent catch me pass me, then win the first game 6-15.  The next three games followed the pattern because I took the next three games, 15-4, 15-8, 16-14.  It has been a while since we had to go over the 15 point mark, but that last game was really competitive.  I was actually down 12-14 and it went back and forth for a while, but I inched my way back and finally took the game.  Today was more of a grind day.  Sure, there were some incredible shots and some awesome rallies, but today, it seemed like we were really trying to shape the points, work our opponent.  Especially in the final game. Lots of drama.  And we finished just in time.  We were fine, but it just so happened that there was a class in the next period so we had to clear the gym.  Next time, since we know there is no class in the third period, we'll be able to start earlier.

In the end, after almost 90 minutes of hard match play, I torched a nice 1300+kcals.  Big burn today.