5-22-17 Tennis.

5-22-17 Tennis.

Today's tennis was scheduled.  But I am thankful that I have tennis today because that pain in my chest I was talking about yesterday was still bugging me.  It seemed a little more intense this morning.  Then, the frightening thought entered my mind, "What if it is my heart, and I'm having a heart attack?"  But as I thought about the area of the pain and it's style of radiation in the center of my chest and how the pain would come on only in certain positions and with specific movements. I put that thought away.  It was a bit shocking though.  Plus, I vaguely recall having felt this pain before and it ended up being muscle strain.  But as the day went on, the pain was getting less and less, and finally, as I write this, I don't feel any pain and only minor pain when bending over.

I was a little worried about playing tennis with the pain, but I think that playing last night helped me gain a little confidence.  Once that adrenaline starts rushing through my veins, I will be fine.  And I was.  I was happy with my game tonight.  I served much better tonight.  I won the majority of my service games, I double faulted much less, and I hit several aces, some of which even surprised me.  I hit a lot of good shots but shanked several balls as well.  My partner and I lost the first set 3-6 but won the second set 6-2.  I got a good sweat on and no injuries today.  Also, I was virtually pain-free.  I don't recall any pain during the match.  I guess I just wasn't thinking about.  I was so focused on the game.  I like playing with these guys, most of whom are 15+ years older than me.  But the big problem is that they don't really hit that hard, and I have to adapt my game to their playing style.  There are so many balls that are so tempting just to tee off on.  I'll get a few points, but I overhit a lot as well.  So I end up playing a dink shot or something weak like that.  I don't want to play a weak game, I want to hit out and gain confidence in my game.  So I'm going to have to start changing my style of play so get used to and more focused on hitting solid shots off of sitters.  I want to be able to smash every bloop second serve with confidence, not just bloop it back because I'm afraid I'll overhit it.  But today was still fun.  I just gave myself a good goal to work on my game.

In the end, I torched a good 1450+kcals.   Lots of playing today and moving around.  That is the point!