6-12-17 (Monday) HY: Splits + TCF + Tennis.

6-12-17 (Monday) HY: Splits + TCF + Tennis.

Well, today was sort of the beginning of a new practice for me.  On Mondays, I usually have the mornings off so I just sort of wake up late, relax, watch some baseball or some news, then saunter off to work around noon.  But I was feeling bad about missing my Splits and Flow yesterday, so I decided to do my splits and flow in the morning.  So I got up earlier than usual, had a Shake, then had a good Splits Stretch and Flow session.  I didn't wear my HRM so I was just getting into each stretch and really trying to pulse down lower into each move.  It was nice, actually to do it with no pressure or worry of it getting late.  The Flow was also nice to do with no pressure of having to finish by a certain time.  Just a free session.  I got a nice little sweat going, but I didn't want to take a shower, so I just sponge bathed myself before heading off to work.

Tennis today was probably one of the best if not THE best showing I've had since I started playing regularly in April.  During the warm up, I didn't feel it.  I wasn't able to control the ball, I was netting often, out too often, couldn't maintain a rally, everything was just... off.  I don't even think I hit a practice serve in.  The person receiving my serve made the joke, "Today, is an off day for your serve, eh!"  Well, it sure seemed that way in the warm up.  Then we started the match.  Once the game started, I guess something clicked and everything was suddenly ON!  I was making shot after shot, volley after volley.  I usually can't get my timing or see the ball well enough to poach, so I don't, but today, I was poaching like crazy.  My ground strokes were solid, going exactly where I was placing them, I was hitting volleys at unreturnable spots, and my serve, although I hit only one ace and two double faults over the whole match, I hit like 75% service winners, unreturnable serves.  I didn't lose any service games, and I was supporting my partner very well.  It wasn't perfect, by any means, but I was making good choices that for the most part paid off.  I did get burned a few times.  I was playing very aggressively today, pushing to take the net first, and I got offensively lobbed a couple times.  But by the end of the night, my team had won, 6-3, 6-1.  It felt good tonight.

In the end, I torched a good 1300+kcals.  My legs are feeling pretty tired at the moment, so I'm looking forward to sleeping.