6-16-17 (Friday)Tennis.

6-16-17 (Friday) Tennis.

Today would normally be Pickle-Ball day, but since my playing partner is still away, I was planning to go with a T25 routine today.  Something to keep my arches and ankles on their toes.  But I got a text from my wife at noon saying she wanted to play tennis in the afternoon and if I could make it.  My plans changed and I went for the tennis.  Apparently, my wife didn't feel like she got enough tennis in on Thursday (her club day) because there were too many members and only one court.  So members were shifting in and out rather quickly.  So no one really got to play that much.

We started playing a little before 5 pm and were planning to play till 6 pm, but that plan also changed.  About 30 minutes in, I noticed that my wife was not moving as well as usual.  We took a short break and then we tried to play again.  But only about 15 minutes later she said she was feeling so exhausted and hot and she was shaking.  That happened to me once and the reason was that I was short of calories.  She was busy running around all day and didn't eat anything before we went to play.  So, I ran to the nearby supermarket got some calorie bars and bread for her.  She gobbled them down and 10 minutes later she was feeling a lot better and stronger so we tried playing on.  We ended up playing another 90 minutes.

As far as our play, I was hitting the ball back to her or as close as I could to her and she pretty much ran me around the court practicing her shot placement.  That would have been fine, but there was one huge fly in the ointment.  My glutes and legs were screaming soreness.  In the morning, I was fine, but as the day wore on, they started to tighten up and I was feeling the soreness come on strong.  I would stretch whenever I could, but by 5 pm, I was really feeling it.  So, running around the court was a little slower than I normally would have liked.  I was also trying a new tactic with my wife and that was to come in on every short ball and volley back everything she would hit at me.  But several times she would lob me and running back was just painful.  Near the end, I just watched the ball sail in over my head.  We both had a fun time.  The little hiccup notwithstanding, we had a good time.  The weather was perfect as well as the temperature.

In the end, I torched over 1000kcals so I was happy to hit a grand.  Fun way to workout and finish my week.  Happy Weekend, everyone.