2-14-18 (Wednesday) Tennis.

2-14-18 (Wednesday) Tennis.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Tennis Day!

But it didn't start out as such.  Yesterday, I woke up with a pain in my left Lat.  This morning, I woke up with a pain in my lower back.  It was one of those pains that isn't sharp or chronic, but rather dependent on the angle of my upper body.  If I leaned in the wrong way, I felt that my back could suddenly just give and that would be it.  So I was ultra-careful to keep good posture when I needed to bend over, for example when I spit while brushing my teeth.  I was also very careful when I was going up and down stairs.  But that is how my day started, in pain.

I was really waffling as to whether or not I should go to play tennis this evening because of my back. But I decided that I would play as long as I could and stop if I couldn't go on.  Good news, playing tennis totally made be forget about any type of pain or discomfort, so I was able to play full out.  The big thing about today's tennis is that my son came with me.  And as expected, he was a hit.  Clearly on a different level as most of the other club members, and all the good members wanted to hit with him.  As far as weather, it was a perfect night session.  It was actually almost too not cold.  I mean, I was expecting very cold temperatures, but it was warm almost.  I wore too much and got hot really quickly.  But I didn't want to remove the outer jacket or I would have been too cold.  Anyway, tonight's menu was regular, but short because of the number of people.  It took a while for everyone to get a turn at Volleying.  Then with only about 30 minutes left, we went right to Game Sims.  I didn't feel as "on" as I did on Sunday, but I was still hitting the ball relatively well.  Better than that bad time the other week.  But I was very proud of my son and happy that he had a good time.  I was also happy to play along side him during the Stroke/Volley drills.  It is fun to be a father and son team.  Although I feel sorry for him that I am holding him back.  It is every parent's dream for their children to exceed their own accomplishments, and my son has certainly done that in tennis.  But I would really love to see a match between my son and me at my prime.  That would be fun.

When we got home, I was too tired to do anything.  I didn't even go upstairs to work on my computer.  I just relaxed with the family until bed time.  These are the times I cherish.

In the end, I burned 1345 kcals.  It was a good night of tennis.  I was especially happy that I had zero pain or even flashes of discomfort during tennis.  So I'm still a bit confused as to what is actually causing the pain.  But I'm glad is didn't reappear tonight.