2-22-18 (Thursday) HY: Pickle-Ball + Ab EMS.

2-22-18 (Thursday)  HY: Pickle-Ball + Ab EMS.

It was a good day for Pickle-Ball.  The gym was still colder than outside, but not fridged cold like the past few weeks.  We were both able to get a good sweat on despite the cold.  Again, no classes and we both got all the work we needed to do done, so it's a play day for us.  We both were a little more rested than last week so I think we had a little more energy and endurance.

The warm-up was good, but I wasn't stroking the ball well.  I was hitting a lot of balls into the net and I was missing the lines a little more than I like.  I was a little nervous that this might be a harbinger of things to come.  I almost got warm enough to take off my outer jacket, but I was still afraid that if I did, I would get too cold because of my sweat, so I left it on the whole time. 

The first game was either very competitive to start or we were still working out the rust from our games because we were stuck on 0-0 for like 5-6 serve changes.  Finally, John broke through and got the first point.  He went on a 10 point run from there.  Being down by 10 points is a little disheartening.  Things just weren't clicking for me.  It was just a continuation of the warm-up where things just weren't going in or over.  I was pretty erratic as well.  I would hit an awesome shot to get the serve back, but then the next shot would be a junker into the net or a shank way outside the court.  I finally got my first few points but it was too little too late and I lost that first game, 7-15. 

Game 2 was almost a reverse carbon copy of the first game.  I was up 9 points before John got his first points.  Again, some great shots and some junkers.  We both were still very inconsistent.  I finally took the game 15-7.

Game 3 was a lot closer.  Until 12-12, we never were less than 2 points behind or in front of the other.  There were a ton of service changes and we were stuck on 10-10 for a really long time.  I was thinking that the person who broke out of the tie was going to win the game.  I was the one to break the time, and after a few hard fought points, I finally took the game 15-11.

We were at the end of our regular time, but we were feeling good, so we decided to play one more.  Up until now, the person that scored first has gone on to win the game, and this time, John scored first and rushed out to a 0-3 lead.  But that was the biggest lead either one of us would have until we reached 9-9.  Another really epic battle.  We were again stuck on that score for a while until I finally broke the time and rushed out to 14-9.  I lost the service once and gave up a couple of points, I got it back and then closed out the game, winning 15-11.

It was a ton of fun, and I had got a great workout, especially on my legs. 

When I got home, I got in my EMS in the evening.

In the end, I burned just under 1200 kcals.  Two days in a row almost hitting 1200 kcals.  I wonder how much I'll burn come summer.  Either way, today was awesome fun!