Dec. 9, Tennis Day with a lot of matches.

December 9, Sunday.  Tennis Day.

It was supposed to be cold, but lately, it has been not as cold as one would expect it to be in December.  It was a beautiful day!  A little cloud cover, and a little breeze.  I dressed accordingly.  At the courts, it seemed colder than it was at my house.  Especially when I was sitting in the shade of a tree and the wind blew.  The chill was felt. 

The menu was the regular drills, but the length was shortened a bit.  We ended up playing matches for almost half the practice.  My first match was an easy one.  My partner and I overmatched our opponents and took the set 4-0.  We paired again for a second match but this match was much tougher and we ended up losing 2-4.  It was odd, because, in the first match, my serve was firing great, but in the second match, I couldn't buy a first serve.  In the third match, I paired with my old partner and we played well together and took the match 4-2 against another strong team.  We started the fourth match with totally new players but had to cut the game short due to time at 1-1.  But since we played most matches, there was more waiting time than usual.  So my calorie burn was quite a bit lower than the average Sunday tennis practice. 

When I got home, I wasn't looking forward to doing the Quad-Challenges, but once I got started, it was a lot easier than I had expected.  Crushed them.

In the end, I burned 1756 kcals.  That is a little less than 1000 kcals lower than a normal Sunday.  But getting in matches is a necessary practice.