May 28, Trying out regular tennis.

May 28, 2019, Tuesday - Tennis.

Today, instead of playing on the wall, we got a court and did some real hitting over the net.  We were both looking forward to it because it has been almost two months for me since hitting on a court last, and several months for my wife.  The big "Fly in the Ointment" was the fact that my wife accidentally brought my spare racket instead of her own racket.  It wouldn't be such a problem, except for the fact that my racket it almost 60g heavier than my wife's racket.  And she felt the difference and it was causing her a little bit of pain just trying to swing the heavier racket.  So I had to try to keep my hits to her backhand because her two-handed backhand is much stronger than her one-handed forehand.  Much less risk of injury on her backhand side.

I couldn't hit out, but I could practice more footwork.  My wife made me run a lot, which really tested my ankle and knee.  Happy to report that my knee was virtually pain-free.  But there was a little stiffness in my ankle.  I think I'll need to use a stiffer supporter for my ankle for a while.  But I'm glad I got this practice in because I was forced to move laterally a lot.  I think I'm ready to go back to my tennis club from this coming Sunday and practice with them.  I'm excited.

In the end, I burned a good 804 kcals.  My legs were also still pretty sore from the Plyo Legs day the week before so my age is showing.  Normally the soreness would have been gone by day 3, but it is lingering.  Probably connected to the way I climb stairs with my bum knee.  It's a workout in itself.