Loooong Run

Yesterday afternoon I came home from work early to do my planned long run.  I ran 12 miles at 6.0 mph in 2:00:00.  It was really, really hard.  I hadn't run in 10 days.  I'm not sure if that's why it was hard or not, but it felt bad.  I was at a 1% incline for the first 6.5 miles, and then I went down to 0%, which helped.  Even so, I took a lot of breaks on the rails, so I probably only actually ran 9 of the 12 miles.  But I finished it!

This morning, I had tennis practice with my team.  I played pretty well, winning each of my rounds, even though my legs were still quite fatigued from my long run the day before.   I was definitely a little slow of the mark, but my serve was doing pretty well.

This afternoon, Bill and I went for a bike ride.  We went between 23 - 24 miles on the Sligo Creek trail and the Northwest Bracn trail.  It wasn't too hard, but my legs were still tired.

3.5 Singles Win!

Last night I played #2 singles in our 3.5 match.  I was not scheduled to play; however, the singles lady scheduled had an injury, and it turns out that all of our other singles players were either injured or busy.  So I filled in.  I won: 6-1, 5-7, 1-0!  My opponent only rarely plays singles, and it was pretty obvious in the first set.  She didn't recover to the middle well, and I was pretty "on", especially my serves.  In the second set, I was up 4-1, when she started to win.  I think I got a little too chatty with her and lost my ofocus a bit; she also started to hit better shots off of me, especially since my serve was flattening out.  It was frustrating to lose the second set.  In the match tie-breaker, I was down or even until we got to 8-8.  Then I managed to get the last two points!  Our team won all of the other courts except one, so we finally got another team win!

This morning I did my shorted version of P90X2 Recovery + Mobility.  Since I've been foam rolling after all of my workouts while doing my FOCUS T25 Gamma hybrid, this wasn't necessarily anything special.  I am hoping to improve my flexibility a bit during this schedule, since I am foam rolling more.  We'll see.  I burned 95 calories.

NOVA Win

Last night, I played #3 doubles with Amy in a NOVA match.  We won, 6-3, 6-3.  We started off really well, getting up 4-0.  Then all of a sudden, our opponents won 3 games - it was like they had flipped a switch and started playing better.  We pulled ourselves together to win the set.  The second set was similar, where we got ahead and then they came back.  Fortunately we did win both sets.    Our team won all of the courts for the match.

This was my last scheduled NOVA match.  We have "play-offs" this weekend, but I am not scheduled to play.  It's kind of funny to have play-offs when the league does not advance and doesn't even count toward ratings.  I won 4 of my 6 matches, which is not bad for a 3.5 league I'm totally unfamiliar with.
I have found that I really don't like the 90-minute matches - I feel too much time pressure.  Time wasn't an issue with either of my losses, but I feel like I can't enjoy the match as much.

This morning I did FOCUS T25 Gamma Rip't Up (125 cal) and Asylum Vol. 2 Ab Shredder.  I did get a decent sweat going, but again, I didn't think it was that hard.  I did move up to 10-lb weights for everything except the supermans, where I used 3-lbs weights; I'd like to switch between weights more, but there isn't time.  The downward dog/push-up sequence did get hard.  Overall, I burned about 215 calories.

Doubles Loss

Last night I played #3 doubles with Cheryl on my 3.5 team.  Unfortunately we lost 6-3, 6-3.  It was a very frustrating match.  We felt like we were able to beat them, but we just couldn't quite do it.  They made very few errors, and we definitely made some.  It was extra frustrating because the team did not win any of the other courts, either, and we were playing the team that is in last place!  We aren't that bad!  I know in the end it doesn't really matter, but we've been losing a lot, and I'd like to turn that around.

This morning I did FOCUS T25 Gamma Speed 3.0 (175 cal) and Asylum Vol. 2 Agility Tutorial.  I did remember some of the moves from Speed 3.0, so I spend less time being confused.  Some of them are still a little dancy, and I can't quite do them right.  I burned about 295 calories total.  I also have noticed that I've been burning more calories for the rest of the day after that, compared to yesterday after my workout.  I definitely was working a lot harder today.

The Pyramid

Last night I had my last night of doubles at TCCP for awhile.  We take the summer off.  I played OK; I was feeling a little out of it.  My legs were still fatigued from Sunday's activities and Plyocide yesterday morning.  I lost both rounds, but the second one was very close.  We had a small party to end the night.

This morning, I did FOCUS T25 Gamma The Pyramid (115 cal), followed by Insanity Cardio Abs.  I think The Pyramid is a little easier than the other two Gamma strength workouts.  However, I used 10-lbs weights, and I will try to remember to use 12-lbs next time.  I burned about 200 calories total.  I've now gone through a whole sequence of my FOCUS T25 Gamma schedule, so I'll be repeating the schedule through mid-July.

Plyocide

This morning I did P90X2 Plyocide.  I did not do the intro foam rolling or the neuro-integrated stretching at the end, which shortened it to about 41 minutes.  I could tell I haven't done a lot of plyo work in awhile, because it was hard.  Or maybe it was just the boxing + biking + tennis yesterday!  I burned about 195 calories.

Busy Day

This morning I had my usual boxing class.  It did not seem significantly different than usual, but I didn't burn as many calories as usual.  My neck was still bothering me a bit in a couple of the core moves.

This afternoon, Bill and I went biking.  From our house, we biked down the Rock Creek trail into DC.  We connected to the Capitol Crescent/C&O Canal Trail and followed it back to Silver Spring and home.  The total was about 25 miles, in a little over two hours.

This evening, I had a NOVA doubles match.  My partner, Karen, and I lost 6-3, 6-3.  One of our opponents had really good overheads and angled volleys, and we kept accidentally dropping the ball on her so she could put it away.  My partner was also somewhat limited in mobility.  It was a bit of a frustrating match.