Monday Night Doubles

Last night was my last Monday night tennis doubles at TCCP for the season.  I played OK.  I actually thought my play was pretty good, but I played against really good opponents all night, so I didn't win.  In the first round, my partner, Anda, and I lost 6-4.  In the second round, my partner, Michelyn, and I lost 3-1.  In the last round, my partner, Whitney, and I lost 3-1.  It was fun tennis, though.

This morning I did P90X3 Eccentric Upper, preceded by Cold Start.  I didn't change my reps or weights from last time, since it's been about two weeks since I last did the workout.  I burned about 80 calories.  Afterward, I did a shortened version of P90X3 Dynamix to try to help with my mobility.

I have been having forearm pain lately in my left forearm.  It seems to be mostly related to gripping.  It really bothered me when playing golf at Hilton Head, but unfortunately the worst is with weight lifting.  I'm not sure if my grip strength is just too low, or if there are other issues.  I've been trying to stretch my forearm more, and I am going to try some myofascial release with a golf ball.  It's annoying, because I feel it in a lot of things.

Easy Run

Yesterday afternoon I did the next run on my training schedule, which was an easy run for 40 min.  Since it was quite hot and humid outside, I did the run on the treadmill.  I ran 3.4 mi at a speed of 5.1 mph. 

This morning I did P90X3 MMX, preceded by Cold Start.  This is a fun workout, although I had an annoying headache.  I burned about 160 calories.

Sunday Boxing

Now that I am back home from vacation, things are pretty much back to normal.  I went to my usual Sunday morning boxing class this morning.  It was good!  I was actually feeling nice and rested, when I usually feel tired arriving at the class.  Even so, I got lightheaded during the workout - seems like that has been happening to me a lot lately.

Afternoon Walk

Yesterday afternoon, my husband and I did a walk around the plantation.  It was a beautiful day - a little warm, but not like it usually is.  We walked about 3.5 mi in an hour.

Today we are traveling home, so I probably won't be doing any activity.

Race Pace Run

Today before lunch I did the next run on my training schedule.  This turned out to be a hard one.

I was supposed to run 5 x 1 mi at my goal race pace, which is 6.7 mph (8:58 pace), and alternate that with 5 x 0.5 mi at an easy pace, which I picked to be 5 mph (12:00 pace).  Well, the race pace segments were quite hard.  I had to insert more breaks, and then eventually quit the race pace segments early, because I was getting lightheaded.  I ended up doing the first 3 segments (with some extra breaks) and getting about 2/3 of the way through the 4th race pace segment.  This came to 5.6 mi in 56:00, instead of the 7.5 mi in 1:15:00 that was planned.

Does this mean that I've picked a race goal that is too ambitious?  I'm really not sure.  Running the 5 segments at race pace would've nearly been the entire race distance, which seems a bit much for so early in the training plan.  I guess we'll see how the future hard runs go.

Another Day at Hilton Head

This morning I did P90X+ Kenpo Cardio+.  I burned about 260 calories.

Around lunch time, we went golfing.  It was a beautiful day, and not as humid as the past couple.  The golfing got me to finish off my 10,000 steps for the day.  I golfed OK.

A very humid day on Hilton Head!

After having a couple days of rather dry and cool weather on Hilton Head, yesterday got back to the usual hot and humid.  In the morning, I did a 40-min easy run.  Since I was trying to keep my heart rate at about 65% of maximum, I ended up running very slowly.  In 40 min, I ran 3.25 mi, which was an average speed of 4.7 mph!  It was really humid, which obviously had a detrimental effect.

In the afternoon, my husband and I played some singles.  The heat and humidity really wore us out, and we played less than the 2 hours we usually do.  I was not playing well, and only won one match.

This morning, it seemed to be not quite as humid, but still humid.  I did a walk instead of a run, walking 3.3 mi in 54:53.  I still got my heart rate going pretty well.

Before lunch, my husband and I did a bike ride around the plantation.  RunKeeper says we did 12.99 mi in 58:41, which was an average speed of 13.3 mph.  That's a little fast compared to our usual speed, and we didn't feel like we were working that hard, so I think it was a bit off.  The nice thing about the biking was that we made our own breeze!  Also, I got to see my Basis Peak detect biking for the first time since I got it, which it did successfully.