Monday Night Doubles

Last night I had my usual tennis at TCCP.  I played OK.  In the first round, my partner and I lost 6-3.  We did play a tough pair, and I thought we didn't do too badly.  In the second round, I played singles and won 6-3.  In the third round, we only played 4 games, and my partner and I lost 3-1.  It was all fun.

My tri-level tennis team lost its first match last night - I did not play in it.  Unfortunately we lost all three courts of doubles.

This morning I did Insanity the Asylum Vol. 2 XTrainer.  I haven't done this one in awhile, and it left me totally dripping.  I dogged it a bit, but still got a good calorie burn - about 265 calories.  I like the agility moves in this one.

More NROLW

Yesterday afternoon I did not do any specific workout or exercise.

This morning I did the first workout of Stage 2 of NROLW.  This is my last time through this workout.  I have the second workout in this stage on Wednesday, and then I will be on to Stage 3.  I did not change any of the weights in my workout today.  The A/C is off in the house right now, so it was a bit warm and definitely humid this morning.  I burned about 145 calories.

Tempo Run

Yesterday afternoon I did a tempo run on the treadmill.  It was 6.0 mi at 6.5 mph, which I finished in 55:25.  This was a tough one.  I took a lot of breaks on the side rails.  I really need to stop doing that.  I didn't necessarily feel like I was breathing too hard or out of breath.  It's that my hamstrings were hurting and wanted to stop.  I watched another episode of the second season of Stargate SG-1, which was fun.

This morning I did my usual boxing class.  The normal instructor was back, which made me happy.  This class felt pretty good.  I think maybe I'm finally getting out of the over-fatigued state I've been in.  I don't know if it's because I've been trying to get a little more sleep, or if the iron supplements are finally getting my hemoglobin back up.  Probably a bit of both.

Morning Practice

Yesterday afternoon and evening, I did not do any specific activities.  That turned out to be good, because I had to go out to the department observatory to help the TA for my class.

This morning, I had a practice with my tennis team.  We had 14 players there, and the weather was beautiful!  I played pretty well.  In the first round, my partner Susie and I won 3-1.  In the second round, I played singles.  I won the first set 7-6, and we stopped in the second set 1-1.  In the third round, my partner Justine and I won 6-0, 1-0.  I think I played pretty well, but I also think I was playing doubles against some players having a bad day.

Long Run

Yesterday afternoon I did the long run on my plan.  It was raining, so I did it on the treadmill. I did 6.0 mi in one hour at 6.0 mph.  It still felt kind of hard.  My hamstrings were feeling sore; I wasn't out of breath from working hard in the cardio sense.  I watched an episode of Star Trek TOS.

This morning I did the second workout of stage 2 of NROLW.  I didn't change anything from when I did it on Monday.  The deadlifts and Bulgarian split-squats were pretty hard, but the other exercises were not that tough.  The HIIT was still annoying, but I suppose that's the point.  I burned about 220 calories.

Extra Run

Last night I was supposed to have practice with my tennis team, but it rained.  So I came home from work and did a 3-mi run on the treadmill.  It took 30:00 min at 6.0 mph.  My stomach felt a little yucky during this, because I did it about 90 minutes after dinner.  I really need to wait longer to run, which is why I usually do my runs before dinner.  On the up side, I watched the first episode of season 2 of Stargate SG-1, which was a lot of fun.

This morning I did my shortened version of P90X2 Recovery + Mobility.  I burned about 115 calories.

Speed Intervals

Yesterday afternoon I was planning to go to cardio tennis at TCCP, but I was the only one signed up, so it wasn't held.  Instead I went home and did some speed intervals on the treadmill.  I did 5 minutes of warm-up at 3.5 mph.  Then I did 10 x 2 min at 7.3 mph, alternating with 10 x 3 min at 3.5 mph.  Finally, I did 5 minutes of cool-down at 3.5 mph.  I really like these intervals with the longer rest periods better.  I hope they are effective.  The workout took 1:00:00 and I ran 4.77 mi.

This morning I did the first workout in Stage 2 of NROLW.  I did not increase the weights on any of the moves.  I'm not sure they are feeling much easier yet - it's so hard to judge progress.  I burned about 145 calories in this workout, which was a lot fewer than last time for some reason.