Caught a 6.5 tennis W

Today’s tennis was downtown on the Arthur Ashe Jr. Courts at Battery Park, named so because that is where the multiple Grand Slam Champion learned to play. It’s a cool piece of tennis history and the courts were surprisingly nice, given that they’re public and in the city. You can never tell what kind of love they’re going to get in the annual budget, but these were in great shape.

We played well and won 6-4, 6-2. I’ve really enjoyed the combo matches this year. There’s only one more week of matches, but we’re still in the hunt for a playoff spot.


Zone 2 life suits me. It’s a workout, for sure, but I don’t feel completely wrung out at the end.

That’s a new look

It’s got to be a challenge to replace a the bottom of a covered porch while preserving the roof and columns.

This building used to be the U.S. Marine Raiders Museum, but they moved in 2005. Given the dicy history of this block, it had probably seen some shit.

The Murlocs – “Loopholes”

One of these bands I ran across on the shirt of a musician in another band I’m watching. It’s been the source of some fun ones.

Cheval Sombre kind of morning

It’s like a cloudy, late-summer beach morning out there, cool and humid with the barest hint of a breeze. This Cheval Sombre record fits exactly.

Bye, Summer

Overcast Labor Day Saturday is a quiet one at the pool.

I’m okay with it.

(thx, Ronan)

5.5 Morning match

I like playing in the 5.5 combo league, where 3.0 and 2.5 players play together. The 2.5 guys are all pretty chill, and they’re new to tennis. There’s no pressure to be on and the matches can be a place to work on different parts of my game.

I didn’t know the zones were in all of the Fitness entries. I guess I really am a Zone 3 man.

Whip

An Acura NSX isn’t the rarest of 90’s sports cars, but we don’t have a lot of them in Richmond.

I didn’t get the antique plate in the photo, but it looked out of place.

I’m a spinner now

I’ve been playing tennis for a few years now, almost exclusively for fun and exercise. It’s been a good sweat and I like hanging out with my tennis friends. I’ve also gotten better at it.

I’ve gotten to a point now, sadly, that my skill has exceeded my fitness, and if I want to keep improving I’m going to need to start exercising and improving my cardio so I can get better at the thing I do for exercise.

I know, I don’t like it either, but here we are.

I have chosen a twice-weekly spin class as the path by which I will collect cardio gains. I used to be an avid recreational cyclist and I’m not unfamiliar with the dark arts of the spin studio. Plus they’re free at the club so the barrier to entry is low.

I never thought of myself as a Zone 3 Man, but the data is the data.