Training Log Archive: RLShadow

To Finn Park and back. Seemed too warm, upper 30's. Was slightly overdressed even though I knew what the temp was.

Arrived at the Rec Center expecting to play pickleball, only to discover that I had forgotten to bring my ankle-friendly shoes. Played in one low-key game, with a beginner as my partner, and got beat 11-0 by trailsnail and Debbie S. My ankle was already grumbling so I knew it would not be a good idea to play any further.

I'm thinking this is the only pickleball outing that I've ever had where I failed to score even a single point. I've lost games 11-0 before (although not very often), but they've always been among other games that I've played where I've won or at least scored some points.

At the rec center. Had a few not-so-fun games at first, then the quality of play in the next few foursomes was more enjoyable.

My ankle bothers me, despite wearing the shoes that I thought were going to help keep the problem at bay. Possible reason is that I played more than 1.5 hours this time, while I only played a bit more than an hour last time. Might be a lesson there someplace ...

To Finn Park, around the field, and back. Stopped at the creek which was running pretty high; Homer decided against going for a swim though!

Wore arch supports in the hiking boots. No hint of grumbling from my ankle so maybe that does help.

Open play at the Rec Center. Have been having an ankle problem lately. Found a probable diagnosis for it: posterior tibial tendon dysfunction -- http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=a00166 I've found that, for some reason, wearing Montrail Mountain Masochist trail shoes for everyday wear, walking the dog, etc., is much better for the ankle than other shoes I have, so I tried them for pickleball. As odd as it seems to be using trail running shoes for playing pickleball in a gym. But it may have helped, after a bit more than an hour of play, my ankle wasn't grumbling at all.