A very long time ago, Geoff used to play tennis on these courts with his friend Stewart. Like 20 years ago. Over time, they fell into disrepair, until they were virtually unplayable on (ok, questionable grammar, I know). Recently, the park has resurfaced and painted and put new fences up and now they are really nice courts - they do charge a nominal charge to use them, but frankly, it's worth it. We've taken the kids a few times, but today (which was a lot rainier than in this photo, which was taken yesterday - Geoff knocking the ball around with Sarah, who is getting better) Geoff and I decided to have a game ourselves. We haven't played in about 10 years - since before Sarah was born. Geoff pointed out that we weren't that much worse than we'd been then - unfortunately, that's mainly due to the fact that we were fairly bad then... Both of us ache now, though - all those muscles we don't normally really use. For him, it's his back. For me, it's my right shoulder and arm. My back seems ok - that's probably the yoga...
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I just can't resist mentioning that as one gets older (and I have a lot of experience at that), unaccustomed exercise will always be felt in the muscles not frequently used. People who are approaching middle age are especially vulnerable to this, as they assume they are still able to do anything they could do at age 25, 30, 35, whatever, even though they are well past those ages.
It's a sad fact that our bodies have aged, although in our minds we are still young!
But don't despair. I have a friend in her late 50s who plays tennis regularly and is pretty good at it. So there is hope for both of you.
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