I've just been out to play (in the loosest possible sense) Badminton. The usual crowd was cut to two tonight, and H.L. was really on form. I was lucky to get away with two games a piece. I lost the first two games badly; but the turning point was when I fell flat on my back during one rally in the third game (amazingly I won the point). After the adrenalin rush this gave me, and a change in tactics (keep hitting it as hard as I can, until the other guy makes a mistake!) things began to turn around for me.
I play badminton (badly) for fun and exercise, I have no pretensions to any expertise, fortunately my playing partners all feel the same way - though this doesn't stop us from wanting to win, whatever some people may say.
It is somewhat embarrassing when the people on the court next door are really good, you feel you really shouldn't be taking up the space. Still I have never really had much problem making an ass of myself in public - which is just as well, considering how often I do so.
Anyway, after struggling home, I ran a bath; put some music on and soaked for a while, which made me feel a little less stiff, and a lot more mellow.
Hopefully, I will still be mellow, as opposed to sore, in the morning.
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