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downs_chris · Jun 29, 2016

Topaz said:
Congrats to Downs and his 8.0 mixed dubs team headed to Nationals!

Thanks! It's a pretty deep team...we probably didn't help you guys out, by taking 3 of your players!

zapvor · Jun 29, 2016

liquidwh1p said:
hey, folks, made a recent move to NW DC and looking for hitting partners on weekends--but averse to joining a league because of time constraints. any advice for getting started? (~4.0 here)

welcome. you can pm me if you want

zapvor · Jun 29, 2016

MegacedU said:
How about we make a weekend of it and have it at the Hall of Fame? That way I can come too. I was invited, right?

are you going to us open?

zapvor · Jun 29, 2016

hollywood9826 said:
Oh yeah I'm fine, if you ever met me you would learn that I say stupid crap all the time and your next reaction would be to hate my guts because I'm an A-hole.

It was more or less making fun of Zapvor in the fact that he would probably drive the 10 hours (is that how long it takes I don't even know) to RI meet a girl he probably has no chance with than drive an hour for free beer.
He hasn't had one of your tennis rackets waiting to be strung has he? That is another tactic he is known to pull.
Although I did demolish him in pong one time and retired from international competition immediately following the victory.

hahahha i have been practicing my pong. you had home court basement advantage man

sapient007 · Jun 29, 2016

downs_chris said:
for a 12 pack of hebrew nationals and a bottle of pert plus, he will do almost anything...

what's for lunch people?

i want to try this

hollywood9826 · Jun 30, 2016

What is all that stuff?

sapient007 · Jun 30, 2016

just tried gluten free bread for the first time.. how do you ppl eat this $$****? it's totally tasteless and felt like chewing on cardboard.

sapient007 · Jun 30, 2016

who has a recording of cartman playing federer yesterday? Just heard about this cat and he's my kind of player..

zapvor · Jul 1, 2016

federer shouldnt have given him any games

MegacedU · Jul 1, 2016

zapvor said:
are you going to us open?

I go every year! Will you buy me a honey deuce? Is MB still doing free valet this year?

Topaz · Jul 1, 2016

downs_chris said:
Thanks! It's a pretty deep team...we probably didn't help you guys out, by taking 3 of your players!

It is a deep team, and that is key to going far. You guys had plenty of strong players on the roster who didn't even play last weekend!

You know I didn't even realize we shared those three until we were almost done with the DC season, which as you know, we didn't wrap up until the very last ball was hit. Yeah, we probably could have used them! In fact, I dare say all 3 would have been in every one of our lineups! I feel like we competed pretty well, though, and I know I saw more than my fair share of tennis that weekend!

Tucson is a blast, have a great time!

sapient007 · Jul 2, 2016

are these trips sponsored? seems like a lot to ask for a group of people to fly 1/2 around the country and then play some matches without some type of $$$$

this is from someone that needs to be tempted with food to come out of the basement

downs_chris · Jul 3, 2016

Not really - there's some money given from the section to cover the tournament entry fees. But yeah - winner of sectionals pays lots to go to nationals haha fun?

What are people grilling?

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Topaz · Jul 4, 2016

I never saw any money from the section last year.

I worked all weekend...I'm not grilling, not working, not really interested in even moving around a lot!

zapvor · Jul 4, 2016

MegacedU said:
I go every year! Will you buy me a honey deuce? Is MB still doing free valet this year?

where do you get your tickets

zapvor · Jul 4, 2016

Topaz said:
I never saw any money from the section last year.

I worked all weekend...I'm not grilling, not working, not really interested in even moving around a lot!

so you are a nurse

downs_chris · Jul 4, 2016

mclovin sighting on court...i also got new frames...haha

MegacedU · Jul 5, 2016

zapvor said:
where do you get your tickets

Usually friends have extras, or I hit up the USTA promos like 2 for 1 or what have you.

downs_chris · Jul 5, 2016

MegacedU said:
Usually friends have extras, or I hit up the USTA promos like 2 for 1 or what have you.

US Open???

MegacedU · Jul 5, 2016

downs_chris said:
US Open???

Yassss US Open!

downs_chris · Jul 5, 2016

MegacedU said:
Yassss US Open!

I still have never been...haha, sad...

sapient007 · Jul 5, 2016

downs_chris said:
Not really - there's some money given from the section to cover the tournament entry fees. But yeah - winner of sectionals pays lots to go to nationals haha fun?

What are people grilling?

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so you are out of more money by winning.. why do ppl go to these things so far away.. arent there better things you want to do wit yo monizzz?

also props to whom ever that guesses this game i attended

downs_chris · Jul 5, 2016

Is that delpo????

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zapvor · Jul 6, 2016

yea looks like delpo

zapvor · Jul 6, 2016

MegacedU said:
Usually friends have extras, or I hit up the USTA promos like 2 for 1 or what have you.

lets meet up if i go. practice court 4.

sapient007 · Jul 6, 2016

anyone going to citi open?

downs_chris · Jul 6, 2016

sapient007 said:
anyone going to citi open?

probably! you going again? there's some usta tent -- and some deal they have...$55 - includes a ticket to tuesday evening...all you can eat / drink in their tent, from 5 to 8...

sapient007 · Jul 6, 2016

no thanks on the food. I need to be on a diet. I'll prob go depending on weather. I don't do well in the heat.

watching Federer match, does gavin rosedale still attend his matches? Was it Gwen Stefani the one that was friends with federer's wife? I forgot, regardless way to f up some fantastic seats. also the Fed aged a lot.. he's beginning to look like sampras

realed · Jul 7, 2016

downs_chris said:
mclovin sighting on court...i also got new frames...haha

Reminds me of Courier's Prostaffs.

Topaz · Jul 9, 2016

How did the TWMAC 4.5 mens dubs team do at VA regionals?

downs_chris · Jul 10, 2016

We lost both of our first matches 2-3 - Friday's match felt like the hottest match I've ever played in...so brutal! My body failed me! Mclovin and I lost on Friday and won Saturday.

Playing for fun today!

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downs_chris · Jul 10, 2016

We lost both of our first matches 2-3 - Friday's match felt like the hottest match I've ever played in...so brutal! My body failed me! Mclovin and I lost on Friday and won Saturday.

Playing for fun today!

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zapvor · Jul 10, 2016

sapient007 said:
no thanks on the food. I need to be on a diet. I'll prob go depending on weather. I don't do well in the heat.

watching Federer match, does gavin rosedale still attend his matches? Was it Gwen Stefani the one that was friends with federer's wife? I forgot, regardless way to f up some fantastic seats. also the Fed aged a lot.. he's beginning to look like sampras

who are you and what did you do to sappy.

zapvor · Jul 10, 2016

sapient007 said:
no thanks on the food. I need to be on a diet. I'll prob go depending on weather. I don't do well in the heat.

watching Federer match, does gavin rosedale still attend his matches? Was it Gwen Stefani the one that was friends with federer's wife? I forgot, regardless way to f up some fantastic seats. also the Fed aged a lot.. he's beginning to look like sampras

who are you and what did you do to sappy.

mikeler · Jul 10, 2016

I got Sectionals next weekend. This heat has been brutal. I played 2 hours of singles and 2 hours of doubles yesterday to try and acclimate. Unfortunately, we have to play on hard courts. Such an inferior surface (nose up in the air).

realed · Jul 11, 2016

downs_chris said:
We lost both of our first matches 2-3 - Friday's match felt like the hottest match I've ever played in...so brutal! My body failed me! Mclovin and I lost on Friday and won Saturday.

Playing for fun today!

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That heat was brutal. I played singles on Saturday and then the semis on Sunday. Won on Saturday and lost on Sunday. I thought my shoes were melting and I couldn't even think straight during the second set on both days lol.

downs_chris · Jul 11, 2016

@McLovin sighting this weekend...we finished 2-1 on the weekend, however our team fell just short to the 2nd and 1st place teams (losing 2-3 to both of them)...it was a hot and muggy weekend...i think we are safe at 4.5...woohoo!

what's for lunch people?

downs_chris · Jul 11, 2016

duplicate

datsveryinterestin · Jul 11, 2016

@hollywood9826 , i think i will be up in HdG from thursday to sunday. gonna be like 95deg. guess ill bring my sticks in case we meet up.

McLovin · Jul 11, 2016

Topaz said:
How did the TWMAC 4.5 mens dubs team do at VA regionals?

As @downs_chris put it: "we're famous-ish". From the USTA Mid Atlantic Facebook page:

mikeler said:
I got Sectionals next weekend. This heat has been brutal. I played 2 hours of singles and 2 hours of doubles yesterday to try and acclimate. Unfortunately, we have to play on hard courts. Such an inferior surface (nose up in the air).

Temps were 90+ air, 100+ on court, and as you know, I tend to sweat a bit. On Friday and Saturday, I went through (for each match):

3 shirts
5 wristbands
2 20-oz bottles of G2
1 32-oz bottle of G2
2 20-oz bottles of water

And this is only doubles. I can't imagine what it would have been like had I played singles. Luckily we had 4 young bucks who could not only stand the heat, but would go out & play another set after the matches on Friday & Saturday.

The sad part is, even with all those fluids, I still started to camp a little after Saturday's match.

Sunday was played at 7:30AM, and we crushed. One of our opponents was not happy, and @downs_chris turned to me at one point and said "you know, I'd be a bit annoyed if I was playing us also"...

downs_chris · Jul 11, 2016

McLovin said:
Sunday was played at 7:30AM, and we crushed. One of our opponents was not happy, and @downs_chris turned to me at one point and said "you know, I'd be a bit annoyed if I was playing us also"...

we kept putting balls back into play...haha, the moody guy called you a bad word...not sure what his problem was...both of our teams were out of it, so it was essentially a "usta" practice...

MegacedU · Jul 11, 2016

downs_chris said:
we kept putting balls back into play...haha, the moody guy called you a bad word...not sure what his problem was...both of our teams were out of it, so it was essentially a "usta" practice...

Well that's not very nice! I had sectionals this past weekend too, for mixed doubles. We swept our first two matches and lost the last one, so we didn't advance, but after one of the wins one of the ladies yelled at me that I "wasn't even that good." Uhhh okay.

downs_chris · Jul 11, 2016

MegacedU said:
Well that's not very nice! I had sectionals this past weekend too, for mixed doubles. We swept our first two matches and lost the last one, so we didn't advance, but after one of the wins one of the ladies yelled at me that I "wasn't even that good." Uhhh okay.

some people take it WAY too serious...i said, we all have to go back to work on monday - therefore, we are all losers here...

are you done with post season, or is there more to play?

mikeler · Jul 11, 2016

McLovin said:
As @downs_chris put it: "we're famous-ish". From the USTA Mid Atlantic Facebook page:

Temps were 90+ air, 100+ on court, and as you know, I tend to sweat a bit. On Friday and Saturday, I went through (for each match):

3 shirts

5 wristbands

2 20-oz bottles of G2

1 32-oz bottle of G2

2 20-oz bottles of water

And this is only doubles. I can't imagine what it would have been like had I played singles. Luckily we had 4 young bucks who could not only stand the heat, but would go out & play another set after the matches on Friday & Saturday.

The sad part is, even with all those fluids, I still started to camp a little after Saturday's match.

Sunday was played at 7:30AM, and we crushed. One of our opponents was not happy, and @downs_chris turned to me at one point and said "you know, I'd be a bit annoyed if I was playing us also"...

You need a hat dude! Ditch the Gatorade and try Salt Stick pills for cramps.

downs_chris · Jul 11, 2016

He said he can't play with a hat haha

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McLovin · Jul 11, 2016

mikeler said:
You need a hat dude! Ditch the Gatorade and try Salt Stick pills for cramps.

downs_chris said:
He said he can't play with a hat haha

Correct on the hat. I've tried it, along w/ sunglasses, and I feel as though my field of vision is affected, especially on serves. Maybe I'll give it a try again, but it just bothers me.

On the cramping...it wasn't anything severe, just that I'd move in one direction too quickly & I'd start to feel it happening. I'd pause, maybe pull back a bit, then it would go away. These really were extreme conditions, and to be honest, the best thing I could have done is drink a gallon of water BEFORE I stepped on the court...which I didn't.

mikeler · Jul 11, 2016

McLovin said:
Correct on the hat. I've tried it, along w/ sunglasses, and I feel as though my field of vision is affected, especially on serves. Maybe I'll give it a try again, but it just bothers me.

On the cramping...it wasn't anything severe, just that I'd move in one direction too quickly & I'd start to feel it happening. I'd pause, maybe pull back a bit, then it would go away. These really were extreme conditions, and to be honest, the best thing I could have done is drink a gallon of water BEFORE I stepped on the court...which I didn't.

Cramping is all about electrolyte levels. Yes you need water but in extreme heat the electrolytes are going to get depleted before you get dehydrated.

McLovin · Jul 12, 2016

mikeler said:
Cramping is all about electrolyte levels. Yes you need water but in extreme heat the electrolytes are going to get depleted before you get dehydrated.

Funny you mention that. I heard a report on the radio this morning and Googled it when I got to work. Now, I realize its possible to find practically anything on the internet to support a viewpoint, so take this w/ a grain of salt (no pun intended):

Some Random News Article said:
...MacKinnon won the 2003 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work in understanding how channels in cell membranes work to move ions such as potassium from one side of a membrane to the other. Building on this, he reasoned that the right combination of natural TRP channels activators could switch on nerves that could in turn inhibit the over-active alpha motoneurons that cause cramping.

MacKinnon’s original idea has triggered a wave of laboratory and field research, with recent results demonstrating that the frequency and duration of cramps can be reduced when subjects ingest a specially formulated spicy beverage before exercise.

As a result of this research, we are coming closer to the understanding the true cause of cramping. So, while electrolytes, hydration, and fitness certainly matter for performance, athletes should not be looking to those elements to cure their cramping issue. As we continue to learn more about the root cause of cramps, we will also begin to understand how we can prevent them.

http://home.trainingpeaks.com/blog/article/the-real-cause-of-muscle-cramps

MegacedU · Jul 12, 2016

downs_chris said:
some people take it WAY too serious...i said, we all have to go back to work on monday - therefore, we are all losers here...

are you done with post season, or is there more to play?

Done with mixed. Ladies districts are the first weekend in August though if we make it...looking pretty good.

zapvor · Jul 12, 2016

McLovin said:
As @downs_chris put it: "we're famous-ish". From the USTA Mid Atlantic Facebook page:

Temps were 90+ air, 100+ on court, and as you know, I tend to sweat a bit. On Friday and Saturday, I went through (for each match):

3 shirts

5 wristbands

2 20-oz bottles of G2

1 32-oz bottle of G2

2 20-oz bottles of water

And this is only doubles. I can't imagine what it would have been like had I played singles. Luckily we had 4 young bucks who could not only stand the heat, but would go out & play another set after the matches on Friday & Saturday.

The sad part is, even with all those fluids, I still started to camp a little after Saturday's match.

Sunday was played at 7:30AM, and we crushed. One of our opponents was not happy, and @downs_chris turned to me at one point and said "you know, I'd be a bit annoyed if I was playing us also"...

TWMAC represent

zapvor · Jul 12, 2016

datsveryinterestin said:
@hollywood9826 , i think i will be up in HdG from thursday to sunday. gonna be like 95deg. guess ill bring my sticks in case we meet up.

i wanna see you take HW on in pong

downs_chris · Jul 12, 2016

McLovin said:
Funny you mention that. I heard a report on the radio this morning and Googled it when I got to work. Now, I realize its possible to find practically anything on the internet to support a viewpoint, so take this w/ a grain of salt (no pun intended):

http://home.trainingpeaks.com/blog/article/the-real-cause-of-muscle-cramps

my abs started cramping slightly when i was taking off my socks...NOT cool haha..

MegacedU said:
Done with mixed. Ladies districts are the first weekend in August though if we make it...looking pretty good.

nice...since everyone here lives on the VA, MD, DC border -- we have a lot of leagues to choose from...VA districts done...MD districts next...then my DC team is in sectionals haha...

zapvor said:
TWMAC represent

can you send that framed photo of @McLovin and I to the citi open people, and book us on center court again?

what's for lunch people? hungry...ish

sapient007 · Jul 12, 2016

some sandwich from the marriott courtyard market.. FML.

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