First up, let me apologise for the lack of blogging lately. But I promise to try and be a more active blogger from now on...So I have been here for almost a week and the training has been going really well. Brett (Sutton) arrived back on Tuesday and things started to pick up a bit. I welcomed the increase in training and focus having recovered from the trip (or so I thought).
We pretty quickly got into the routine of training. Generally the routine is a 2-3hour session at 7am, a short break, then a 20min ride to the pool for a 3-4km swim session at 10h30 after which we head back to rest and eat for a few hours. In the afternoon we head out for another session of 2-3hrs before finding some dinner and going to bed. And then we wake up the next day and repeat it all again. What we do in the sessions varies depending on the focus for the day, but Brett is not shy to give us two hard sessions in one day, and often in the same discipline (cycle or run). It is great to be able to test yourself and see how quickly you recover when all you do is lie around (and watch TV) between sessions. I have been able to handle much more than I would have guessed, and at much higher intensities.
As for the location, it is great! There is never weather which prevents training (although I am not sure Brett believes that exists!) as even when it rains, and it does almost daily, it is warm enough to be quite comfortable and the wind is minimal. I have gotten used to the heat quite quickly so that is no longer a shock when I leave the aircon. The roads are smooth, the track is decent (we run on the track often), the pool is suitable (and outdoors so I am getting a tan) and the general living is comfortable.
As you can see from the photo above, as soon as you leave the bay you are very much in tropical jungle, complete with banana trees, bamboo, massive trees, monkeys and fruit bats the size of hadedas! The roads are quite scenic and I have really enjoyed exploring them, even though they are so few that I know them all well after only 5 days!
So after 5 days of hard training tomorrow we have the day off. Yay! I have made no plans, but the first order of business is to sleep in! I have not been able to sleep in the evenings and only fall asleep around midnight (6pm in SA) and then when my alarm goes off at 6am it feels like midnight (which it is in SA!!). Jetlag sucks. This leaves me very tired for the rest of the day. So tomorrow, I sleep. Then I will explore the area and check in again with some photos of the interesting local sights.
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