Sunday 11th March 2012
After the disappointment of losing 7-6 in the third yesterday Dave bounced back well today with a good training session and a chance to compete in the doubles main draw tomorrow after they made the cut but he hardest part of the day was actually trying to leave the hotel!
I left early this morning to watch some of the Men’s last round qualifying matches and the Women’s $10k 1st round qualifying matches while Dave had a bit of a lie in to rest his leg. That however caused a lot of problems as by the time Dave and Tom Allen were ready to leave the hotel the Bath Half Marathon had started and the road that the hotel was on was closed until 3pm. Dave was straight on the phone to me but after hearing my “You’re going to have to walk here!” response he decided to ignore the “Road Closed” signs and make a dash for it. Luckily they didn’t meet any of the runners and arrived at the centre just after 11am!
After being told that Dave and Oli had got into the doubles Dave saw the physio and was given the all clear to train so they both trained in court for two really good 30 minute sessions. During the break between the sessions Dave went into the gym to go through his core programme and also went through his foam roller stretching to keep his Quads loose.
Bath Men's $15k Doubles draw
We didn’t want to do too much today and overload Dave’s legs after yesterday so we spent the rest of the day watching the last round qualifying matches while discussing the areas of Dave’s game that need to be improved so that he is not only qualifying in the events but also winning rounds in the main draw.
After we had watched enough it was back into the gym to do a light session on the bike and then Dave went through a really good 45 minutes foam rolling and stretching to end his day. It’s so motivating to be in a gym like the one at the tennis centre at Bath where there are athletes from many different sports who are not only competing nationally and internationally but also athletes that are competing in the Olympics in London this year. There are lots of different quotes around the centre but this one caught my eye today:
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For dinner tonight Dave went out with the guys from Chiswick while I joined Lewis Burton and Neil Pauffley for another dinner in Nando’s!! If it hadn’t been for wanting to catch up with Lewis there’s no way I would have been going back, saying that it is growing on me!!
Schedule for tomorrow:
Dave Hodgetts (GBR) & Oli Hudson (GBR) vs Joseph Gill (GBR) & Jonny O’Mara (GBR) – 4th round after 10am (after rest)
