Wednesday 21st August 2013
After training, travelling and competing for the last 10 days Alex decided he wanted to rest today and then start his preparation for the event in Tobago on Thursday.
While Alex had a lie in I woke early and started to get stuck into emailing and updating the website with new pictures, a revised schedule and planning next year. We then met for breakfast at 9am and following that we headed over to the courts to watch some of the singles ¼ finals.
Alex stayed at the club for most of the day while I returned to soak my foot in vinegar for another 2 hours while continuing with admin work for our upcoming training block in September and the trip to Sri Lanka in October.
After having lunch together at the hotel Alex and Stefan went back to the club for the continuation of Stefan’s rain interrupted singles match. Stefan was 5-2 up in the first set but a shoulder injury during the opening games meant that he had to serve underarm and that played a big part in his 7-5, 6-1 loss.
Late in the afternoon I took to the road for another 6.5 mile run and even though my foot was still painful from the sea urchin spines, I managed to knock a minute off my time from Monday so I was rather pleased with that. At the moment I’m stuck on £150 raised for Make-A-Wish Foundation so if anyone can sponsor me and help some very sick children I would be very grateful (www.justgiving.com/robsGNR2013).
We had dinner this evening at the hotel and my lemon chicken skewers with jasmine rice was extremely nice! After dinner we watched the end of ‘The Impossible’ and then Mia joined us for the start of ‘Coach Carter’. It was then an early night for everyone to get ready for a full training day tomorrow.
