Day 3 of our stint is now nearly over, and to be honest i just want to get out there and compete as soon as possible!! The period of acclimatisation is doing us all the world of good, but there are times when it feels we're kicking our heels and waiting for something to happen. I've been out in the sun for about 2 hours today, an hour and a half of which was down at the track training, and given that most people are expecting me to come back black just by looking at the sun i've got a bit of work to do when we're eventually let out to play!!
The last comment is made in jest, of course, but it is a sign of how seriously the management team are treating these games as well of the athletes. I don't think i've been involved in any team which was poorly run, but i have to say that this is easily the best run team i've been part of. This includes perhaps the biggest miracle worker on the island in our masseur, Andy Watson. Andy has been working tirelessly pretty much since we got off the plane (the bloody treatment table went missing at the airport), and is averaging around 15-16 treatments PER DAY for our athletes. I've just come down to the computers from a treatment on my quads and calves as i felt a bit of a twinge, and have come out feeling even more battered and bruised but its all good in the long run Andy did say i was the most difficult treatment of the day and the only person to have squealed like a girl, but we'll keep that one quiet shall we... He's doing a tremendous job not only with the massages but also the rehydration strategies which are keeping us all safe from the perils of heatstroke etc over here.
Training was good today as we finally got to use a pit and throwing cages!! Not at the actual stadium, to think that would be ready days before the games is just absurd - rather at an older stadium in Rhodes town. The board was a little precarious (welded in and no plasticine) and its the only pit i've ever seen with grass growing in it as a permanent fixture!! But i had a good workout with the jumping sages of Andy, Di and Chris looking on. Between us we made a bit of progress i think which is good... just looking forward to Tuesday now!!
As for the strange events of the past 24 hours, these include a bizarre 'love triangle' between John, Sarah and Andrew Duncan - John and Andrew have been flirting like you would not believe and i think Sarah is beginning to get suspicious. Also rumoured to have happened was a late night skinny dip involving a few of the younger lads - there was a Riley involved yes, but not me!!! Ben is still hobbling about - he wasn't able to get physio today due to the need to rest up but he's not outwardly showing and signs of being worried about missing events.
Anyways i'm being harrassed for the comp so i'll send you some more rubbish tomorrow...
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