We have now been in sunny Phuket just under a week, and loving it (just in case that was not clear!) Since the last update we have had our first Thai massage, first of many i hope but we have stil not got the sun cream or been to a beach! Wed morning this week is a sea swim so we will at least get to have a paddle.
We are very much into a routine already....alarm goes off 5.30am, coffee, breakfast, train, eat, sleep, train, etc tri-athletes bed time is about 9-9.30pm rock n roll!!!!
Over the past few days we have done lots of biking and swimming. Saturday i had to hung on to the wheel in front of me for dear life to ensure i was not dropped on the "animal" bike ride. We did the first 40km as a team of 7 speeding along at an average of approx 40kmph. The second 30km my heart rate was allowed to drop by a few beats, i was riding with Thomas another ex German Ironman, the fast boys rode off into the sun!! For the 70k spin we averaged 37kmph, we would be done for speeding at home for that!
Sat evening was a swim session, nice easy cool down session after the effort on the bike in the morning we thought, oh how wrong we were........!!! It was a "Zack Attack" swim set (Jurgen Zack is the name of the ex pro). Basically it was a set of sprinting flat out, add to that your legs are tied togeather with rubber for some of the sets (to ensure no one gets the wrong idea the rubber is a bike inner tube around your ankles!!!) Add to that i was the slowest swimmer so i got no rest in between the sets! Jurgen moved Ben to swim next to Freddy a pro to test him, i think Jurgen was testing me, would i cry, get out, throw my toys?! Don't wory none of that happened i instead swallowed lots of pool water whilst gasping for breath!!!
Our friend Gift and her family have still been treating us like royalty, dinner out with the family Fri night at a seafood restaurant then dinner at theirs Sat eve, the perfect way to re-fuel.
Sunday, no rest for the wicked a 120km bike ride at a steadier pace 30kmph! Guess what.....more food then more rest then the rugby.
Ben just reminded me we have done a touristy thing, we went to Ton Sai Waterfall, although if i am really honest we finished the 2km walk and i was still wondering where the waterfall was, it was not Niagra lets just say that!!
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