Football matches and gym closures meant that training was seriously dented this week. I trained on Sunday and Monday then had a break until Friday which was very frustrating. The Friday session was, however, a great one.
The lido opened at the beginning of May and so i ran from the house to the Lido (works out at 4.2km) did my swim (10 sets of 200m) then a run home. Took it nice and easy on the runs and the swim was great. The water was incredible and the weather fine.
Felt good to do a proper session after a couple of days forced out. The football reference is the Champions League semi-final in which Chelsea were frankly robbed. The referee was to quote an angry Ivorian "...a disgrace..." i think he may have used an expletive though. Difficult to know what to think, all i can say is that Luca and I were speechless and gutted. Two minutes away and then all taken away....an incredible result at the end of an incredible game.
There's always next year eh!
Today was an interesting day - the Cougars were in a tournament at a local school. We've not had a get together in a couple of weeks which was deliberate after the end of season emotions. Anyway we played in the league format, games were 10minutes straight through. We won 3, drew 3 and lost 1. We struggled to impose our game in the short period. Normal matches are 30minutes and we are a side that starts slow but has power and fitness to keep playing the same way and get the result. We are also very stroing in defence areas. Today we struggled though. A return to Saturday training should see some cohesion returned and some zip and enthusiasm to the boys.
Have to remember that this is under 9's though!
