18 sessions in 6 days!

Our first week here was pretty full on training wise which of course is a good thing but when we planned to have Saturday off as we were meeting Liz and Phil on Friday night we had already done 18 sessions in 6 days! Then on Friday we had a paddle first thing in the morning then felt like zombies plus we had promised our selves we had to do a 30 min interval run 2 mins hard 2 mins less hard! Then we went straight from that to a body balance class which is just loads of stretching and we barely had the energy to to do that. So we crawled back home ate lunch and went to bed! We then met up with Liz and Phil in the awesome Pizza restaurant called The Oaks. Not long after we had Sat down this guy came over to me and asked if I was a rower because of the size of my arms!!!! I said I use to be but I used my arms too much instead of my legs so I had to change sports. Then Liz jumped in and said feel my arms i'm a rower!! Very amusing even though reality struck that I am turning into a hulk! See hulkism below with little lovely Lucy with whom we are staying with and is like a second mum to us. We love you Lucy! (sorry if I'm a bit scary!)

At the weekend we went to watch Northern Beaches Canoe Club in a regatta in Penrith where they held the Sydney Olympics rowing and kayaking events. When we turned up Duffy the coach told us GB were there and sure enough they had entered six of their top women who we had met during our stay at Nottingham. We watch their K4 race seen here below:

Here they weren't doing too well and came last but their K2 did really well although we missed

that race. Northern Beaches also did great although in training this morning the coach had a go at them and said she noticed after most of their races they were able to talk way too soon which of course meant they weren't trying hard enough which has to change in time for the biggest race of the season, The Australian National Championships which are in 3 weeks time!

"You need to learn pain" in Duffys words!

Below two of the boys from Northern Beaches Kayak club after their k2 race.

This weekend we also visited Wentworth Falls in the Blue Mountains which was absolutely stunning.

We trained some more on the beautiful lake and visited our very cute, cheeky cousins! Antonia loved having that overly large stick insect in her hair!!!