Hi Everybody,
Well, today it was back to hard training for everyone. The boys’ training included a mid-day run up to the monastery, and the girls’ practice included some time in team boats. I am not sure which was harder.
The boys came by the room to get water and to let us know that their practice would be longer today. They wanted to make sure that their lunch was not subject to the ‘10 minute rule’. Of course, that rule does not apply when someone is late because of training, so I guess they were just making sure we knew they were training. The run was timed and it was brutal. The sun was very bright and hot, and the boys were doing their best to get respectable times. Sheaffer and Tanner were the first finished, and they were absolutely wiped out. Neither could eat for some time after they got back. Considering that yesterday’s lunch included their favorite - breaded chicken cutlets - that really says how exhausting the run was.
As to the team boats, y’all may not all be aware that two of our girls, who are great friends off the water, are not friends at all in a team boat. Heather and Holly just don’t get along in team boats and never have. They are, however, making a supreme effort to get along here so that they don’t embarrass Claudiu or themselves. Susan and I can each tell you that it took a lot of effort on each girl’s part not to fall into their old habit of squabbling on the water. The team boat practice was hard, and all the girls were very tired when it was over. They were not so tired, however, that they couldn’t eagerly count down the minutes until Anna was 10 minutes late. Anna foiled them however, by arriving exactly 30 seconds before the 10 minute mark. LOL
Given the hard morning workouts, it won’t take much imagination to figure out how the kids spent the rest period. Yep, snoozing soundly. Neither heat nor noise seemed to bother any of them. Susan and I went out for a bit, and arrived back just as the girls were due at practice. When we saw that none were downstairs, we hurried to our room to check on them. There, we found 3 Sleeping Beauties, snoring peacefully. They jumped up and got ready for practice in a flash, and made it downstairs just before the other girls headed to the docks.
After supper last night, the kids took turns Skypeing family back home. Over the past few days, these conversations have become more like team events than private conversations. I try to clear the room so each person can have some privacy, but their fellow team members want to make sure that they are telling the stories “correctly,” so they tend to try to stay in the room. Now that we can Skype in the meeting room, we aren’t using the headphones as much and everyone seems to feel free to comment on the conversation. So far, none of the parents seem to be offended or upset by this, but I hope they will let me know if they want to have a private conversation with their athlete.
Take care,
Marcy
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