The weather here is very similar to GA – muggy and hot. We are watching the athletes very carefully to make sure that they are staying hydrated and coated in sunscreen. We don’t have a readily available source for Gatorade or Powerade, though Anna and Sheaffer finally found one bottle of Powerade at a small store. Heather got to meet the Orsova team doctor today when she became dizzy and nauseated while doing weights. She had only eaten cereal for breakfast, had gotten very hot and a bit sunburned while paddling, and had completely overheated in the weight room. The doctor gave her some sugar water to drink and told her to take a cool shower and rest. She did as instructed and was feeling much better after her nap.
LCKC athletes waiting on the cruise to start
Coach Zebet had arranged for a driver to take Susan and I on a tour of a nearby town. I wasn’t able to go as I wasn’t comfortable leaving when Heather wasn’t feeling well, so Holly went in my place. The town they went to had everything named after various gods and goddesses, and featured a very large statue of Hercules. They also got to visit a fountain that had wonderfully pure, cold water to drink, and pools that were mineral springs heated by thermal vents.
Susan took a lot of photos of the statues and architecture, but also took a great photo of a cow. The kids have discussed various ways that we might catch and eat said cow, as beef is not a meat that is eaten a lot in this area of Romania. I think we all finally agreed that all we needed was a fork, knife, salt and a Bic lighter, and we could eat the whole thing, hooves and horns included. LOL Parents, please plan on taking your athlete to Longhorn or Outback on the way home from the airport. (Editors note: I considered calling this Blog entry "Beef - It's What's GONNA be for dinner!" but I chickened (sic) out of it.)
The Stern Taskmaster takes time out from whipping the team into shape to pose for a moment.
The RO boys have no practices until Monday, but Sheaffer is having the LCKC boys continue with their practice. He wants to be sure that they don’t suffer any loss of speed due to the slow first week. None of us had realized just how hard it would be to get over the jet lag and altitude adjustment. The girls have the afternoon off, but will resume practice with Coach Bebe tomorrow morning. Even with free time, athletes are required to rest from 2 to 4. The kids grumble some, but I don’t think they really mind.
I don’t know if y’all have heard about how mean I’ve become, but apparently I am right up there with Attila the Hun. I have limited the kids time on the club computers to 30 minutes a day, not including the time they spend skypeing their parents (which can’t be done on the club’s machines, anyway). The club only has 5 working computers and there are over 50 athletes waiting to use them. When one of our kids shows an interest in the computers, the RO athletes get up and give them the machine. I hate to admit it, but our kids have been taking advantage of this, which is why I mandated the time limit.
Take care,
Marcy
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