Day 1: Ducks and Dragons

Day one is drawing to a close; some people are watching a film, Marcus and myself have just been blown away by episode 9 of Game of Thrones (hence the dragons reference in the title) so it's time to reflect and blog on the day.

The day started with us lot (for once) being early and ready to leave ahead of time! Let me assure you this won't be the case tomorrow and for the rest of the week - we are somewhat renowned for being unorganised and disorderly. The day started with a brief meeting which was preceded by some rogue ducks running freely through the STV cafe doors - some light morning entertainment for us.

First business of the day was a session on the push track. A facility that enables us to work on the push start of the sport; the only one in the country. None of us had 'pushed' since February and that was on ice which is pretty different. The last time we'd been in Bath pushing was October so safe to say we were pretty rusty! Ten pushes later though we were all pretty we refamiliarised and unscathed (another first). My first few were pretty ropey and cowardly (not running very far) but the second half of the session was better; it was feeling like I was getting closer to what the coach was asking which is always a positive. 

Post session we needed to cool down which involves some light activity and stretching. This is to help our muscles recover and was especially important to day because it had been so long since we'd ran bent over in the push position (it isn't that comfortable). I also needed to ice my achilles at the back of my ankle because it had become a little sore from the session. All just little reminders that I need to look after myself and that I am not used (yet) to pushing.

Cool down action

After lunch we had a little while to chill so we went to the lake on campus where we were tormented by the ducks! For those of you that don't know I have a phobia of birds and these ducks are ballsy! Everyone else however found it hilarious to the point where I no longer felt safe or relaxed and spent the rest of the time stood up where I could keep my eye on the pesky creatures!!

Maddy being harassed

We had a few other bits and bobs during the afternoon including some sliding science in a classroom. But we finished pretty early and headed back home where we became primary school kids and played frisbee and if you missed you had to go down to one knee, two knees etc etc. It lead to some interesting tekkers!

No idea how Marcus got into this position!

Once we tired of frisbee we did some mobility and yoga to try and ease the muscle soreness that will no doubt rear its ugly head tomorrow! Marcus, Maddy and myself crammed into the lounge and did a couple of Yoga with Adriene's '30 days of yoga' sessions! 

Plenty of space for yoga

Cue dinner time and Maddy made a fab chilli :) then Game of Thrones for Marcus and myself. A pretty good end to a good first day; GOT was an absolute epic of an episode but let's face it it has been a long time coming! We have a double session tomorrow and a workshop - speak soon x