It’s Sunday night and I have just had a cold shower. The fan is on and it is still roasting hot. It’s supposed to be winter. Where I was in Houston today it was 30 plus degrees. It’s awesome weather but it sucks when you have to play rugby in it.
I’m heading back to NZ tomorrow so I thought I’d catch you guys up on what’s been going on.
I’m totally settled in at Zup’s house. My room is sweet and I really love it.
This week we’ve been going to the gym everyday and then pushing in the evening. My body isn’t quite used to all this training so it’s been tough. The other night we had already done about 5 miles, it was dark outside, cold and I was feeling the pinch. I made the mistake of telling Zup how I was feeling so he took me on an extra 2 mile detour around the neighbourhood (wanker). At first it was sweet cause it was all downhill but then I realised I’d have to push back up those dam hills on the way back. Shit I got angry cause I was so tired and here I was busting my ass. But that was good cause I got up those hills in no time. I used the anger to energise me. I was going to throw my toys out of the cot when we got home but then I didn’t want to give Zup the satisfaction on knowing I was struggling. So when he asked how I was feeling I told him “sweet bro.”
I like training twice a day and I’m looking forward to the changes my body will make….Mark knows what he’s doing and it’s really cool to do it with someone else. Like when we push, if we were on our own the pace is slower. We average 8 miles an hour when we push…it’s a good pace man.
Other than that I be doing jack shit.
I had a tournament in Houston this weekend and to be honest there’s not much to say. The teams we played were div 2 and 3 so the competition wasn’t strong. Texas Stampede gave us a run for our money but we closed it out by 5. The heat was oppressive and I was feeling the pinch for sure. Plus the court wasn’t wooden so it was like pushing on carpet. But it was awesome to work on our combo’s and iron out our plays.
We’re in a really strong section and if we want to go to Nationals in April we will have to be at our best. Only the top 4 form our section are eligible and we have a lot more work to do before we can to confident.
On Saturday night we went out to a Greek/American restaurant and had a wicked meal, it was so good. Then we headed to this little bar down the street for a few beers. The bar was pretty small and when you go out with Zup it’s never long before someone recognises him and starts talking away….its a good way to get drinks paid for. Anyway we got talking with a few locals and this one fella came out with a gem of a comment. We were talking about what we like to drink blah blah and he goes, “ooo yeah I don’t drink gin aye, cause when I do people always seem to want to punch me in the face.” The other pearler he came out was, “when I get drunk I’m brutally honest in an unsolicited manner.” Since we were playing the next day we had to head back to the hotel but I’m sure it would’ve been a great night had we stayed.
Anyway it’s late and I’m heading back to NZ tomorrow for 10 days before the flight to Japan
Peace and love to you all
CP
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