Kenyan Training - 12 Nov 2009

Jambo,

I am currently away on holiday in Kenya but just wanted to say thank you all for the continued sponsorship. It is doing really so well and I can not thank you enough.

So 2 parts of this has to be my about my fitness and the holiday, as the internet connection here is so slow I wont have time to put much down!

Firstly the holiday is great. Its baking hot, we had a great 4 days on safari (saw 4 of the big 5 in the first 2 hours but missed out on a rhino!) and now we are chilling (is it possible when its 32 degrees in the shade with no wind) at the hotel.

Fitness wise, I listened to my friend Matt (ex physio for Derbyshire Cricket Club) and I did not run for 3 weeks (which was really hard to do). I did a bit of swimming firstly here then decided to give running on the beach a go (getting hounded by people trying to sell cheap local goods or trying to sell you a dodgy safari), before heading off to safari. At one of the lodges on safari I went on the worst running machine however it had the best view of a watering hole but the machine kept slipping and the speed kept going down from the max of 16.1 km per hour to 12 – what use it that with fitness training!

Then when I got back to the hotel I thought Id try the beach again and after this a local guy said do I fancy going for a run around the streets of Mombasa instead! I said yes and I have now been out twice with 2 Kenyan guys, Matthew and William. It is a bit of fun (very very hot running for 40 minutes in this heat) and I guess they are just hoping for my running trainers or socks, which seem priceless to the locals here!

Anyway, Im off back sunbathing now before another 3 course meal and all inclusive drinks – hard life I know!