Stage Day 2

Today was another good stage day with two training sessions. The time of arrival was luckily a bit later than yesterday, namely 10.30 instead of 8.30. That means 2 hours more sleep. I woke up at 8.30 to leave at 9.00. It is an one and a half our drive to Kontich. 

The first training session started at 11.00, in this session we did some attacking exercises like lifting the ball over a defenders stick and we practiced some shots on goal. After we finished playing we had lunch at the club, which was very tasty. Unfortunately, we were not allowed to eat everything 'because it is not good food for an athlethe'. So I could not eat my favourite toppings the "kip-kerrie salad" & the "filet americain". I made myself some bread with cheese, ham, cucumber and tomatoes and  ate pasta as well.

After we had our lunch, there was one and a half hour to rest. Together with some teammates we played a couple of card games. During this time there is also room to visit our team fysio Tessa. Her massages are really good when you are having sour muscles. The resting time passed really fast and then it was already time for another training. We deal with a lot of injuries, in the team, seven girls were not allowed to compete in the session. Their injuries are just small ones, but our staff is careful with them because of the tournament. Therefore we were left with just a small group of girls playing in the last training. Our trainer let us play small games which was fun. To finish off the day we trained a couple of Penalty Corners.

Finally we were finished and it was time to go home. However... I am not going home this time. I am sleeping at a teammates house, she is called Helena and is our keepster. She lives in a city called Themse (never heard of this before). My mom was not able to pick me up because my brother had his graduation. When we arrived at her house the first thing we did was take a warm shower. It was raining the whole day and we were soaking wet. After this her mother made some delicious lasagne. The time goes by so fast and it was already 20.00 when we finished eating. We both were very tired so we just played some games of Uno and then went to bed.

Tomorrow we have our last stage day before Barcelona. We just have one training session instead of two. After that we will have a BBQ with the team and staff. There is also time to take a swim at the club, because they own a swimming pool.

Now I will get some well deserved rest and there will be another update tomorrow.

XXX