We had Monday off and therefore I had a day to chill and hang in Sam Roi Yod stress free. This place grows on me every visit. It is so calm and beautiful. Very few tourists, almost none and a long beautiful beach. We had a lovely time with Janelle and her family. I cannot wait to go back.
What a great event! The weather was beautiful, everyone was so happy and supportive, it was well organised, well I do have one suggestion (get rid of weight categories). Saturday was the kids one, and surprise to me but Sebastian is keen to give it a go next time. This would be great. My race was on Sunday and I was super nervous. But I dug deep and somehow managed a third place (the first person was 21 years old and third was 18, I was happy with that)! I also realised that a bike makes such a huge difference. This time I borrowed a fairly old bike and next to some of these machines I felt slightly disadvantaged. I actually think they should have bike categories rather than weight.
A year ago since my first team triathlon. One that ended in me arguing for ages about our first place win being stolen away from us. This year we are back, but this time I am doing it alone. We are staying at Dolphin Bay, a place that I love more and more every time we come. It is so calm, no tourists and just feels so easy. The big race is tomorrow. I am just hoping to finish as have a foot injury. Oh and it is based on weight categories rather than age. This is a crazy way to do things. In 4kilo brackets. On Thursday I was right in the middle of my bracket, today I am over. So who knows, I might even be disqualified tomorrow!
Well I guess she in now Tokyo Kim but I knew her as the British School in Phuket Kim. I have not seen her since I was big and pregnant. It was a great reunion, she is loving life in Japan. In fact, bought a place, learning the language and a famous Raman reviewer. She is so fun and happily joined in to play some Euchure at our monthly meet ups.
A great hump day with a team meeting at Charlie Brown's Mexican and then off to Tony's Italian for a family dinner. It is hard to convince Sebastian to go for a meal during the week, so it was a special treat.
I am positive that since I have started this blog I have never taken so little photos over the weekend. And it should have loads. We were meant to go to our staff party Friday (we did not) and Jacqui and the kids were here from Taipei. But as it turns out, I think I was lying in bed by 8pm all weekend. Sebastian loved seeing Quinlan and Fiadyh, they spent Saturday and Sunday all day at a pool. We even got a little ice skating in with them on Satruday.
With David in Bangladesh we stepped in to prepare Nadia's birthday celebrations. We decided on a combination of our favourite things - Mexican and sushi. A nacho platter to start followed by sushi, oh and Dairy Queen cake of course. Sebastian was coached by Zemi in the art of Minecraft building and Saba filled us in on all the school drama. We had a great evenig celebrating the wonderful Nadia.
