Lanzarote Training Camp (Club La Santa, 2nd-9th June)

 

Alice
Amelia
Arthur
Bill
Carol
Carol
Dave
Derek
Gordon
Janet
Ken
Lynda
Malc
Nasty
Rachel
Rich
Sarah
Stev

(Apologies to one or two for the poor pics - I did my best with what I had to work from!)

Based on comments from people afterwards:                             

Some of the things that were good were....

  • volleyball

  • perfect weather

  • pool bar

  • beach barbecue

  • not having to share with Steve

    		• And some that were perhaps not so good....

  • having to dance on my own at the barbecue

  • bars shut too early

  • not enough sprint sessions

  • not enough distance sessions(!!)

  • having to share with Steve

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    Pool with a view
    Getting ready for the first session

    Alice enjoying a bit of kick
    Steve posing


    Gordon gets ready for....


    .....a bit of badminton

    Rich finishes the half marathon in 3rd (and last) place
    .... while others have a more relaxing morning

    Alice and Sarah's room...on a good day
    Erm, not sure what this one's supposed to be

    Alice prepares to give it some stick
    Team photo after getting hammered by the Danes

    Setting off on the rough off-road ride to Famara
    Drying out at Famara after body surfing

    Teeing off on the 17th hole
    ...before finishing off in less conventional style

    Team transition in the mini-marathon
    Steve's transition

    Then playing to the cameras when he finally got going again
    Nigel brings the team home

    Steve posing for the cameras..... again
    Another evening in the Pool Bar

    More of the same.....
    ....while watching the sunset

    Last night in the Square
    Opening the cake

    And finally, who could this possibly be, talking about himself in Dostoevsky's classic Crime and Punishment: "I faff too much, however. That's why I don't do anything, because I faff. However, maybe it's like this: I faff because I don't do anything. I've learned to faff over this last month, lying in a corner day in day out thinking about . . . cuckooland." *

     

     

     

     

     * Ok, Dostoevsky might have used "dream" instead of "faff", but I'm sure he would have used faff it the word had existed at the time.