Wednesday, August 06, 2008

BIG CHANGE OF SCENERY & CLIMATE

After 6 weeks of training int he beautiful mountains of Switzerland we have completed (nearly) our move to Abu Dhabi to begin a new chapter in our lives. School has started nicely with a great group of teachers that are also new to the school, a well planned and productive orientation.

Training has been interesting thus far. A bike yesterday morning went fine...completely flat with 'light' traffic. The traffic looks like it may be fine, the issue will be the temperature right now. We walked out of the airport at midnight to 38 degrees and 70%humidity. By morning the temperature had cooled to 38! A 2 1/2 hour run this morning was a nightmare but I will take another shot at that on Sunday. I am heading for the pool now for a swim as I turned the chillers on yesterday so hopefully I won't be swimming in a hot tub! On Friday I am going to hit the trainer for a couple hours then meet the local cycling club for a few more hours.

Should prove to be an interesting couple weeks leading up to IMC!

Cheers for now.
Kevin