Was my first blog really just two weeks ago, when our World Cup dream was fresh out the oven and supermarket trolleys were being loaded with Peroni’s and 2-4-1 burgers? 15 days later and all we’re left with are stale buns and warm beer.
**Cue familiar dull ache at another premature exit from a major tournament.**
I can’t wait to get out onto the pitch this week though. Pre season starts soon so the squad has to shape up pretty fast otherwise those shuttle runs will be mightily painful against those ever-so-keen new girls. I blame my generous hosts for the amount of food I have put away this week so I know I’ve got plenty of work to do!
The weather does help the fitness levels in some ways because I can cycle to and from work every day as it’s so glorious outside. I wonder if my fellow cyclists feel 12 years old again like I do, every time I whizz down a hill…
If I can, I’ll get a couple of hours in on the local tennis court, although finding a local club where you don’t need to be a member is my first challenge. And people question why we’ve got no English women competing in the second week of Wimbledon eh?!
Oh, by the way, my new name is Clairetta di Luis – anything to hide my nationality, I’m an ardent Argentina fan now, don’t ya know?
