Today is the last day for us to be here in Yiwu. Our caravan drivers and coordinator arrive early this afternoon to finalise a few logistical details and pack up all our stuff (there is quite a bit too much we think, oops) before we depart early tomorrow morning. Exciting times indeed. The chat this afternoon should be interesting, and indeed, the whole month, owing to us not speaking Chinese and them not speaking English, hmmm... Hopefully our friends can help us translate things today before we set off and then we'll be using a mixture of our trusty phrasebooks, hand gestures and sign language, and our minimal Chinese (Chinglish) we've picked up in our two years here. I would say I'd keep you posted, however we think we will have no internet access for the month, or thereabouts. So, this post is to say: 'see you in a month's time'! (Sorry Running Schlub, this is a much longer break than last week's hiatus). You can read more about our caravan tour here: http://runningthroughchina.weebly.com/blog/upcoming-caravan-tour
Aaand on to the running part: No run today, however I got back into the strength training that I was advised to give up three weeks prior to the half marathon. This felt surprisingly easy, so now I'm left feeling antsy and keen for some more. (Although all the lugging of luggage in the crazy heat the past two days has surely been a more efficient weight training session anyway.)
I thought I'd share with you a couple of pictures from the beautiful Hangzhou, where I stayed the afternoon before I flew to Australia, oh yes, and also got my pre-race massage there too (which was lovely, but not too strong/firm - firm is definitely my preference, but then again maybe a softer one was a good thing before a race?). I had a massage, then some dinner and a couple of wines, before strolling around West Lake and visiting the night market.
Aaand on to the running part: No run today, however I got back into the strength training that I was advised to give up three weeks prior to the half marathon. This felt surprisingly easy, so now I'm left feeling antsy and keen for some more. (Although all the lugging of luggage in the crazy heat the past two days has surely been a more efficient weight training session anyway.)
I thought I'd share with you a couple of pictures from the beautiful Hangzhou, where I stayed the afternoon before I flew to Australia, oh yes, and also got my pre-race massage there too (which was lovely, but not too strong/firm - firm is definitely my preference, but then again maybe a softer one was a good thing before a race?). I had a massage, then some dinner and a couple of wines, before strolling around West Lake and visiting the night market.
I wish you all an excellent and exciting month ahead!
Happy running everyone and I'll post an update on our travels and trip as soon as I can (probably from our new digs in Inner Mongolia!). Take care and have fun!!
Happy running everyone and I'll post an update on our travels and trip as soon as I can (probably from our new digs in Inner Mongolia!). Take care and have fun!!
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