Welcome to the 2009 Trinity Women's Squash Training Trip

Greetings from Mexico!

Day 1: The Eagle has Landed

The Trinity Women's Squash team met at 3 o'clock at Newark airport to depart for their winter training trip to San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Despite some minor bumps in the road, like Alison forgetting her passport and having to overnight it to the airport, we all made it through airport security and on to the plane in one piece. We nearly missed our connecting flight in Houston, all fourteen of us sprinting through the airport only to find out that there was no room in the overhead storage compartments for our squash bags and had to check them plane side. 

The Trinity Women's Squash Team finally landed in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, on January 3rd around 11 o'clock. Arriving at La Loma High Altitude Training Center around midnight, the girls were ready to go to bed. Upon moving into the spacious, luxury apartments the girls were amused by the rules of the facilities. Not only are we not allowed to "visit the knights rooms or vice versa" (we are assuming this means "gentlemen") but also "Serenading, loud singing and obscene language is forbidden". Nour soon realized that her in door voice was more appreciated inside the gates of La Loma. We all had a good laugh about the dorm "restrictions" and went to bed to get a good night sleep before an intense day of training.  

Day 2: Up and At 'Em

The team started off the training trip with a morning practice at the Deportivo 2000 courts, and endurance and core strengthening exercises in the afternoon. Exhausted from all the hard work and the long day of travel the day before, the girls retired pool side to catch the last rays of the setting sun. Sunburned and more exhausted than before, the girls hit the hay early. However a few hooligans may have stayed up late, sitting camp-like around a fire burning heater telling "real life" ghost stories. Emily, Robyn, and Tehani started off their "fireside chats" with fairy tales but this soon turned to ghost stories. Let's just say Andrea will not be sleeping for a couple of nights, regardless of the amount of stuffed animals she brought. While the scary stories were being told, other crazy antics were going on upstairs. As Schuyler and Emery explained the rules of the card game B.S. to Nour, they had no idea what they had gotten themselves into for the rest of the trip.......

Day 3: Catch Your Breath

The second day of training was very challenging for the team, but yet each and every one of them surprised themselves and the coaches (wink, wink Wendy). After grueling morning session at Deportivo of squash and fitness, the girls took to the track. The super fit, super strict, Christopher Gordon, presented the girls with their next fitness test. Chris explained the strenuous sets of sprints to the girls, taking their fatigue to a new level. Regardless of the challenge, lap after lap the girls continued to push themselves through the pain. With the high altitude and burning sun, this was no easy feat. Gaining Chris' respect and losing about five pounds of water weight, the girls were ready to take in some sun (o tomar el sol, we are so bilingual). 

At night, each girl chose a different fitness program offered by the La Loma Club. From the crazy dancing styles of Zumba to Hot Yoga, the girls each chose one to get their fix of fun fitness.

Tonight we will probably watch a movie, now that we have a DVD player, and pass out in the apartments seeing as visiting the "kinghts'" rooms is out of the question! Do not fret, the Trinity Women's Squash Team will be regularly posting throughout the day now that we have the blog up and going! Check back for more news and soon pictures!