My legs are killing me.

Today I drove up to Niigata to meet with teh boys of Niigata ALT FC for our final training session before the Nagano Tournament next weekend. It was a pretty light session, some work on control and shooting, but with temperatures at 31° C it was pretty tiring. I found it particularly hard because last night I trained with Kawaji FC for two hours and then went out on a big night out in Tokamachi, so I hadn't realy rested properly before today. With teh drive back from Niigata, my legs have become pretty stiff, so I've been stretching lots since I got back. I think this week I'll train hard til Thursday, avoid alchohol and coffee and try drink more water. I expect the weather in Nagano will be as hot was this weekend so keeping hydrated will be a big help.

Last night I stayed in Tokamachi. After training with Kawaji FC I meet Debs, Mel and Keiko in the Pool Bar. We played a few games of pool before Mel and Keiko got too tired and headed home. Debs and I played a bit of darts before heading to Nate's Mate's Bar for hip-hop night. The bar is quite small, but pretty friendly. When I walked in a lass came up to me straight away and asked if I remembered her. It took me a while, but then I remembered she was teh lass who turns up to watch Kawaji FC play. There havenlt been any matches since the earthquake so it's been ages since I've seen her. We used to talk when I was waiting on the sidelines.

It was pretty cool seeing her again. Along with playing footy with Kawji, it makes another piece of the Japan I had before the earthquake. So things are slowly getting back to 'normal'.