A regular morning here at the house, however we were meeting at the Foyle Arena where our gym is, instead  of meeting at the dressing rooms because of the Foyle Cup. So on arrival we were straight into our gym work and then we did our mobility and injury prevention work, before we headed out across the road to the temporary training ground we were using this week.

The weather had dawned nicely and was still warm and the sun shone every now and then. I enjoyed the session today as it was more technical and there were educational aspects as well as tactical aspects in functional work, instead of just simply playing possession. We then went into an 11v11 game to assist in the teams preparations for Bohemians this weekend. We played about 20 minutes before we took a water break. As we took our water break, ominous dark dark clouds were gathering and heading towards us. We got in another 2 minutes after the water break before the manager called it off. So we headed back to the gym. Training wouldn’t usually be called off because of the weather, but we weren’t at the regular training ground or changing rooms. We cooled down and showered at the Arena and were all done by 12.30. I did manage to have a brief chat with the manager and he expressed to me that I was training well, which was nice to hear. He also shared with me that he is still looking for options for me. So for now I just keep training! 

6 of us headed off for lunch in town, and then sat at a coffee shop for an hour and chatted. We headed home eventually and enjoyed a lazy evening at the house. European Champions League qualifying has been going on and a team from the League of Ireland, Dundalk were playing. So we found a stream and managed to watch that.