{"id":29933,"date":"2019-05-22T08:10:38","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T07:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=29933"},"modified":"2019-05-19T08:53:45","modified_gmt":"2019-05-19T07:53:45","slug":"quad-camp-day-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/05\/quad-camp-day-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Quad Camp Day 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

That\u2019s good news, I think I had a good nights sleep last night. I went to bed at around 10:30 after reading for a while. I don\u2019t remember lying there trying to get to sleep as usual, and the next thing I know, I\u2019m getting up and it 5am. I\u2019m not usually very good at sleeping so a nice long nights sleep like that is notable. What\u2019s more, my legs are nowhere near as sore as they were yesterday and I can exit the van forwards rather than having to reverse out! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time for a snot update too. Judging by the pressure in my sinuses there is still plenty there. It doesn\u2019t seem so willing to come out today though and is quite happy hanging out in my sinuses. That\u2019s an improvement but still a little irritating. What is ejected forcefully from my nostrils isn\u2019t green anymore either. It\u2019s clear with little flecks of blood. It looks though things are improving so you\u2019ll be glad to hear that if they continue to so that this might be the last mention of snot for a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plan for today isn\u2019t much. After a week of racing and training it\u2019s time for a bit of a rest day. Most people are heading off home, the weather is windy and likely to get wet and recovery \/ adaptation time is needed. I\u2019m not sure what I\u2019ll do yet, maybe I\u2019ll just laze around. In fact, as it\u2019s still only 6am I\u2019m going to lie back down for a bit and maybe doze some more, there\u2019s no hurry to do anything so why not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No doubt I\u2019ll get itchy feet at some point during the day. I might go for a walk, or maybe head off somewhere in the van, but that will inevitably end up with me spending money and so far this \u2018holiday\u2019 has been very cheap as other than \u00a34 for a coffee and bacon bap in Porthmadog I\u2019ve spent nothing. It might be nice to get some mobile reception somewhere so that I can catch up with a few things. There is an option to join in with the Dyffryn Conwy Paddlers kayak Time Trial this evening as well. I\u2019m not sure of the details of it yet so will need reception to find that out as well. There\u2019s plenty of time though so I\u2019ll chill for a while first and will update you here later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A day in Conwy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Well, as planned today did indeed turn out to be a chilled day. I hung around at the campsite for a while, had a shower, had a shave and read my book. I then took a nice relaxed drive to Conwy. First stop was Tesco for some supplies. Fresh fruit and fresh croissants along with some chest and throat pastilles and a few other things that took my fancy. I then drove the RSPB Conwy and sat in the van overlooking the river. I had 4G here do was able to catch up with some emails and such like, upload some workouts and best of all have a chat with Anna. She isn\u2019t coming up this weekend which is a shame, but it doesn\u2019t matter as I can always head home on Saturday evening rather than Sunday. I then went into the caf\u00e9 for coffee and cake and hung around there for a while. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I then drive around to the Marina and chilled on the beach there for the rest of the afternoon. The sun was coming out now so things were improving all the time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was in Conwy to meet up with the Dyffryn Conwy Paddlers and join in with their Friday evening Kayak Time Trial. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019d never done it before so wasn\u2019t 100% sure if the route. Luckily I was set off last as James had decided I would be the fastest so I had people to follow. It\u2019s two laps, out and back, started in the shadow of Conwy Castle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I started off at an easy pace as it was supposed to be a bit of a rest day today after a busy week. I also didn\u2019t want to catch those in front too quickly as I needed to see where they were going. I went a little harder on the second lap but was never flat out. I put in a decent time of 36:20 for the 6km course though so was happy with that. It was the fastest time of the evening, and according to James the fastest time this year in fairly difficult conditions. I\u2019ll take that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n