Where You Never Stop Sweating!

Written by Liz Maloney

Thursday, 09 October 2008

I was really excited to go to Cyprus, a popular European vacation destination off the coast of Greece. Cyprus was beautiful, and let me tell you it was hot!  It's so hot in Cyprus that they stop the tournament in the middle of the day and continue it later in the evening! Luckily, Kara and I came well prepared.  We had spent a couple of months beforehand using the Infrared Sauna at Inspired Life in Toronto preparing us for the heat and we kept ourselves hydrated so that we could still perform when we needed to.       After winning our first 2 matches, we earned a morning off.  So, we took the opportunity to visit some ancient ruins in downtown Pafos.  They were absolutely beautiful, but it was hard to appreciate given the heat.  After even 5 minutes of walking, we became so uncomfortable and sweaty from being in the sun . . . even our legs were sweating! Lucky for us, we were right on the Mediterranean so we could go in the water whenever we wanted to cool down.  We were also pretty fortunate to stay in a beautiful spa hotel (with outstanding free meals!) since we were in the 'main draw'' of the tournament.  To make the Cyprus trip even better we came in 5th! I can't wait for our next international tournament!

 

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