{"id":1167,"date":"2018-03-11T14:20:14","date_gmt":"2018-03-11T08:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kokilabenhospital.com\/blog\/?p=1167"},"modified":"2018-03-11T14:20:14","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T08:50:14","slug":"tour-diaries-with-christopher-pedra-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kokilabenhospital.com\/blog\/tour-diaries-with-christopher-pedra-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour Diaries with Christopher Pedra"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Day 1<\/h5>\n<p>It was an early start for all on account of the time difference (we are 5.5 hours ahead of India). I went for a run around the area we are staying in, to try and get a feel for the city. As it turns out, we are very close to the Birmingham Arena where the games will be taking place, literally a 5 minute walk.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"list_imgs\">\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kokilabenhospital.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/image1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/li>\n<li><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kokilabenhospital.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/image4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The area is very built up, but not bad for a short jog or active recovery session, if the weather plays its part. Recovery will be really important this week, as it is during any tournament week, but we&#8217;ve had a few good strategies in place during the build up that should allow up to adapt nicely to a tournament week. Being able to recover as quickly as possible after an exhaustive session (professional women&#8217;s badminton matches last anywhere from 40-80 minutes) requires a bit of active intervention, and not just rest. So we&#8217;ll be using some hydrotherapy, active recovery, massage and one or two other little methods that have been working in training weeks. Nutrition and sleep are obviously very important too, and we&#8217;ve incorporated good strategies here too.<\/p>\n<p>Saina was up early too, but managed to get a bit of an extra sleep in before breakfast. The breakfast at the hotel is great, so will be a good foundation for our nutrition for the week.<\/p>\n<p>As it turned out the practice facility wasn&#8217;t open to players yesterday, so we concentrated on recovery from the travel day, and had a good time in the gym. Saina is a really great athlete, and is a pleasure to work with &#8211; regardless of whether she has done something before, or we need to change things up on account of the environment we&#8217;re in (the gym here is pretty basic), she is able to pick things up early and is always happy to push herself. This is a great quality to have when your performance and health are literally your business. So we had a good mobility and activation session, followed by a bit of a walk.<\/p>\n<p>Dinner was a bit of a combination of a local Turkish restaurant and Sainsbury&#8217;s, but by the end we were happy we&#8217;d had a balanced meal. The weather also took a bit of a turn last night during dinner, so the walk home could be considered active recovery in the cold too!<\/p>\n<p>A bit of soft tissue work before bed and a good sleep should see us ready for the first practice day at the facility &#8211; we&#8217;ve got an hour on court between 12-1pm. Nice timing as it allows us to get a good breakfast and warm up session in before.<\/p>\n<p>Until tomorrow&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 1 It was an early start for all on account of the time difference (we are 5.5 hours ahead of India). 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