Next Stop Europe

Sunday, May 5th.

No turning back. This morning I finished packing, logged a physical therapy session, had a light solo session, and drove to Stewart International Airport, NY. After successfully dodging an overweight baggage charge (perhaps 4 pairs of squash shoes is too many?), I am safely aboard Norwegian International Airlines flight no: D81762, to Dublin, Ireland. I just started reading Trinity College Squash Coach Paul Assaiante’s Run To The Roar. As a player in the College Squash Association, and a long-time witness to the perennial dominance of Trinity’s squash program, the book is a page turner. Paul’s description of the ratio of practice to competition faced by many athletes is particularly interesting.

“When a child begins a sport, the ratio is about 30 percent to 70 percent; as the child matures in the sport, that ratio is slowly flipped until at the elite levels it reaches 99 to 1”

Stewart Airport is tiny

The smooth smoothie was a solid 2/10, nice and chalky

No sleep, here we go