THIS IS HOW WE DO IT BABY! AARRRH I almost almost lost it...  completely when we had consecutive days of rain...and I mean butt cold rain! Sadly that's how had to do most of our training..trainers not even rollers to keep you focused. This is my teammate Guilia Lazzerini, she was on the team last year ....she is great ;o) and so is her english speaking abilities...that comes in handy when you are ready to loose your marbles! It was incredibly hard to spend several weeks without my "normal" life.  At home, rain or shine, I have my own car, my own routine, alone time, etc. Here I have none of that, aside of the cultural differences the most difficult thing is let go of what you know as self and have to re configure to something completely new, adjust, adapt, survive.....