It's been a busy, tiring and exhausting day.

For our morning session, we did a 20 minute piece at 2k + 20, and then 6 x 250m to practice the starting 500, third 500 and final 500 of a 2k race. I felt good, hitting all of my splits.

After a short break, we went to the Edgar Center which is a large indoor sports hall. This was our third time playing with mentally handicapped children. The experience has been one of the best parts of the trip, seeing the joy the kids get out of a simple game of basketball is incredible. My favorite moment was when a mentally handicapped child helped a girl, who was in a wheelchair and even more disabled than her, score a basket. It was quite touching.

We then went to Baldwin Street, the steepest residential street in the world. It's only a couple minutes away from where we are living. We had a bike with us, so I tried biking up it. I couldn't get it even after 4 or 5 attempts. I think I'll come back to try again, it was a fun challenge.

Then it was time for the afternoon practice. We did a full race warmup and then a 1500m, 1000m and 500m   workout at race pace on dynamic ergs. I hit my splits for the 1500 and the 500 but I missed them on the 1000m. I still feel good, if I can hold my splits for 1500m, I should be able to hold them for 2k being well-rested and with a taper.

Now I'm finally in bed and ready to go to bed. Even though I've been getting 9 hours of sleep, I still feel as if I need more.