Will Clarke - 2 x British National Triathlon Champion and Beijing Olympian » USA http://will-clarke.com Will Clarke - 2 x British National Triathlon Champion and Beijing Olympian Sat, 07 Jan 2012 02:44:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 en hourly 1 Another day to burn http://will-clarke.com/another-day-to-burn/ http://will-clarke.com/another-day-to-burn/#comments Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:49:06 +0000 Will http://will-clarke.com/?p=160 This time in 24 hours we will be ready to rock and roll again! I’m looking forward to it albeit slightly nervous about getting the result I want to get – - but being in a great city like this distracts you and in a way makes it easier to get the job done and enjoy the trip rather then clock watching in my hotel room. Clare has left me for half the day shopping as well which is great as I can get down to watching that last episode of The Inbetweeners :)

Yesterday we went to the Natural History Museum… One of the only things to do around here that is FREE!!! A bit of a diamond connoisseur after buying Clares engagement ring recently, I can now appreciate how expensive and amazing diamonds are… I couldn’t believe some of the gems I saw in the museum, including the Hope Diamond below:

I look forward to updating you tomorrow.  Hopefully with good news…

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The journey was relatively painless to be honest, I had a good night sleep and here I am! Absolutely loving it so far, Washington DC seems especially good! For America, everything seems really close together so it saves us hiring a car to get about. We are staying in the Grand Hyatt right in Downtown DC. I went for an extremely historic run this morning. Thanks to all the tourist attractions being cramped into a 1 mile radius from our hotel, I took in probably the most sites ever on one run! Apparently Washington has 16.5 million tourists every year – and I can see why! White house, capitol hill, reflecting pool, national archives, history museum, war memorials, the mall and some far 1 minute efforts using Washington Monument as my loop :)

It is so expensive though…phew! Eating out 3 times a day is not cheap anyway… and especially not here. The Bell boy also wasn’t impressed when I tipped him 75 Cents for taking up 2 bike bags and 2 heavy bags! I looked in the manual after he left and it said the recommended amount is $1.50 per bag!  NEVER GONNA HAPPEN!

Feeling pretty good though, run was swift this morning and did some good 50’s in the pool! I hope it all comes together this weekend. I’m going to be nice and rested for this one so will be good to see what I can do… It’s all experimenting this year ;)

Really have to go, Im meeting Barack in Starbucks, I hope he doesn’t bring his lap top…

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