This place is really quiet but last night I had a broken night’s sleep so ended up watching cricket for an hour or so. Breakfast arrived at 7am and is different again today. A serving of pancakes with cream and jam and a smoothie too, morning tea consists of mandarins and a pastry. I can only have a small part of it (one pancake) because our first exercise slot is scheduled for 7.30am until 8.50am and ate the rest of breakfast afterwards.
The menu for lunch and dinner is also here and it looks like I’m going international again…tacos and Japanese mayo and Thai curry. No complaints from me. I’m probably not going to post photos of either.
So lets talk about the exercise system here. Each MIQ facility will be arranged differently and The Sudima has a great setup based on the size of their carpark. It is fenced off from the outside world, and to be honest it wouldn’t be difficult to make a break for freedom. The outside world is a Countdown supermarket and right over the fence is a large café The Coffee Club and that is a problem. The first exercise of the day is impacted by the cooking smells wafting over the fence and the smell of bacon is irresistible…maybe Ardern and Bloomfield should have thought about that when they told us all to be kind!
The carpark is large enough to walk or run circuits and there is also a flight of stairs at one end that increases my options. They provide us with a daily schedule of when our group is allowed to leave our rooms for exercise and the first session of the day is 80 minutes, followed by two shorter sessions of either 30 or 40 minutes, and I have made it my goal to be out and walking for every minute of it. I had been doing plenty of walking while in Sydney (between 12 and 26 km daily depending on the weather) and to be able to continue this while in isolation was both a surprise and a real benefit. This means I can achieve between 10 and 15 km each day and I supplement this by adding sit ups, press ups and prone holds throughout the day.
As I’m writing this I am patiently waiting for the Day 3 Covid test which is the first of two that we receive while in isolation (the second is Day 12). After the second test we are not allowed out of our rooms (i.e. no exercise) and that is for our own protection so that there is no risk of contamination with recent arrivals.
I’m also looking forward to Americas Cup sailing today hopefully for the last time, go ETNZ.
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