Surfer Girls Kick Ass by Tiffany Manchester

Author:Tiffany Manchester
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BookBaby
Published: 2017-10-03T15:07:53+00:00

CHAPTER

25

Including Kiko, there were four lifeguards on shift and ready for training that morning. With me and Soph, that made six in total. Everyone was a wee bit groggy considering it was only 5:30 in the morning and the sun had barely risen over the horizon. S, on the other hand, had her metaphorical enthusiasm hat on, and was working hard to get everyone else as excited as she was.

‘Everyone! This, as you likely already know, is the legendary Zoe Smith. She’s going to train with us this morning, and hopefully for the next…’ she paused and looked over at me, ‘Zoe, when’s your first event?’

‘Ergh, about eight weeks I think?’

‘Righto gang, so hopefully she’ll stick around for the next eight weeks and we can kick her butt into shape, yeah?’

She was right. I did need my butt kicked into shape, and fast. Two months was not long, and I had a lot of work to do if I wanted to feel prepared for the season.

Two of the lifeguards were men, the other two women. They all looked over at me and smiled, and I was self-conscious as to whether or not they were stoked or bummed to have me join them. But since I was there and it was already happening, and since I had to focus on positive self-talk, the only thing left to do was believe they were stoked.

We did our entire workout barefoot, jogging about a kilometre up the beach where we stopped and did a series of sit-ups, push-ups, and stretches before jogging back to the main lifeguard tower. There, S had us work in teams and do some agility training. I paired up with this guy named Tyler, an older blonde guy maybe in his mid-thirties, who was super fit. He was genuinely nice but also pushed me to my limits, given what I thought my capabilities were. I was able to keep up with everyone, but it wasn’t easy. In fact, I was totally knackered by the end of it all, 90 minutes later.

‘Alright guys, nice job!’ Sophie congratulated us as we collapsed in the sand.

‘As you know, my goal is that we learn from one another in these sessions, so I’ve put up a list of dates and times, and I want each one of you to sign up and lead us through training at least twice.’

One of the girls I hadn’t met yet chimed in, ‘What if we don’t know how to train other people?’

S, with her always-positive mindset was quick to reply, ‘It doesn’t have to be something like we did this morning. You can show us anything you like to do. If yoga’s your game, lead us in yoga. If it’s swimming, or sprints, or dance... whatever you fancy. It’s not a test, it’s a team-building experiment. You are all exceptional people, not just lifeguards, and I want you to demonstrate what you’ve got. But if you want, I’m also okay if you want to team up with someone else for the first session.

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