Well it has been three weeks since departing Australia and staying here in America. We arrived in La for a 30 hour stop over. The trip started badly for me for I discovered my first... GREY HAIR! Yep, you read correct. I was as devastated as I am sure you all are reading this. Grey hair! I was in the toilet in the airplane and happened to glance in the mirror and saw what looked like a gray hair. I was so devastated I ran out to get Kerrie and Berthy to check and tell me I was wrong... but sadly I was not wrong. Yep Grey hair! ha ha ha ha!!!!! What a laugh. This became my new nick name from the team which thankfully has not stuck. Phew.

We were very fortunate to be able to train at Muscle Beach in LA and then have the after noon out in Hollywood and where else would we go....

Hollywood Boulevard! It was an eye opener. I thoroughly enjoyed my day there looking around at the sites. Now by the sites I don't just mean the buildings and signage but the people too. There were so many characters I didn't dare walk around by myself. But it was a great day. I saw stars on the walk of frame like Sylvester Stallone, Marilyn Monroe, Kenny Rodgers (I got a picture for Mum) and Arnold the Terminator! I also went to the Kodak Theatre where world premiers are held and to where the stars sign the concrete however it was so packed with people I didn't stay too long but still managed to get some great photos!

Shining Stars - Kerrie and Anna Meares

After our stop over we flew to Newark and drove the 2 hours to Trexlertown. We had the usual miss haps traveling like our bus which was booked for us to use when we arrived didn't turn up and we waited 4 hours at the airport for cars before it was sorted out. The boys amused themselves and us during the 4 hours by playing AFL with one of their water bottles. Strangely enough all our luggage and bikes arrived with no hassle at all. Something that doesn't happen to often when the team travels with 1 bag each and about 30-40 boxes of bikes, wheels etc.

When we first arrived it was hot and muggy. About 32 degrees and 93% humidity. It was so hot I couldn't believe it. We used ice towels after training to cool down but they didn't stay cool long. We began to weigh ourselves before and after a session to monitor dehydration only to find I was losing 1-1.5kg in one training session. Some of the boys would lose 3kg in weight. Amazing. So we were drinking like you wouldn't believe to try and retain what we were losing.

Race day came and it was a hot morning. By that evening we had had a storm and it became surprisingly cold. We didn't have enough warm clothes because we knew it was so hot so we didn't pack any. Then after Racing it heated up yet again only to have been wet and cold for the last 4 days of our stay here. The weather certainly changes very quick over here

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