THE KILLER CALLED DOI SUTHEP
Whenever the Thai National tennis teams trained for an important event such as Asian Games or SEA Games, we often travelled to the northern Thai province of Chiang Mai. Training up in Chiang Mai helped the players by getting them away from the distractions of Bangkok. It was also ideal because of the opportunity it gave us to run up Doi Suthep, the mountain that overlooks Chiang Mai. It’s a daunting run but it always meant that my players were in the best possible shape when competition time came around. Doi Suthep was our endurance building block and I would see the benefits of all the hard work done in Chiang Mai come out in the important matches later. We had two alternative morning runs in Chiang Mai , Either a lap of the city or partway up Doi Suthep. These morning runs were always competitive and although I would be first on the runs at the beginning of our sessions in Chiang Mai, after a week of training the players would be running past me duri...