While her smiling compatriot is sucking face with her boyfriend on the tennis courts of Mallorca, JJ's putting in the solitary hard time in Mexico, training for the upcoming season.
You know how we say the tennis season is a marathon? Yeah, JJ seems to be taking that literally:
Given the fact she will be defending her number one WTA rankings
position in 2009, Jankovic will need to be in pristine physical
condition. To aid her in the process, Jelena is accompanied in San Luis
by former Mexican marathon runner German Silva.
- “The training process is rigorous and it contains many different exercises which are devised to increase strength, stamina and speed. I run a few kilometres every day and since I find it the most difficult of all tests, the coach has found me company – marathon runner German Silva. He has an outstanding record in marathon races around the globe. He came sixth in the Olympic marathon in 1996, and he has won the New York marathon two times – in 1994 and 1995. We run together and it’s somewhat easier with someone at my side,” Jelena reports from the training camp of US swimmer Michael Phelps.
- “The training process is rigorous and it contains many different exercises which are devised to increase strength, stamina and speed. I run a few kilometres every day and since I find it the most difficult of all tests, the coach has found me company – marathon runner German Silva. He has an outstanding record in marathon races around the globe. He came sixth in the Olympic marathon in 1996, and he has won the New York marathon two times – in 1994 and 1995. We run together and it’s somewhat easier with someone at my side,” Jelena reports from the training camp of US swimmer Michael Phelps.
Nice to see she's working on her fitness. But what part of her fitness regime requires her to go running with elves:
She looks like a giant!
But don't worry. It hasn't been all work and no play for our glittery #1. She took some vacation time off to spend with her hunky beau too:
“Pristine sandy beaches, exotic surroundings and the people I love near
me are quite enough to recharge my batteries for the new challenges.
Mango juice, early morning coffees, beach strolls are all the little
things that make me happy and relieve of pressure we tennis players are
under. Now I’ve had to put it all behind me.” Said Jelena Jankovic
about the holidays she spent with her boyfriend Mladjan Janovic.
