Ain't No Rest for the Wicked

That's what my strength coach, Cam said to me yesterday...is that ever true! I've been crazy lately! Juggling training and rehab is a full time job! The strength has been awesome though. Very good decision. Although it's a painful one too! Bending down is just not an option as of late! haha Everything else is coming along nicely. Including a bit of running! By bit I really mean bit...6x1 min! But it's a big step in the right direction!

Speaking of a step in the right direction...Canada is putting it's mark in ITU racing again!! Des Moines was an exciting weekend of racing with Simon winning, Lauren on the podium and 2 teams in the top 5 at team World Champs! (3rd and 5th if you didnt already check the results! :) I was just buzzing on Saturday with the results of our team and my aussie friends and my success with running...it was a great day!

As for my back...things are steadily progressing...well not really...it's simple...it just never hurts! :) whats progressing is the volume of my training :) a little slower than i had hoped but nothing wrong with safe i guess!

Not much else to update, I'm sorry they've been a bit few and far between but I DO have an excuse...I've spent every free moment readin the twilight books! hahaha I never said it was a good excuse!! ut now that I have finished the series I'm sure the updates will resume! :)

I guess it's about time for an update! Things have been going excellent! I told my coach like night "I'm healed!!" and he quickly brought me back to earth (iii say he burst my bubble :) and came back with "no you are a-sympotmatic, NOT healed" hahaha ok so I am "a-symptomatic" but it still feels great! I am getting in a bit more training and the best part is my daily strength program! Everyday I swim 3k with the NTC then quickly head over to PISE for 1hr of strength with Cam and then off to chiro or massage at 11 and then a 30min water run and a 1hr bike! So things are progressing nicely! I'm at 5 weeks now so we are almost there!

Tonight is my little sisters graduation! I am so proud and very excited to see her walk across the stage! She is all glammed up and looking beautiful!

I'm going to be late for swimming now!

Once in a Blue Moon...

...I actually listen to my gut feeling...and I am proud to say I have!
I guess I'll save the french-english dictionary for another time. Coach and I have went with the gut feeling to stay home after all! I am set up here with my doc, chiro, massage therapist, strength coach, nutritionist, sports psych, NTC coaches and of course friends and family (although mom isn't too happy about the ridiculously high grocery and water bills for another month! ;) athletes need extra food and showers!) It really makes sense to take advantage of all of these extremely important people while I am recovering. France would have been really neat but I have to do the smartest thing not the coolest thing! :) Patrick and Phil have been great with helping me out at daily sessions and Chris and I really felt it was important to stick to this strength program for a solid couple weeks. So I will be staying in Canada until the end of July and then I will fly to the Gold Coast to meet up with Chris for a good block of training!! :)

My back is feeling excellent. We are really erring on the side of caution and taking it slow...much to my dismay at some points! It's a lot harder than i thought to be patient while everyone else is out racing!!! But even though it's a struggle I am managing alright. I think I get to ride outdoors tomorrow which with be nice. I have been on the rollers which have been good fun except for today when I was riding while watching the women in Washington...the camera shots were really not very steady and i was getting dizzy and not paying proper attention and rode right off the side! hahaaha too bad i landed on my bad hip..oops! I was just so excited for Moffy! She took her first win today! Also congrats to Lauren and Brent for their performances today, 10th and 12th! The others had a bit of a rough go I heard but there is plenty of racing to come! Also, congrats to Pat's NTC group in Quebec for another strong showing! Kyla won her third national series out of as many races yesterday! And Paula Findlay! She only just started running like this week I believe after being off since febuary and she ran away from everyone and won the elite race! Lots of good Canadian performances to keep me inspired!

Today was Fathers Day and I started the day bright and early watching the mens race while making Dad banana pancakes. Dad was a lucky man and landed himself a Garmin for fathers day! I'm not much into these kinda things but he loves it! He spent the whole day learning all the features...i think i've created a monster!! :)



So! Progressing well, taking it easy....suffering now when i try to get some effort in the pool but it's getting easier by the day! (that being said, i didnt think i was going to make it into shore at Thetis lake the other day, i swear i was swimming on the spot!) Anyways, enough chit chat...its Twillight time for me ;)

Save the French-