Happy Feet?!

Happy Feet is going to be my mantra for the next 4-8 weeks.... my foot is broken. damn. Well actually it's a stress fracture of my first distal metatarsal of my right foot, and the fracture happened about two months ago- so yay me for running on a broken foot for two months. I found out on Friday from my doctor, and that immediately put an end to my plans to race Kelowna on the sunday. But I get a roll-over entry for next year! Thank-you Kelowna Apple!!

I am leaving in less than 2 days, and I am super excited! Still going to the Whistler Training Camp- where I will once again become a star pool runner (seriously- if this were an olympic sport I would be right up there with Rita and Gabs) I am glad that I will be getting a good evaluation of the injury and that actual coaches (not myself) will be able to tell me how to proceed and get me back on track! Hopefully by early/mid October I will be free of the "Happy Foot" aircast and out of the pool!

Recently I went on a trip to Banff, Alberta with a friend. The scenery was amazing!! The jagged mountains and beautiful valleys were serene! Everything was great except for the mass amounts of tourists. Literally bus-loads of them, taking pictures of everything. We went for a run to see the Hoodoos, and by the time we left there were probably 50+ people on the trail- an amount that I think is huge, but apparently that's hardly any at all!

Photos another night. I am tired!

G'Night

Update

So I've realised that this blog won't be a weekly thing- more like a monthly post... if I remember and get around to it!
Now to the update: I AM BACK TO RUNNING! (finally) It's been two months of physio and frustration for me, but finally I am back to where I was and am ready to race. sorta. Unfortunately, the penticton race had to be cancelled, but on the 22nd I am doing the Kelowna Apple... here's to hot weather and fun times! My training schedule isn't what I would like to be, with my slow approach back to running- but I've started back up with weekly early wed. morning hard runs with a group of awesome ladies. I did it in the fall and my running speed and strength improved greatly- so hopefully fartleks, hill intervals, and more intervals will soon be beneficial and I will no longer feel like dying :)
Something quite exciting is that I am leaving in about 15 days for SFU/Whistler. The varsity xc team has a training camp during the last week of August up in Whistler, and I am stoked to be a part of it! The opportunity for me to finally have proper coaching is great! Even if freshmen don't get to compete for their first year, I think the benefit of team training and proper structure will be a great thing for me, competitions aside.
Contrary to what I said at the beginning of this post, I will update back in a week with a RR of Kelowna and some pics of my hiking trip to Banff!

peace.