Patience

The spring semester seems to have flown by, yet ironically, this last week of classes feels like it will never end. I have my countdown clock set on my dashboard- at this moment 12 days, 14hr, 04min and 00s until my exams are over! Twelve days, that's it! But twelve days packed with studying and cramming kin, chem, calculus and psych into my brain. Good thing I enjoy studying my kinesiology course. At this point I am ready to go back home and have a nice break from the school scene. I love learning, but after a certain point I get burned out and need some time off to recharge my brain and get it in gear for the next semester. I have registered for 3 summer courses, allowing me time to train, study and work part time.

In other news, spring is just around the corner. Just is the operative word. Once in a while we will get a beautiful day, weather worthy of sports bras and shorts for track practice, and the next day it will snow and stick. I can't get my hopes up for riding outside just yet, as two of my past rides have been crushed by lovely snow/hail storms. Who at SFU keeps praying to Ullr? Come on already, it is time for summer!!

Training has been going well. My foot injury is almost resolved, just a collapsed arch to heal up and I should be good to go! After six months of injury and physio I finally have full range of motion in my big toe, seems silly how something so small can effect my whole xc, indoor and outdoor track seasons, but hey, that's life. I am a bit frustrated not being able to attend the outdoor season and race 5/10kms on the track, but after talking with Brit we decided that it is best to redshirt my whole season. On the bright side, this is a bonus for my triathlon racing. And with that- I am super excited to say that I am now training under the super talented, and wonderful Noa Deutsch (and fellow GF foodie!). I have heard nothing but great praise for her not only as a coach, but as a person. A huge thanks to Noa and the PT team for letting me be a part of the team! My swimming is now actually starting to go somewhere, and my bike workouts continue to get better. Sometimes it feels like a struggle to swim (gasp) four times a week for me, but I am learning to enjoy it and I like the challenge of pushing myself to become a better swimmer.

On a non-sports/academic related note here are some things that I am loving at the moment:

1) Modest Mouse- great band, somewhat like the Talking Heads

2) Pineapple and kiwi (fresh and readily available at the DH, can't beat it!)

3) Tazo Chai tea

4) "The Divine Ryans" by Wayne Johnston

5) Sunshine (need more of this)

6) Adele's album 21

Lastly,

“Patience is waiting. Not passively waiting. That is laziness. But to keep going when the going is hard and slow - that is patience.”