Island Life

Hey everyone, I apologize for my lack of updating (not that there is anyone who religiously reads this blog... come to think of it, my parents don't even read this.). Things have been slightly hetic lately, but in a good way. I have moved into my place in Victoria- well if you really want to get technical- in Cadboro Bay, in Saanich, and have begun my fall semester at UVIC. Right off the bat I can easily say that I am happy here. Whatever it is- the island, the greenery, the people, the school environment... it just clicks with me. At the moment in week three of fall term, I still feel as if I am on vacation. Getting to spend my days riding and running along the ocean is fantastic... and the lack of crazy drivers/traffic is a bonus too.

To start with school- UVIC and SFU did a grand botch job of transferring my credits, so there are a few courses that I am currently re-taking. EPHE 141 (human anatomy) is the main problem, but I am interested in this material, so it is no problem to re-do this. Physics on the other hand was a slight nightmare. I enrolled in PHYS 120, which is the type for engineers... not exactly what I wanted to be taking, and to top that off the course outline was identical to the physics that I had just completed over the summer. Long story short I have dropped the engineering physics and am taking the very special transfer student friendly PHYS 290 starting in the spring semester. Basically, I received a partial credit of 1.5units from a course here, and in the spring I am able to just jump in and finish up the second half to gain the full 3.0 units. That makes me pretty happy! With physics out of the way for fall semester I have picked up and online kinesiology course about the foundations of physical activity (whoopeee!), which will go on top of cellular biology, microbiology and my human anatomy courses. Overall I think I have a pretty easy and interesting semester ahead of me. Currently 3 of the 4 courses are all covering the exact same topic... the cell-so I am finding it no trouble to stay on top of my coursework.

Now onto triathlon life- I am still in the easy build back phase of training. The training load is nice and light, with lots of focus on run strength. I couldn't be more happy about this, as anyone who has seen my horrible running style will agree... it needs some work. It's great to have a group of people to run with, and to have a coach who actually pays attention to me and gives constructive feedback! Unfortunately, I have 8:30 class everyday of the week, so I miss group swims- but swimming at UVIC is not a bad second.

The next few weeks look to be more of the same, school work and training. I am looking forward to meeting more people and getting to know the island better (getting lost everytime I ride isn't always the most fun thing!).

I guess it's time to "publish" this post, as I have been sitting on it long enough. Not having internet at home certainly puts a limit to blogging :) Hopefully that small problem will be remedied within this week!

Back to the books.

Cheers!