Month of May - Injury Mode

May has been a bit of a drag for me. I'm back in the injury boat again and none too happy about it. I started out with a strained vmo muscle that backed off the cycling for a bit- but that healed quickly as was expected. Of course, two days after my knee started feeling better, I got a burning pain with numbness in my right foot. It got to the point where weight bearing with full walk through motion wasn't possible. It's been a week with no exact treatment, just prodding, icing, anti-inflammatories, taping and an x-ray. This morning I went back to physio and had ultrasound, massage and stim done... and walked away with a pair of crutches. I hope that more of this style treatment will produce some change by the end of this week, as it got considerably worse with no treatment.
I am staying positive and am taking this time to work on my swimming, cycling and running form (water running does have some benefits!). I hope that I can be pain free by the beginning of june so that I am able to compete at wasa on the 10th. Need to take things one day at a time.

Off to the pool in an hour for a swim and water run session! Happy training everyone!

Artsy Picture Post

I thought that I would post some pictures of what my summer has consisted of so far. Without a job, I have lots of time to goof off and get creative! Another bonus is with my mum working during the day, I am able to play the grand piano. I can't touch it when she's in the house... once a music teacher, always a music teacher (it doesn't matter that the neighbours can hear me across the street- I just can't let her hear my wrong notes!)

Here are some pics of what I've been up to lately:

 Chopin is my favourite composer

 Necklaces made from rags

 Cervelo has hit the roads- 

it's officially summer in my books!!

 Dad has taken my old

 wetsuit for Slocan swimming

 Swimmer or superhero? He thinks the latter...

Melted crayon art- cheap and fun!

That's been my two weeks post exams. Quite the life if you ask me! Now to watch some race recaps from Wildflower and IMSG that took place this past weekend.

Home Again Home Again Jiggity Jig

Sorry for the lack of blog lately! I've been experimenting with a wordpress site and trying to make up my mind on to which blog site I would like to stick with, and it looks like good old simple Blogger has won me back over!

I am back home in Rossland for the summer. Well... technically Warfield (but that's a small detail and one that I am still not a fan of), and I am staying for the full summer! No summer semester like last year, just plain work and training. I am very happy to have my old job with the Rossland Museum and Historical Society back, with an added bit of responsibility! I will still do site tours, but also "run the place" two or three days a week. So if you like gold, mining, history, or all three- come and visit me this summer!

Training has been going smoothly, I've just come off a big block and my recovery week was perfectly timed as a slight VMO strain decided to pop up. Luckily ice and massage have calmed it down and I am now good to go. I am looking forward to my first race of the season- the Subaru race series at Shawnigan Lake on May 27th. Not exactly looking forward to spending my 20th birthday (May 26th) in a van for 10hrs- but you can't always have your cake and eat it too!

I will try and keep up with more regular posting and some pictures once the weather turns around.
Happy training!