There's no question, speed work has begun! This week was a tough week and I'm excited for sleep ahead, ha! I feel like I’m a child again going to bed so early each night – can’t stay up late to see my favourite show anymore, “Happy Endings”. Isn’t life tough!
It's amazing to think that just a few weeks ago when I was doing the erg tests, I struggled to hold a high stroke rate. The body of my 2km was between a 26-28, and only 24 for my 6km! But it was all for a purpose. Today I comfortably held 32 for pieces while maintaining the power per stroke approach and technique I had worked so hard on all winter. It's nice to see it come together now…and hopefully, just in time. I am actually tempted to do another 2km erg just to see where I would be right now, but that’s crazy talk, I’m sure there’ll be plenty more of those ahead;)
Speaking of the erg, all of the erg results were shared with athletes across Canada, and I must say I’m really excited by the fact that there are going to be some fast athletes racing at trials (and I’m proud of my friends who pulled awesome personal bests)! Trials is going to be split up between East and West, so I don’t know who I’ll be racing in the East, but no matter what, there should be some good tight races in all categories! I can only assume that after the Olympics, rowing will draw in even more athletes – especially since we’ll get so many medals at the GamesJ - GO CANADA!
Now, on top of speed work this week, I have been busy at work and with the family.
At work we had our first department-wide video conference! A group of us Managers worked to get this going and it was really exciting to see it come to reality. One more will take place in May, and I expect that with each event we run, we will keep learning and making these conferences better.
And as for my mom, I went with my family to join her at her first Oncologist appointment, and now we know for certain that she will get chemo and radiation – she’ll start chemo on April 25th for 5 months, and then after chemo she’ll get radiation. Before this appointment, we were all in the dark, didn’t have answers, and were naturally scared and anxious...HOWEVER, we now see the light! After we met with the Credit Valley team, we all smiledJ. To know that the CV team is so compassionate, caring, have a great deal of patience (we asked a LOT of questions), educated, and focused on patient care, has really helped put us all ease. All in all, she’s has great support from family, friends, colleagues, and now, the CV team!
I’ve actually taken on a new cross training with my mom. It’s called Chi Kung. We are making an effort to do it together (by skype or in person), and it is a form of meditation, visualization, and internal healing. I seriously don’t think there’s anything this woman can’t teach meJ.
So yes, a busy week is now coming to a close.
This week-end I’ll be taking my boat to the manufacturer to get repaired (probably not in time for trials, but that’s okay). I’ll continue to row in a boat that I’m borrowing from a true angel, Martha! Why I’m so lucky to be surrounded by amazing people, I don’t know, but I’m not going to ask questions and I am going to stay thankful and grateful for each day I get to interact with these people while continuing to do the things I love.
Happy Training!
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