All good, even the golf game

All good , even the golf game

So far i am still waiting for summer to arrive. We have been training in Canmore for about 4 weeks now and i still have not been able to get the usual heart rate monitor tan. The training has been going really well, we had testing last week and so far all signs show the shape is exactly where i need to be at this point. We did most of the testing on the treadmill which is not my favourite, but it sure makes you suffer.

I now enter a fairly easy week before we go up to the Haig glacier. I am excitied to head up there because the skiing will be great and of course there will be frisbee golf and maybe some poker too. Last week a bunch of us skiers joined the Right To Play golf tournament held a the amazing golf course of Silver Tip. Groups consisted of 2 athletes of different sports and 3 sponsor's, rounding the group off at 5. My group was a great mix and some great golf was played as well. Between Mark,Tyler, Russ, Kelly and myself we managed to hit a great -11 under for 3rd place.

Kelly VanderBeek was the other athlete on my team a talented downhill skier with some great golf skill's too. During this easy week i will be doing some swims as well. It is not a usual training discipline for me, but in a months time i will be competing in a triathlon. My swimming is pretty bad so i am putting some practice in so i don't drowned when the good swimmers cruize right over top of me. The triathlon will be allot of fun and most of the team will be competing as well. I hope to stay a float. July 18th is the date if you want to come and cheers us on in Canmore.

Training is in full swing

Training is in full swing

After a great vacation in April, i knew it was time to get the body back into shape. I started training a little at the end of April to get ready for the early may camp. Moving into our first camp it was planed for 2nd week of may on snow in silver star. We had the luxury of staying down in town on the lake that is. It was a killer place with plenty of room and when you are pool side and lake side and the weather in the mid 20's , no better way to relax.

The skiing at silver star was amazing and the team had some great works out from a mini sprint to and uphill climb ( big props to Mcmur number one baby) We also had some good team bonding on the beach playing volley ball and some paddling as well. I was able to put in some good amount of hours and work on some solid technique as well as haven some fun on the beach.

I have been home for a couple weeks and the roller ski's have made it out of the closet ykes. But it is June 2nd so it's time. Training has been pretty steady with some weight work outs a few runs and bikes. Our new coach Inge brings a great new enthusiasm and he is exciting to have around. The training volume is being ramped up for the next two weeks and today was just an amazing day skiing up at sunshine meadows. The snow pack froze over night which meaning that the crust skiing was perfect and the weather could not be ordered any nicer.

We skied along loop on crust up and down some valley's for about 2 hours. Then we moved onto the groomed track which was a perfect rolling terrain. I was home by noon just in time to enjoy some lunch with my wife. What a day!!!!!