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Whistler, BC, Canada
Cliché is defined as "a trite, or stereotyped expression" they have become thus because they never fail. Belief is the key to success... born in waterloo, i moved to the small village of Eden Mills just outside of guelph for the beggining of the 21st century. i started cross country skiing roughly at the age of 2 or 3 and ever since it has been part of my life one way or another. at the age of 7 i entered my first competition and at that time it was always just for the fun. at the age of 10 imoved to france for a year with my sister where we both took part in school and completed my first year without any skiing, which it turns out might have cost me a bit of time when i decided to get more serious into it when i came back, because i was at the back of the pack in every race when i had come back from france. i was however, tenatious in the years after that big and life changing experience. i kept to it, and slowly, but steadly climbed up the field of skiers, which brings me to where i am now.

July 3, 2009

jumping on the fast train!

Well these past two weeks have been stellar in terms of training. Putting two very solid volume weeks together. Just on little hickup which was I got a stomach bug, but luckily it only lasted about 36h so I was back on my feet quickly. 
After a few epic trail runs, High altitude hikes, and some superb WOP rollerskiing Canada Day came. With it, the annual Pemberton spud run. well not yet annual for me, my first. This race was extremely fun, my first running race of the year, we were all expecting a 7-8km race and it turned out to be 10, so other than the fact that everybody suffered in the last km. It was awesome. The weather, just like the rest of the week was picture perfect. Not a cloud in the sky, 15 degrees C. The sun was so intense though that half way through, at 15C we felt the heat (it felt more like 30C) while running on the road section.
It was a good finish for me... as I am deffinitly not a runner, I did run a PB. 
I am getting ready to head to Canmore now, we have a week gracier camp with Cross Country BC which should be a ton of fun. I'll see some friends I don't otherwise get many chances to see. 
till the next time.
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  1. gate valvesAugust 6, 2009 at 8:15 PM

    amazing! i always wanted to join and compete with such events coz its really amazing :P

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