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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.

September 4, 2009

Body and Mind

Well that time has come for me to say good by summer. Well give me two days, than I can say that. For a cross country skier the summer is all about building a base of endurance to build on in the fall with intensity so that sustained speed is the end product, to be fast in the winter. So this is a change in pace for all skiers. You complete the summer and take some time to recover and rejuvenate mentally so that when the time comes to start putting in intensity blocks instead of volume blocks, you can really hammer and and reap the benefits of these workouts in the fall period.
So now I am getting ready to have a physical break from training, by doing two small weeks (never completely off training). In these two weeks I hope to be able to leave whistler for a couple days to give myself a mental break at the same time as physical. There are still long weeks and hours to put in and it is much better to stay sane during those days so breaks are encouraged.
Cheers.
C
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