Tuesday, October 26, 2010

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K2 1000m Pan American Championships 2010

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Lifting

Well fall is here and the strength training craziness has began. Gym 4 days a week, and resistance training 2-3x weekly leaves you pretty much toasted all the time. The first few days were killer but now my body has pushed through the miserable phase and is adapting nicely I think/hope. Speaking of which I am off to lift right now!

Sunday, October 10, 2010

K2 1000m

2010 Pan Am Championships 4th place K2 1000m just missed the podium grrrh...next time we will get it for sure!!!!

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Mexico

Miz Biz (Jen) and I made it to Mexico with only mild craziness which started off at the ticket counter.....Yep you guessed it our paddle bag (aka a plastic ski bag) was to blame apparently it was to large and did not fit inside the quota..... We proceeded to unpack it and lay our stuff out on the floor of the airport clothing paddles and gear, we then repacked it smaller. All the residual stuff which didn't fit was placed in our back packs or somehow attached to us. Next we proceeded to the check point Biz sailed on through while I set off a new machine they pulled out to detect explosives....that was me...I was then carted off to a closed glass room, patted down, scanned and then had my backpack checked. Once that was over we headed to the plane where I was rechecked!
Houston 2hrs later....the drug dog followed me down the ramp as we boarded the plane for Mexico. I though for sure I was never going to get there after that but....it turned out OK and I am now in Mexico City!

Saturday, October 2, 2010

desk work

I love desk work its awesome I am able to rest in between training sessions and still be productive throughout the day yeah!!!! And the best part is if I am over at the route 66 boathouse its peaceful and quiet......Anyway thats just a little aside into my day yesterday.....soon to be interrupted by 4 O'clock traffic at the downtown boathouse when I went to train, then work a dragonboating BBQ which was occurring simultaneously with a black tie wedding....talk about multitasking!

Back to training.....
Miz Biz (Jen) and I have been spending as much time in the K2 as possible over the past few days to prep for Mexico City next week. Each time we go out we improve, the boat runs smoother and our times get faster, instant gratification a highly unusual thing for sport.
Shaun gave us the weekend off to recover for Pan Ams next week, I am honestly not sure what to do with myself during all this spare time, I am working a bit both days but on each end yikes. so far I am thanking of cleaning and laundry as two great options and then contemplating going ans spending some girl time with Biz window wishing at the mall( gasp).....