Leaving soon...

High five Curtis! One last Tuesday at the time trials.

I am getting ready to leave Victoria very soon... I can feel a little pinch on my left side...

I have had a great stay here and will definitely be looking forward to driving down in November to make it back to my new playground for good.

Dan, Sam and Shelly from Lifesport, were racing yesterday.

Many things I have done and loved from Victoria:

-Ice baths in the ocean

-Cycling by the sea

-Biking for ever on outstanding bike routes (and never the same!) (And I have definitely not seen it all)

-Running for ever in trails around lakes, along the water, through the forest (and never the same!)

-Swimming in so many wonderful lakes. (I still would love to find a buddy to take me diving off the cliffs I have heard of)

-The special one on one training sessions with coach Lance

-My new friends, my team mates, my home stay family, my new training partners (training with Brent and Kerry from Lifesport and with the NTC group for open water (to get my but kicked regularly) and track)

-Shopping with home stay family (tried it out this week! More to discover in November)

-The nice places to hang out by the harbour

-The fact that you can just take a ferry and be in beautiful Vancouver

And most of all:

-The fact that for some strange reason, it really feels at home here.

Training:

Now for TIMBERMAN!!!

I am so excited about the next race. I have worked hard and have gotten in some particularly encouraging run trainings in this last week!
Yesterday was my last long brick, it was a challenging one and a fun one too. It got wet!!

With Curtis, at the end of a big training day in the rain. 1h easy swim, 3h progressive bike, 45 minutes tempo at the track. Big day, good day.

Friday night track meet:

Tonight!

Lifesport coach and outstanding athlete, Lucy Smith, was representing!

Featuring: Lucy Smith (pink top), won the 5km in a time of 16:28!!!! That has to be a new record!

And also featuring... her crazed fans, Kerry, Curtis and Mags.

Seeing all those people run, had Curt and I inspired to go home and have a -let's cook mexican-evening.

More action to come!!!

-Next Tuesday: Leaving for the race, meeting support crew mom and her new puppies at the hotel. (She will drive down and meet me there, she insisted to drive...she needs to take Wiener dogs along)

-THE RACE

-Photo shoot and meeting with TYR for a couple of days after the race! I will get to meet the team! Very exciting!!

and then....there is...

-My mid-season break...and finishing school.

More news a little later.

Take care friends and thanks for the support!

Mags.