After completing the tests, I took off to Ontario for a week to spend some quality R and R time. I spent a few days at the Summerfolk music festival in Owen Sound and then spent the rest of the week doing nothing but lying around in the sun. I was amazing!! I finally got to experience what a real summer vacation felt like.
The last couple weeks have also been quite an exciting time to be involved sport. When I am not lifting weights in the gym, sprinting up hills, or roller skiing for 3 hours straight, my face has been glued to the TV watching the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. I just can’t seem to get enough! Watching the best athletes from around the world, come together to give it thier all and compete for the gold medal gives me the tingles. It makes my dream of one day going to the Olympics grow stronger and stronger.
So far, the high lites for me have been:
#3- Jason Burnett winning the sliver in Trampoline- I love it when an underdog comes out and gives the world a shocking surprise.
#2 – Usain Bolt beating the 100m AND 200m world records- he just shows that there is no limit to human potential. Anything is possible.
#1- Simon Whitfield’s sprint to the silver medal- He showed how powerful the human mind can be. The last 2km was ALL mental, and he was able to push his body to the max!
I am only starting to realize how much of sport relies on the power of the human mind. Sport Psychology is one area of training I have been working on over the past month. I can’t even begin to explain how important the mental aspect is in competing to the best of your abilities. It takes years to master, and without it, there is no way you will be able to reach the top.
Tomorrow I am heading into another week of hard training. The first half of the week will be dry-land training at Highwood Pass in the Kananaskis, and then I will be heading up to the Haig Glacier for the last half of the week for some on snow skiing. I feel great and am ready to tackle anything that comes my way.
“Live the Dream!”
