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2011

I am so happy to announce that this year I have been lucky enough to get sponsored by Saucony! woohoo They have a great Hurricane Team, great shoes and the company so helpful and understanding!



On to other notes...nothing really super exciting going on. Had a great Christmas break with both Matt and my families...and then on the 28th we went up to Kelowna and stayed for a week including New Years...got to experience a little snow and my first time cross country skiing (I've been a downhill girl since I was 3).

Back at the grind now with classes and a regular training routine....I am finding it a little hard to re-focus haha over the break I would spend my nights baking or watching TV...now I have to remind myself that I need to do reading and homework!! But before I know it I will be studying for exams and then done for the year!

Time goes by fast...update soon :)

Its beginning to [feel] a lot like Christmas...

About two weeks ago it was beginning to "look" a lot like Christmas with the random snow fall that Victoria experienced...however now everything is perma-soaked with the ongoing rainfall and things have actually stated to warm up (which is a positive for training hehe). See in Victoria we get the luxury of training outside basically all year round...however that means many many many wet muddy rides and I actually was running through massive puddles all over elk lake yesterday with the girls. Training has been going excellent, I actually had the "most enjoyable cross ride of the year" on Saturday.... enjoyable but still wouldn't describe as fun. The girls and the boys split up and Patrick took the girls down some trails where "we" could actually stay on our bikes and get some speed..(when I say "we" I actually mean "me" because hmmm how do you say it? I am the one lacking the most skill and bravery when tackling single-track trails with my couple sizes too big cross bike) Some of the girls are amazing at cross riding and well I'm working on it and I promised Patrick I wouldn't complain too too much:) P.S it was a good ride and I still came home with a huge bruise on my left shin and a cut on my ankle.

Christmas...I am starting to get in the spirit
-decorated Matts tree last night...while listening to the new Glee Christmas album
-had an eggnog latte
-finished exams so I am truly on holiday
-going over to a friends today to make sugar cookies!

ta ta

Just havin a lil fun...in the snow!

Results to be noted

This past weekend the group went up to Comox for a fall get-away/ training camp. We did some great work around the trails in cumberland on our x-bikes and worked hard in the pool with a 200 TT ( at the end of a workout that had like a million main sets). I have been horrible at this blogging thing but I have wanted to mention a couple of results that I thought were pretty impressive:

1) My dad did his first ever marathon at the beginning of October. He placed 35th in his age group and had an overall time of 3:34.46....which to his surprise qualified him for the Boston marathon in the spring!! Without, I would say little training (he decided to do it about 3 weeks before the race) it is truly amazing and I was a very proud daughter!!

2) Connor and Brookie competed in High School X-Country Provincials about 2 weeks ago. Connor really made Claremont look good and is a high hope for the next two years! Brookie pushed through the end and I was very proud!! A little shout out to Mr. Nelly who is a great teacher and coach!! I just wanted to say that I was very impressed with the size of team he had this year and with his determination and support things will just get bigger and better...and faster!!

Now....not really results but exciting new things:

-Marc got a job!
-The walk-run group is becoming exclusively a run-only group!
-There is less than a month left of school
-I managed to do all of the cross rides at the camp with only falling once (on each side)
-I have found a new power bar that I am totally crazy about making and eating
-It is officially tea and scarf season!
-Training is going great and I cannot wait for the christmas camp

Just letting everyone who has been bugging me about updating that I just spent over an hour trying to do a new post and somehow my laptop has switched the setting back to the ancient version...and I have some good news and results but want to post it when I can make them look all pretty and exciting!!!

-hopefully I'll be able to figure this out soon!

Ali <3