Hello CB fans….
February has been a great month for me. I spent the last two weeks in beautiful Salt Lake City, home of the Utes! I love going back to Utah to see my coaches and former teammates. My first day back in town I headed up to the old stomping grounds to practice with the girls and workout with my old strength coaches. U of Utah sits at 4,657 feet above sea level and Jordan can attest (New Mexico is 5,086 feet) that training at elevation is no joke, especially coming from sea level! The burning in my lungs the first few days brought me right back to pre season college conditioning… memories I try to block out! I got to check out some games and watch my fellow Canadian ballers tear it up. Former junior national team member Sasha McKinnon is a senior right now and some of you may have heard the name Taryn Wicijowski she spent her summer with the junior national team helping them to a top four finish at the junior World Championships. She is off to a great start as a Ute!
It was a busy trip fitting in my workouts, visiting everyone and getting up on the mountains to ski a little!
I also got engaged! My boyfriend proposed to me at the same place where we first met, it was a complete surprise!
Now I am back in BC taking in the Olympics. It has been really neat heading downtown Vancouver and up to Whistler to experience the games. It is very inspiring watching athletes compete in the highest levels of their sport. While in Whistler I got to check out Nordic combine team. It was crazy seeing all these guys cross the finish line and absolutely collapse from fatigue. Every single guy spent a minute or two laying on the snow after which some got up while others waited for a trainer or coach to help them remove their skis. That is truly laying it all on the line!
GO CANADA!!
Congrats!!
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