Bumps in the Road of Training

It's been one of those weeks when things don't go exactly as planned with your training and your schedule for the week seems to go to the dogs - or at least that's what it felt like. We got to the pool on Monday at 5:45am as per normal, but to our surprise it was closed because a little kid pooped in the pool on Sunday, keeping the pool closed Monday morning. Our coach tried to make the best of it - some dry land training (working on our stroke on top of tables) and some drills in the kiddie pool BUT we still had to go back at lunch to make up the distance that we missed. For some reason, this little blip in the road set everything askew this week - we ended up moving workouts around and skipping workouts to try and make up for the lost time in the pool which was pretty frustrating. It seems to be one of the trials and tribulations of triathlon training - how to fit training for 3 sports into 1 week - and although painful, it was a good learning experience - Hopefully next time this happens we can ride out the waves a bit better. A

Settling In.... Sort Of

For a couple of months now, we have been promising to update on our big move from West to East and believe it or not, this has been the first opportunity that we've had to.... breathe.
Needless to say, our new jobs at the College have been much busier then expected but very rewarding in many ways. The biggest adjustment has been trying to rework our training schedules. The best time to catch the Cadets is either in the morning (before 0745, at lunch, or after 4:30pm (ie. after class). Most of the time in between is usually open to train whenever we want - it just has been a bit of an adjustment to reworking our schedules. Thankfully after a pep talk from Noa, things seem to finally be moving along. Check out the article that was written about our first few months on the job.

As well, moving from a 1600 sq ft townhouse into a 1900 sq ft + finished basement house has been a huge adjustment. Finally, after many months of searching (and thanks to the Mennonites!), most of the house is finally furnished and we're getting settled. To be honest, there are many rooms that we hardly go in, but the good news is that there is lots of room for company! So if you're ever in town... look us up! (Although... I must say that at this time of year KTown is no match for Victoria - believe it or not, its almost time to hang up our bikes). Having a lawn and garden has been a HUGE challenge - I did not inherit my parent's green thumb - but luckily they're not too far away!
We're slowing getting settled - not quite there..... but almost. It has been a huge adjustment but so far things have been working out well :) A