OUA's

Mother Nature unleashed her fury on Fort Henry hill for the OUA Cross Country Championships on Saturday. Heavy rain, 45km/hr winds and cool temperatures made it the harshest OUAs in years. However, everyone was in the same boat, toughing it out for the 10 muddy km of racing. I placed 30th out of the 98 fastest runners in Ontario. My main rival, well 2 of them, Jonas Holmberg from lakehead U finished just ahead of me by 6 seconds and Tyler Pettes did his usual move and out kicked me for the 4th time. Over all im real happy. This qualified me for the CIS (Nationals) in 2 weeks in Quebec City to go against Canada's best. i have no idea how that will go but i know it will be tough! im excited to finish off my university career by finally making CIS and rest my leg and let it heal 100% so i can start training in the wintertime for World Champs Triathlon in Gold Coast, Australia in September!

OUA's Tomorrow

The big day has arrived and its time for our team (Trent) to show what we've got, up against the best runners in Ontario, some of which are previous ofsaa champions! conditions will be tough, with heavy rain, strong winds and a muddy course! it will be messy but everyone is competing in the same conditions and will feel the same pain. This will be my final time running at OUA's and i have come a long way from my 2nd year as well as my fellow teammates at Trent. GO GREEN!

Cross Country Running and Swimming?

So it has been an interesting few weeks here at school. Classes are well underway and so is running cross country...well sort of. I got my results from my X-Rays and Bone Scan which show a stress fracture. ( a small hair like fracture on my lower left tibia ) It is difficult to walk let alone run but i wanted to do cross country anyways. So i have been attending all workouts but have managed to get in so far 6 workouts in 2.5 months. So how is it going race and leg wise? well, the leg is somewhat ok now, letting me do some workouts more often and it doesent hurt to walk anymore. Running is going great somehow. I have ran at two races thus far and have had personal bests at each. (queens Invitational and the Brock Open). Swimming has helped me enormously with my cardio and has let me run faster than i ever have. Swimming is also going very well. I have OUA's Ontario XC champs) next week in Kingston and then maybe CIS (Canadian XC Champs) in Quebec City at the beginning of November. After which i will rest my leg and let it heal for 2 months before tackling my running. This will give me lots of time to work in the pool and on the bike while keeping fit and healing at the same time. Reading week is comming up and i'm excited to see sydenham again for a bit!