Here, there and Squamish Everywhere

Had an awesome past week of training. We had some sunny days so I loaded those up with trail time and then I found creative ways to make the rainy sessions a little more fun. I'm now 3 weeks out from my departure to Australia where 6 of us from Team Salomon are headed down to participate in The North Face 100km on May 14th/15th. I'm looking forward to seeing the Blue Ridge Mountains once again, just north of Sydney. Since graduating from University up in Northern Oz, I've been fortunate to return to the country a few times for various races. However, I haven't been back to really explore this particular area so I think its going to be pretty exciting. We will arrive 1 week early to shake out the travel bugs and rest up. More on that race as the final prep week continues.I'm currently using The Chief several times a week to get my climbing legs dialed in. Ted and his crew did such a great job this winter on fixing the trail that it is super FAST now. In fact, I now have to combine routes to #1 and #2 to get my desired workout in. I've been mixing in lots of cycling as well. Between CompuTrainer sessions, teaching spin and then getting out on for my first Friday night Corsa Cycles ride last week, the hours are adding up. We had the first Squamish Trail Running Club sessions as well on Tues and Saturday so that has been nice hit the dirt with the group. Then on Sunday, there was a Tenderfoot Race training run so I joined a small crew and made the 30km run from Brohm Lake to Black Tusk Village a little more pleasant in the rain. The snowy puddles actually felt good on the legs but I think its safe to say, this is going to be a cold and wet Spring.

Onwards.........