Hello Again! Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying your summer! I know I am!
Last Tuesday a few of the athletes from the training center (mainly my skeleton teammates) went to Balboa Park to watch a local Veledrome cycling race! It was really awesome to see them ride up the wall, you almost don't think its possible! The bikes have no gears and no brakes, and once they stop pedaling the wheels stop and they basically fall over. Good thing everyone kept pedaling when we were watching. Its a great local event though, and Balboa Park looks like a lot of fun, and huge too. So Kate and I will have to go there when she comes out!
Lately I've been giving tours, and hopefully starting my fall semester early. That would be a huge help for when the season comes around. Other than that training is still going great. I am so excited for the week off and joining the family for a vacation in Disney! Its the best place ever! Tomorrow after training we are taking a team trip to the Del Mar race track to spend the day watching the horse races and betting for some people. Not me though my luck I'd go home with no money!
Two of the roommates have gone to Vegas for the weekend so I have my room to myself, just Keslie, Courtney and me to hang out! We went out to PF Changs for dinner because it was Greg's and Keslie's birthday. It was fun we stuffed ourselves because the food hasn't been good here for the past week or so. Still no rain since I've been out here but it just started getting seriously hot! The past week and a half have been extremely humid and much hotter than normal. Everyone says August and September are the hot months of the year and rain comes in October.
I really love it here though, and training is great as I already said. I'm doing so well! But I can't wait at the same time to get back to Lake Placid and see the mountains and hear the thunderstorms again! The lake is calling my name! So is the GAP Outlet though I actually miss working there, its so much fun!
Its time for bed though, lifting in the morning and then the sun and racetrack all day tomorrow! I'll write all about it when I return! Hope everyone has a wonderful night!!
Annie
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Monday, July 16, 2007
Summer Training
Thanks for coming to read my first blog post. I'll do my best to update it whenever I do something fun!
For anyone who doesn't know, I am training in Chula Vista, CA for the summer. Southern California if definitely the place to be! The weather is great - nights are a little chilly but other than that, its never really too hot! It hasn't rained here at all, and I got here at the end of May! It's a good thing though, you never have an excuse not to train!
Summer training doesn't require snow or cold weather. I do sprint work on the track and Olympic lifts 5 or 6 days a week. I run anywhere from 10-150 meters. Most of the time its about 40-60m. I am currently in the power phase of my workouts, meaning shorter distance, but more repetition. For weight lifting it's the same thing, the lifts are lighter now, but I end up having to do about 5 sets of 5 for each lift. I train every morning at 9:30 and I am normally finished around 12 or 1PM.
For fun I seem to go wherever anyone with a car is going. The beach is great; I've gone to Coronado, Pacific and Ocean beach. We had a team dinner the other night, and it was great. We ordered fish tacos (yes, I know it doesn't sound too good) and then we sat on the beach and ate as the sun went down. Fish tacos come either grilled or fried with a bunch of different types of fish, I had mine grilled, and they are so good. I was a little skeptical at first but they are a must try for anyone coming out to CA! I've yet to actually swim though, there's a lot of seaweed, but at least the water isn't too cold! Since there is no pool at the training center athletes can get a pool key for one of the local community pools. They're nice during the week because there aren't too many people around. I give tours of the OTC as my job here, so if you have any questions about the training center I'm the girl to ask! I give them 2 or 3 times a week for about 2 hours. It's not a bad deal at all.
I have 4 roommates. 2 Skeleton girls Courtney and Keslie, and 2 Bobsled girls Jamia and Emily. Jamia and Emily are the 2 who I share my bedroom with, Keslie and Courtney are our suit mates. Its not too bad with the 5 of us though, we have a common room with a tv and a nice balcony with a table and chairs outside. 2 bathrooms - which is a huge plus!
Thats all I have for now, but I will post some good daily activities in the next few days! If I missed anything write a comment and I'll be happy to answer!!
Thanks for reading!!
For anyone who doesn't know, I am training in Chula Vista, CA for the summer. Southern California if definitely the place to be! The weather is great - nights are a little chilly but other than that, its never really too hot! It hasn't rained here at all, and I got here at the end of May! It's a good thing though, you never have an excuse not to train!
Summer training doesn't require snow or cold weather. I do sprint work on the track and Olympic lifts 5 or 6 days a week. I run anywhere from 10-150 meters. Most of the time its about 40-60m. I am currently in the power phase of my workouts, meaning shorter distance, but more repetition. For weight lifting it's the same thing, the lifts are lighter now, but I end up having to do about 5 sets of 5 for each lift. I train every morning at 9:30 and I am normally finished around 12 or 1PM.
For fun I seem to go wherever anyone with a car is going. The beach is great; I've gone to Coronado, Pacific and Ocean beach. We had a team dinner the other night, and it was great. We ordered fish tacos (yes, I know it doesn't sound too good) and then we sat on the beach and ate as the sun went down. Fish tacos come either grilled or fried with a bunch of different types of fish, I had mine grilled, and they are so good. I was a little skeptical at first but they are a must try for anyone coming out to CA! I've yet to actually swim though, there's a lot of seaweed, but at least the water isn't too cold! Since there is no pool at the training center athletes can get a pool key for one of the local community pools. They're nice during the week because there aren't too many people around. I give tours of the OTC as my job here, so if you have any questions about the training center I'm the girl to ask! I give them 2 or 3 times a week for about 2 hours. It's not a bad deal at all.
I have 4 roommates. 2 Skeleton girls Courtney and Keslie, and 2 Bobsled girls Jamia and Emily. Jamia and Emily are the 2 who I share my bedroom with, Keslie and Courtney are our suit mates. Its not too bad with the 5 of us though, we have a common room with a tv and a nice balcony with a table and chairs outside. 2 bathrooms - which is a huge plus!
Thats all I have for now, but I will post some good daily activities in the next few days! If I missed anything write a comment and I'll be happy to answer!!
Thanks for reading!!
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