Biography

I started cross country skiing at the age of seven. I was asked at my local daycare in Pakenham, ON if I would like to try the sport by Heinz Niederhauser, who soon became my first coach. I started skiing and racing in the National Capital Division and loved it. Every weekend there was a different race somewhere and a chance to meet up with all my friends and team mates.

When I was 14, I started racing the Ontario Cup series races. I qualified for the Ontario team that year and represented the province at my first national championships, held in Canmore, AB.

I spent 2 seasons training with the National Team Development Centre in Thunder Bay, ON before I made the move to Canmore last spring to train as a member of the newly formed Alberta World Cup Academy team. I am now starting my second season on the Academy.

With 2 world junior championships, an under 23 world championship, and four world cup races under my belt I am looking forward to another great racing season that will be filled with new adventures and hopefully some new opportunities that will lead me closer to achieving my goal of representing Canada at the Olympics.

Friday, June 27, 2008

Do You Feel Fit?

This was the question posed to me as I crested the top of a hill at the nordic centre yesterday by my coach, Mike Cavaliere. I thought about my answer as Mike pricked my finger for a blood lactate test.

Do I feel fit? I am in good shape. I’m healthy. I have been doing a ton of training. But do I feel fit? My answer was: “I wouldn’t say that I am ready to hop right back into racing, but I do feel pretty good.”

I have been doing a lot of long biking workouts and double polling to try and make my heart stronger and have been working out at the gym a couple times a week with a pretty intense weight schedule. Those two things have been pushing my body right to its limits which is pretty cool. I’ve been cramming in the sleep, naps and stretching to try and recover in time for the next workout.

Then just yesterday, I had an interval workout and I felt great! I felt like I could have gone forever and even asked Mike if I could do another interval (the answer was no haha). It’s pretty cool that this new training program that I am on can work me so hard, but leave me feeling great at the end of these big weeks.

I am excited for what this means for the racing season!
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