Tucson- Day 9

It’s hard to believe training camp is almost over. Except judging by how tired I am maybe it’s a good thing. This year’s camp has been lots of work in a condensed amount of time. Today was another swim where my shoulders didn’t especially love me. So I did 600m. Or yards. Again, the metric system makes so much more sense. Anyways, after my little swim it was showering up then stretching and tennis ball massage. I didn’t have tons of time to kill though; it wasn’t a super long swim for the others. We headed back to the house and once again split into two groups. The guys went for a longer ride and a run from our area. The girls went for just an hour ride again, and then we went to Sabino Canyon for the waterfall run. Even though it took a long time, I’m really glad we didn’t miss this run this year. It’s one of my favourites. It’s quite the rocky trail and it is so hot, with no water until you get to the falls. Good thing I love trails and heat. It is also so beautiful there. We took a ton of photos, which are now on facebook.  It was so worth running to the falls. It’s always cool to climb around and explore, as well as splash around in the cold water. We were so tired and hot when we finally got back to the car, so we stopped by Sonic for some amazing milkshakes. And we brought some home for the guys, of course. Well, one day left of training and it’s going to be a hard one. As difficult as Lemmon is, I can’t wait to tackle the mountain one last time and have a better ride than I did last week.

Side note: Gary told me that yesterday the guys completed their “century,” 100 miles or about 162 km! The girls also did 120km!

Also, I wasn’t sure at first whether to share this blog as much as I did, but with people asking me about the trip and stuff it was probably a good choice to put it out there. Because you wouldn’t be reading this unless you wanted to. So thanks! Really, with every view I feel the support from back home and all over the place. I would write this anyways for myself because I have always kept a travel journal to organize my thoughts from the day, but sharing it with family and friends makes it even better.