2013

Happy New Year! It's been tough keeping up with this blogging thing lately but there hasn't been too much exciting stuff going on. I can now say I've survived my first semester of university. Even though it was so much work, especially by the end, I can still say I'm loving my year. I'm grateful for all the amazing friends I've made so far and for lots of awesome experiences. Now that it's 2013 I'm sure race season will be here so fast! I'm looking forward to some solid training. I will try to maintain doing some of my track practices with the Bisons, I feel like mixing it up with those speedy ladies has really been helping. They really push me all the time and I love the whole group of people.

Before Christmas I did some indoor meets. We started off with the Brown and Gold meet, a fun event  among the whole track team. Obviously my serious event was the 3000m, and then I did some other events for fun. I had been sick and I knew my attitude wasn't what it should have been, but I finished with a time of 11:23. I wasn't sure what my previous PB was and somehow we couldn't really find it, so now that's what I'm going with. I felt like I could still do better though, so I tried again a week later. It turned out I was the only female entered so I was totally on my own for pacing. I ran 11:30. So being the crazy person I am I decide why not do one more. There were a few other girls racing this time and even though I hadn't been close to getting standard yet I figured if nothing else it was good race experience and would be fun. Because everyone knows running three 3000's in a row just because is one of the most fun things you can do. Anyways I didn't have a great one and my time was 11:35. But back to some training and in the next little while I will probably do another one or two and hopefully get a better time, I feel like I am running well lately.

As for swimming it is still not ideal but at least I'm way ahead of last year. People keep asking if my shoulders are getting better. I have no idea what's going on with my stupid shoulders. It doesn't seem like it's exactly getting better but I am able to swim more so I guess it's not getting worse. Who knows. I've been swimming about twice a week so far, usually for about an hour. And I am doing the harder efforts too which is good. Last year the only training I had going into junior elite racing was about 3 months of very short (20 to 30 min) swims, completely easy with no intensity. Scary now that I think about it. So hopefully I can hold it together and gain some speed back in the next few months. I feel like it's all going to go by so fast!

New Years resolution... Keep up with blogging? Nah. I'll update when I feel like it and have time. Oh and maybe when I actually have something interesting to say. Just kidding, I don't care if it's very interesting or not! Like everything else in my life, I write because I can. As always, it's up to you if you care to read it or not. So no, I didn't make a New Years resolution. I'll just keep at it, work hard, and enjoy training, school, friends and family.