The day has arrived! We had one final practice this morning from 6:30-9:30, our routines are looking GREAT. Now, its time for some last minute errands and packing before I head to the airport this afternoon. Destination: Palma de Mallorca, Spain!
The Spanish Open runs from June 22nd-24th. After the competition, myself and four other teammates are travelling for an additional week to both Madrid and Ibiza. It will be a great way to celebrate all our hard work this year and our successful performances at the competition.
I will do my best to post updates throughout the week during our competition!
Stay tuned...
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Monday, June 18, 2012
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Olympic Send off Show
This morning our team as well as our Canadian Olympic team, Jr. National soloist and duet and 13-15 soloist participated in an "Olympic send off show" at the Olympic Stadium here in Montreal! An audience of over 1000 people came out to cheer on our Canadian swimmers and enjoy the spectacular performances. Our Canadian olympic team leaves tomorrow for a 2 month training camp in Spain prior to their arrival in London, England for the 2012 Olympic Games! GOOD LUCK LADIES! :)
On another note - our team, the National B team is headed to Palma de Mallorca, Spain this Monday evening to compete in the Spanish Open from June 22nd-24th. We have ONE final practice left on Monday morning before we head to the airport. Our team is SUPER excited and we feel more than prepared going into our competition! We had very successful performances this morning at the show and we were lucky to have a BIG bus full of KW Synchro fans from my hometown of Kitchener! Thank you SO much to all the swimmers, parents and coaches who travelled from Kitchener, Ontario to cheer us on and support our team! We were also lucky to have the opportunity to swim with the girls from KW synchro following the show. They showed us their beautiful routines and we assisted them in a few highlights and technical skills!
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL MY LOCAL FANS FROM KW SYNCHRO - YOU GUYS ROCK!
xoo
On another note - our team, the National B team is headed to Palma de Mallorca, Spain this Monday evening to compete in the Spanish Open from June 22nd-24th. We have ONE final practice left on Monday morning before we head to the airport. Our team is SUPER excited and we feel more than prepared going into our competition! We had very successful performances this morning at the show and we were lucky to have a BIG bus full of KW Synchro fans from my hometown of Kitchener! Thank you SO much to all the swimmers, parents and coaches who travelled from Kitchener, Ontario to cheer us on and support our team! We were also lucky to have the opportunity to swim with the girls from KW synchro following the show. They showed us their beautiful routines and we assisted them in a few highlights and technical skills!
THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL MY LOCAL FANS FROM KW SYNCHRO - YOU GUYS ROCK!
xoo
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Trials are complete!
The 2012 Centre of Excellence trials are finished. This morning we had just two short hours at the pool to complete a final skills test. I am happy with how I preformed these past four days in trials and feel very confident that I have achieved successful results.
After this mornings work at the pool our whole team went out for a celebratory breakfast at "Dans La Bouche", a delicious restaurant in the Plateau of Montreal! I ordered a beautiful plate of french toast topped with caramelized apples! It was a tasty way to treat ourselves after four straight days of national team trials.
Now that trials is complete we can focus on our final practices before we leave for Spain. We have regular practice Wednesday-Friday and then a watershow this Saturday. The countdown begins... 6 days until our departure to Spain!!
After this mornings work at the pool our whole team went out for a celebratory breakfast at "Dans La Bouche", a delicious restaurant in the Plateau of Montreal! I ordered a beautiful plate of french toast topped with caramelized apples! It was a tasty way to treat ourselves after four straight days of national team trials.
Now that trials is complete we can focus on our final practices before we leave for Spain. We have regular practice Wednesday-Friday and then a watershow this Saturday. The countdown begins... 6 days until our departure to Spain!!
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Day two of trials complete!
Today, all athletes participated in three strength and endurance tests.
The first test was maximum burpee reps in 30 seconds, the second test was maximum push ups in 60 seconds, and the final test was... the beep test! For those of you who are not familiar with the "beep test" it is an endurance/cardio test where you must run back and forth within a specific range and reach each side before the "beep" goes off!
Following this mornings testing our team had a short combo practice... we must keep up with our routines as we are leaving for Spain in just 8 days!
After all that tough work this morning, it is safe to say that my body feels like jello this evening!
Two more days of trials to go! :)
The first test was maximum burpee reps in 30 seconds, the second test was maximum push ups in 60 seconds, and the final test was... the beep test! For those of you who are not familiar with the "beep test" it is an endurance/cardio test where you must run back and forth within a specific range and reach each side before the "beep" goes off!
Following this mornings testing our team had a short combo practice... we must keep up with our routines as we are leaving for Spain in just 8 days!
After all that tough work this morning, it is safe to say that my body feels like jello this evening!
Two more days of trials to go! :)
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Centre of Excellence Trials
Well, day one of trials is complete!
It was a long day at the pool from 9-2pm where we performed and competed in the individual free swim component in front of all the centre of excellence coaches and two Canadian judges. Immediately following the individual free team swim we executed each tech team element to counts.
Before my swim and during warm up this morning I felt super confident, excited and anxious all at the same time! I was happy with how I performed today and I cannot wait to see what I can do tomorrow :)
On the schedule for tomorrow are the strength and endurance tests on land!
xo
It was a long day at the pool from 9-2pm where we performed and competed in the individual free swim component in front of all the centre of excellence coaches and two Canadian judges. Immediately following the individual free team swim we executed each tech team element to counts.
Before my swim and during warm up this morning I felt super confident, excited and anxious all at the same time! I was happy with how I performed today and I cannot wait to see what I can do tomorrow :)
On the schedule for tomorrow are the strength and endurance tests on land!
xo
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