tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41211673791004540392024-03-14T04:50:14.767-07:00Karlee Gendronkarleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01945047399845093311noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121167379100454039.post-47787914162079207352015-05-04T07:53:00.000-07:002015-05-04T07:54:24.588-07:00I do indeed have a blog..My mind is being shifted to my grade eight english class; being scolded for using too many exclamation marks in my writing. What can I say! I have plenty of enthusiasm and lots to look forwards to coming up! (!!)<br />
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I just arrived back from California last week, after a unique winter. Since last July at mountain bike Nationals I had suffered a bad concussion that lasted me almost eight months. Probably the toughest eight months I've been through, I can't even begin to explain! Even though I missed out on 3/4 of a year of training and starting this season quite behind, I have learnt a great deal, and I got to enjoy winter and snow for the first time in many years.<br />
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I was lucky enough to head down to start riding slow mid-March. No spring races for me, but I was lucky to be riding in the sunshine and cheer on fellow Canadians at the US Cups.<br />
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I got to see a few new places this year; <a href="https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Lake+Arrowhead,+CA,+USA/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x80c357872904015d:0x2cb1d0dfed96763b?sa=X&ei=zYVHVbu-LouwyQSj04CICQ&sqi=2&ved=0CIYBEPIBMA4">Lake Arrowhead</a>, Palm Springs, Santa Rosa, and meet up and train with all my new <a href="http://www.trekredtruckracing.com/road/">Teammates</a> on <a href="http://www.trekredtruckracing.com/">Trek Red Truck Racing</a>.<br />
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Big Bear Mountain</div>
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We had a few cold days up at Lake Arrowhead (6000ft) so opted to make S'mores</div>
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And gooood food! Our nacho game is on point!</div>
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A stellar weekend of riding with a bunch of Canadians</div>
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We of course played tourist</div>
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A few days in Palm Springs with TRT</div>
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Thanks to the Guloein family for hosting us girls!</div>
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Sea Otter Classic- Monterey- 17 mile drive</div>
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We endured a week long camp together in Santa Rosa with stunning weather, incredible road routes and lots of wine from the local vineyards. <br />
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Now I am back settled in Ontario! I raced the first OCup race in Woodnewton this past weekend. Fairly good feeling legs, one big 'eat the dirt' fall where I slid back a bunch, but genuinely I had fun racing and catching up with friends I hadn't seen since last season. <br />
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May-Long will mark the start of the Canada Cup season at Mont-Tremblant and then preparing for following Canada Cups in Barrie, ON. <br />
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See my <a href="https://instagram.com/karleegendron/">Instagram</a> for more photos of the last few months as well<br />
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and my little face head-shot <a href="http://www.trekredtruckracing.com/mountain/">http://www.trekredtruckracing.com/mountain/</a>, bio to come.<br />
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-Karlee karleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01945047399845093311noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121167379100454039.post-54216162906986260502014-07-14T09:00:00.001-07:002014-07-14T09:00:28.428-07:00Sudbury canada cup 3<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
I have recently realized my blogging skills highlight the epitome
of blogging procrastination at its finest.
A post from me is a long time coming, so instead of recapping the ten
races I have done since I last wrote in May from Canada Cup 1 in Tremblant,
head over to the <a href="http://trekcanada.ca/">Trek Canada website</a> and read through the blog posts recapping
results from mine and my teammates last couple months. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This past weekend was Canada Cup #3 in Sudbury, site of one of my
favorite courses to ride. It was great
to have the entire Trek Canada crew out together, it had been multiple
weeks. We headed up on Friday and we
were able to have a couple days to get some laps in on the course. I love the
rocky Canadian Shield terrain, minus the pounding of bumps; it reminds me of
being young at the cottage just balming over the same type of topography on old
beater cruiser bikes with my family. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Race day Sunday went alright. Last season I had one of my best
races of the year at this course, so I was excited to hit the start line once
again, hoping to repeat. At the start it felt almost like a new season it had
been a few weeks since I had done a mountain bike race. Right off the start I was able to get up into
3<sup>rd</sup> and sit in comfortably. I drifted back a few places, and made a
couple mistakes first lap but I was able to find a rhythm and start cleaning up
for my errors as the race played on. The
fifth lap was one of the most difficult I have raced. The course being so physical was challenging
to keep smooth by the end. Overall I ended
up 10<sup>th</sup> place, a mediocre position, but I was happy with the technical
and leg sensations that I had. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Check out results <a href="http://www.canadiancyclist.com/dailynews.php?id=28081">here</a>.
Congrats to <a href="http://sorenmeeuwisse.tumblr.com/">Soren</a> for finishing 1<sup>st</sup> in the Junior Women’s
race and qualifying herself for Worlds later this summer! Jon Barnes took the
top step of the podium as well in his race!<o:p></o:p></div>
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We also had a chance to get some photos at Hardwood last week finally with the whole team included. Take a look at some below. The rest should be posted on the team site this week. </div>
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We spent almost as much time sitting in traffic as driving, but it was still a good time with the teammates- except when we had to listen to <a href="http://jon-barnes.blogspot.ca/">Jon Barnes</a> complain about not enough leg room over and over again ;).<br />
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Friday pre-ride was awesome to say the least. It was a bit wet and rained constantly all day, but there were pretty prime conditions. </div>
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Our race wasn't scheduled until 2:45 pm Saturday which gave us excessive amounts of time in the morning to be nervous and think about the race. I didn't have a great call up, in third row, and my legs found it tough to get going at the beginning of the race. Coming off the first climb into the single track was a huge shock! SO. MUCH. MUD. It wasn't like pre-riding at all- but thanks to the correct tire choice I was able to sail through a lot of it no problem. This was my first real time riding in the mud, and minus all the running involved, its probably my new favorite conditions. I had really great sensations descending and I was able to close a lot of gaps by the bottom. Third lap I made quite a few small mistakes and had a couple crashes, but overall fairly happy with how it went. Huge thanks to Trek Canada Mountain Bike Team, Trek Toronto and mechanic Zach Hellriech for making our bikes run smooth and for changing about 15 pairs of tires over the course of the weekend.<br />
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karleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01945047399845093311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121167379100454039.post-61118778062879079182014-05-10T19:17:00.000-07:002014-05-11T06:21:30.067-07:00I feel like a six year old getting a brand new bike every time I get to go out and ride or raceYes, I am behind a couple weeks on updating this- but it finally got done.<br />
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A few weeks ago I ventured out to Ontario to start the Canadian racing season. It was a long solo 22 hour drive, but I made it; and enjoyed the trip.<br />
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First weekend up in the O I had mountain bike OCup#1 at Woodnewton. It was a great race put on by Superfly racing, and Trek Canada got to debut our new team kits and new bikes. We are racing the Superfly Elite SL hardtail with a beauty custom Trek Canada paint design from project one. Also complete with our Rock Shox SID World Cup fork, new Bontrager XXX wheelset, 1X11 speed SRAM drivechain topped off with ESI Grips. The bikes are light, stiff and fast! Everyone had great races, check out some <a href="http://www.canadiancyclist.com/dailynews.php?id=27633">results</a>, team <a href="http://trekcanada.ca/2014/05/08/ontario-cup-1-at-woodnewton/">blog post</a>, <a href="http://www.trainwithpeter.com/2014/05/ontario-cup-1-2014-woodnewton-full.html">Peter's blog post</a>, and <a href="http://sorenmeeuwisse.tumblr.com/post/84772486292/ontario-cup-1">Soren's blog post</a>.<br />
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Also some very exciting news- Alongside racing for Trek Canada Mountain Bike Team I have signed with <a href="http://ncch.ca/team-chch/">Team NCCH p/b DEC Express</a> for the 2014 road season. I am very excited to get in some road racing this year as well, with an awesome, quick bunch of U23 riders.<br />
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<a href="http://www.canadiancyclist.com/dailynews.php?id=27620">Press release</a><br />
<a href="http://trekcanada.ca/2014/05/06/stretching-our-wings/">Trek Canada article</a><br />
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On that note, today was my first real road race for a while, and first race with Team NCCH p/b DEC Express. I wasn't sure what to expect in terms of riders (first ontario cup road race), course wise and my general fitness- would my climbing legs be there and would I make it through the road race duration. I was really looking forwards to racing with the NCCH p/b DEC Express girls, and flying their colors for the first time this season. We tried to put the hurt on everyone in the first thirty minutes of the race by guttering them in the cross winds, but it didnt scale out how we had hoped. Everyone managed to get themselves in small breaks at the beginning of the race however. Once the race got rolling I found myself feeling great, and in a break/split of three riders from a climb. We were eventually joined by a few others and rode pretty easy towards the finish climb up Scenic Cave Rd. The pace increased as we started to ascend, but I found myself very comfortable climbing- minus not having the correct gearing. I had been cramping throughout the last quarter of the race, so I tried to keep seated and relaxed. I looked back and the pack was shattered and there were only four of us riders left. Emily Batty put the hurt on us, and I made the mistake of missing her move from sitting too far behind the other two women. I tried to get a gap at the top to test the others legs, sat back in until the final corner and then I was able to take the sprint for 2nd. Overall a very happy day on the bike. I am happy with how my form is coming along and looking forwards to racing a lot more for Team NCCH p/b DEC Express.<br />
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Also- talking about being excited on the bike- it has been a crazy journey to the point where I am at lately. During the start of this winter, and a few early races- I was really struggling with my back- the injury and the side affects. I had slight thoughts of taking the year off the bike when it was becoming too much to handle. Even someone who asked how my back was doing would bring me to tears. But now, NOW!!! Total 180 degree turn. Each race and week has been a huge progression on how its been. OCup #1- 95% pain free, week of hard training- 100% pain free- and today at the Grey Country Road Race- 100% pain free. I was writing my post-race report and realized it was the first time in four years I had wrote down 100% pain free during and post race. Huge shout out to my coach and teammate Peter Glassford, and Kevin Jardine who I was working with in the fall- I now have a great routine to keep myself injury free and feeling great. Pretty stoked! Anyways- along with that comes pure excitement. I have never had so much fun riding bikes as in the past month. I literally feel like a six year old getting a brand new bike every time I get to go out and ride or race. Im having so much fun, its kind of insane. But I love it, and I am enjoying every second of it.<br />
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This week, Trek Canada crew are headed to Quebec for Canada Cup #1 at Mont Tremblant and then Soren and I are headed to Canada Cup #2 in Baie Saint Paul right after, while the rest of the team is off galavanting at World Cups and USA Stage races.<br />
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A lot more racing to come this year...check out my calendar page at the top if you want to track where I will be.<br />
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I am also making it a goal to try and learn challenging yoga poses to develop my fleixibility, balance and strength. This weeks challege was a handstand from a forearm plank. Need a bit more shoulder flexibility but otherwise the balance was mastered, for now.
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The first two races of the season; Bonelli
US Cup and Fontana US Cup were definitely difficult, but I took away a lot of
knowledge and more experience from each race. I had some injuries, broken
chains and crashes, but I am happy with how I am feeling on the bike. I
am noticing the past year on the trails really playing a major factor in my
technical skills and having less fear this season descending. Coming into race
season last year I had vague expectations of what would occur, and how I would perform
in regards to the whole mountain bike scene. This year it felt great to have
some familiarity with the courses, competition and race strategy going into the
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Bonelli US Cup XCT was a difficult day on
the bike to say the least. I had a fabulous start and I was right up in the top
ten of an HC field for the first lap and a half plus stat loop- I also reached
a new max heart rate which I paid for about five minutes later. It was challenging
to have blown and crashed but such is life. I took away a lot from the race and
realized again which strategic style of racing suits me best, and created ways
to implement that into my race plan for the next weekend. The short track the next day was really fast
and hard with a bummed shoulder, but I felt like I got my race legs underneath
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Molly, Peter and I had a great week staying in Chino Hills. I did
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We found an amazing coffee shop by where we were staying that was run by a Romanian cycling family. They were super friendly and the coffee was the best I have had!</div>
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The following weekend was Fontana US Cup. Fontana is a really fun,
flowy, sandy course to ride, and I honestly had one of the most fun experiences
on a course while racing. The race virtually
climbed for 12 minutes and then descended for seven minutes. I decided to start off this race with more
pacing goals in mind- which for those of you who know me well is a very hard
thing to do being so competitive!
Knowing I can start with the best- even that I know I’d blow- makes it difficult
to hold back and save myself. It ended
up paying off, and I was making up huge ground on the following laps. Halfway through the second last lap I made a
poor shift through the sand and I ended up snapping my chain. I was of course disappointed
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Getting ready before the start</div>
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View of the 909 from the top of the climb at Fontana</div>
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Rough area of the course- there were shopping karts and scary dogs!</div>
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A bit of 909 exploration with Pete</div>
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I now have a lot to practice, fitness to gain and more fun riding
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Molly and I are now up in Menlo Park, California which is just
South of San Francisco- right in Sanford Park area. We are staying with wonderful friends/host housing family with two awesome kids! I have been beat at h.o.r.s.e and many other made up basketball games by a six year old all week- basketball was the only sport I could never really do! I have done some amazing exploring on my bike
this past week and I have one more week to see even more. We are heading down to Monterey for Sea Otter
this coming weekend and I am really looking forwards to it- one of my favorite
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I seem to be having more fun on my bike every day, and there is
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things are coming to an end for me at the beginning of this week, but a lot of
new adventures ahead. I have put in a few really solid days and weeks on
the bike in the last while in California with some awesome people. I have been
able to explore new areas on the bike, and over-come some pretty big days that
I never thought I would get through. I baked up a batch of awesome ride cookies which also saved my legs, and stomach on the long days. Think coconut flour,
dates, vanilla, coconut flakes, cocoa-coffee grinds, pecans and a small
amount of dark chocolate. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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am happy that I now have some rest for a few days, and I am more excited than I
was a couple weeks ago when I glanced at my calendar of racing I have coming
ahead of me. With a long off season this past fall, filled with not as
much activity to try and heal my back, then off the bike activity, full time
work and full time online school, I started to become worried where I would be
come winter and come the first set of races. I still, no doubt, have that
anxious feeling to see how I preform in just a few short weeks at Bonelli US
Cup- but I am feeling a bit more grounded and confident after a good block.
I can never be fully satisfied with where I am at- but I guess that makes
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not to complain of a sore back...CRAZY I know! I am so excited. I know it
may not be perfect yet, but a year, two years, three years and four years ago I
would never have even got through a weekend of 12 hard hours on the bike and no
pain. I could even wake up this morning and touch my knees- yes, that in the
past has not be common. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">A couple of my favorite ride loops that I have done this past weekend
are <a href="http://www.strava.com/activities/115657104">here</a> and <a href="http://www.strava.com/activities/115308078">here</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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but I am sure I will be back there. It was a cozy spot to stay for sure- being
only a block from the beach and a Mexican burrito hut was definitely an added
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karleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01945047399845093311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121167379100454039.post-738028316128408132014-02-03T12:27:00.002-07:002014-02-03T12:27:33.371-07:00 It's been three weeks alreadyAlmost three weeks have past here in sunny California, and they have been really good. I have had some really great rides on some fabulous routes and have put some good elevation into my legs; but I need and want a lot more. Glad I have a full winter of training and racing ahead to let me get to where I need to be! <br />
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We had a great chili-nacho Super Bowl party yesterday after a great mountain bike ride in Ojai. Its simply breath taking every time I get to the top of an hour long climb and look down. I didn't actually pay attention to the football last night, but friends and food are better.<br />
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For other posts from here in the 'nard check out <a href="http://www.trainwithpeter.com/">Peters</a>, <a href="http://evanguthrie.com/pain-and-gain-glassford-and-guthrie-style/">Evans</a> and <a href="http://genevievekrahn.com/">Genevieves</a> blogs. <br />
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Karleekarleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01945047399845093311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121167379100454039.post-40630984460393718122014-01-17T10:12:00.001-07:002014-01-17T10:12:58.004-07:00The start to 2014Another year is among us, and another season of Mountain Biking has begun. I am super excited to be racing for Trek Canada once again, and I am looking forwards to all the races and training with my team. <br />
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With this past off season full of many amazing adventures, like running my first half marathon, working with Lululemon and meeting a lot of new friends, I have left Toronto for a few months to head south to California right now. I am super excited for what this winter will bring me in terms of fitness, development and learning, and I am looking to push myself every day on and off the bike to become a better rider and athlete! <br />
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Flying into California was great. I flew over Colorado and saw snow capped mountains, and only minutes later I was right over top the Grand Canyon (which I have never seen, and let me tell you, from an airplane is quite amazing!) I couldn't get the best photo as the airline lady was on me about using my phone.<br />
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Yesterday was my first ride in Oxnard, and there was so much to take in. Hot weather of plus 30 (!!!!), riding through sand with picturesque backgrounds of mountains and I am able to walk out of my doorstep a few meters right onto the beach! Lots of Canadian athletes down here this year which is fantastic too.<br />
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Now between riding and training, cooking, doing yoga, reading and drawing, I will have lots of time to update my blog, so please, keep checking back if you want to know what I am up to!<br />
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<br />karleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01945047399845093311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121167379100454039.post-1817236163375375352014-01-17T09:48:00.000-07:002014-01-17T09:53:20.017-07:00Trek Canada announces the 2014 roster!Check out the link below to find the Trek Canada Mountain Bike Team Roster for 2014.<br />
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http://trekcanada.ca/2013/12/18/trek-canada-mountain-bike-team-announces-its-roster-for-2014/<br />
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Stay tuned for updated posts and events with Genuine Health!<br />
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-Karleekarleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01945047399845093311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121167379100454039.post-83977115275894246222013-10-28T06:18:00.000-07:002013-10-28T06:18:01.983-07:00Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront (STWM) Half MarathonI am FINALLY recovered from the <a href="http://www.torontowaterfrontmarathon.com/en/results.htm">Soctiabank Toronto Waterfront Half Marathon</a>. It was an amazing experience and here it is all summed up for your pleasure or interest;<br />
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On Saturday Oct. 20th I ran my first ever half marathon- STWM. I was really excited but nervous as I was sick the weeks prior, so I didn't get the best chance to prepare. I had enough runs in me though to know that I need to listen to music to stay focused, I need to wear thin socks and have short toenails, and that my cycling/transitioning speed skater thighs don't mix with short shorts and sweaty conditions. Chaffing=OUCH.<br />
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On the morning of the race it was pretty chilly. Thank You to Lululemon for promo-ing a Run Swiftly LS shirt for me, it worked great and it was the perfect shirt to run in. It was great to run with some other LULU's as well:):)<br />
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I started in the Red corral, the first one, so a lot of people whizzed past me right off the start. I found it difficult not to get lost in the pace of others. I knew what time I would be happy with at the end of the day, so I tried to stick to my own pace times for each kilometer.<br />
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It didn't start off good, with collarbone cramps, sore hipflexors, but I eventually forgot about them. I was absolutely blown away with the amount of people that not only raced (25,000) but the amount of people cheering and supporting! There were over 60 countries represented, and at about kilometer 8 I got to see them going the other way, past the turn around! PS Canada did amazing in both Men and Women, and lots of records were set.<br />
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Around km 11-16 I had THE worst sharp stabbing pains in my stomach. I tried to push through, then stopped, ran, stopped again, and got mad at myself because I am too competitive to just run for fun- I have to beat certain people's times! I stopped a bunch, a total of 4 minutes, but it allowed me to run very hard in the last 4-5km. I tried to catch as many people as I could. I ended up running to a 1:51:24- I wanted a 1:45 but hey, good enough for the first one- well maybe the 'last one ever' as I loudly said in my mind when I crossed the finish.<br />
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I barely made it home after that- Walk 50m, sit on a bench, walk 25m sit on a bench. I think I sat on every rock, stone, piece of concrete and bench there was all the way to the subway station. Once off the subway the 100m walk home was so difficult I didn't think I would make it. I couldn't make it up the stairs walking, so I crawled.<br />
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The next day getting up basically wasn't an option. I tried to get myself out of the bed, stood on two legs and then crashed to the floor. At about 2pm, just in time to do a 8hr shift at work, I finally learned to stand, and walk a bit again, dragging my feet like a sloth.<br />
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It took a few days before I could lift my leg an inch off the ground or make it up stairs, but I am finally good, and back training on my bike! Wahhhhooo.<br />
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Went to<a href="http://www.canadiancyclist.com/dailynews.php?id=26733&title=baseball-cross-o-cup-4-results"> Barrie Baseball Cross race</a> today and watched Taylor suffer in the cold weather and sleet.<br />
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On a really exciting note as well- The <a href="http://www.canadiancyclist.com/dailynews.php?id=26728&title=2014-national-cycling-calendar">draft schedule for Canadian Races in 2014</a> was posted today. SO great to see Winnipeg on the calendar for cross nats in November 2014!!<br />
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Hope you have enjoyed the first week of fall! <br />
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I have been extremely busy with school and work, but its been great!<br />
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I am signing up for my first half marathon which will take place October 20th 2013 down at the waterfront in Toronto- The Scotiabank half marathon!<br />
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I have been busy trying to teach my muscles to run and I have really been having fun with something new. It's a fabulous motivator in the off season to set a goal for something different and challenge myself to an activity that is outside of my comfort zone!<br />
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As I build up for my 2014 season, I am just asking for everyone to check out my <a href="http://www.gofundme.com/34yxsc">Go Fund Me Page</a>! Donate anything if you want to help me pursue my goals and help me achieve the level of mountain biking I have my heart set on achieving. Anything helps to get me to another training spot, another race, and also help for my registration costs for the half marathon! <br />
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Check online for the 8-hour results this coming weekend as well! <a href="http://trekcanada.ca/">Trek Canada</a> has a team for the 8-hour up at Hardwood hills tomorrow! It should be a great weekend of racing and enjoying the few beautiful sunny warm days we have left this year!<br />
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Karleekarleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01945047399845093311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121167379100454039.post-4986237794230986962013-09-09T07:41:00.000-07:002013-09-09T11:36:13.810-07:00Season Wrap Up and the look ahead to this fallEven though my season has been done for a bit, it seems like a good time to finally wrap it up online.<br />
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Coming into my first mountain bike season I wasn't sure what to expect, but I set some high goals for myself. It was a bigger change than I thought it would be at the start of the season, but it was definitely positive! I am happy I have fallen in love with a discipline of cycling again and I am so motivated for next year and future seasons.<br />
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A big thanks goes out to <a href="http://trekcanada.ca/">Trek Canada Mountain Bike Team</a> for everything! Huge thanks to Barry and Taylor Near for all your help and dedication you have put into the team, it makes us as the athletes able to race our bikes the best we can! Also huge thanks to <a href="http://www.trainwithpeter.com/">Peter Glassford </a>for the fantastic coaching this year. I learnt more than I ever thought I would have in one year, and I achieved the greatest level of fitness I have ever had. That saying, I am super excited to move forwards and achieve some high goals next season that I have for myself. But most of all, I know with confidence, I will be just having fun racing my bike!<br />
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We headed up to Georgian Bay for the long weekend, and enjoyed some time on the water and fishing. Taylor and I caught quite a few fish! (Mostly Taylor though; I just put the worms on the hook). <br />
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I had a bit of fun baking and making soup for a week. I made a peach strudel, with fresh Ontario peaches, for everyone for dessert and it was gone in seconds!<br />
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Yesterday I went out to watch and cheer at the last OCup of the season.<a href="http://www.trainwithpeter.com/"> Peter</a>,<a href="http://cayleybrooks.blogspot.ca/"> Cayley</a> and <a href="http://jon-barnes.blogspot.ca/">Jon</a> all had great races! Emily, Adam, his family and I went zip lining which was tons of fun. I had never been before so it was great!<br />
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Another exciting event was the announcement this past weekend of the 2020 Summer Olympic Games! They will be held in Tokyo, Japan- and it's my goal to be there!<br />
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I now will have a busy fall living in Toronto. I am super excited to be working at Lululemon with such fantastic, and active people. I also have started full time classes in Human Ecology, so along with some training and running I will be kept very busy! Good luck to everyone racing cyclocross this year! I am on a bigger mission than ever to fix my back and get fit so hopefully next fall I will be joining in on the cyclocrossing action. But lots of time between now and then.<br />
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The crit didn't go as expected, but after 11 races in two weeks, it was going to be a tough one anyways. Not sure for the first two sprints if the legs didn't have it from fatigue- or maybe I have transitioned into a climber and the 1040 watt legs aren't there anymore. Anyways- The boys race right after us was really exciting. Manitoba had all it's guys up front and in breakaways! <br />
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We enjoyed the last day by jumping off a 7m train bridge into a river, and attending Closing Ceremonies. This was definitely the best day at Games by far! The Closing Ceremonies were a blast, and thanks to Chris for the shoulder ride, I managed to score some more television time. After Closing Ceremonies there was a crazy battle to trade clothing, and I scored a nice Quebec hoodie. It was the best last day to spend with my Team Manitoba mates for sure!<br />
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Now I get to enjoy some summer, after I fight off this "post games death cold" and exhaustion, before I start 'Full time work, Full time school and Full time training'. Ouch that seems like a lot of full time activities.<br />
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-Karleekarleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01945047399845093311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121167379100454039.post-73894443774529064192013-08-14T12:41:00.000-07:002013-08-14T12:43:58.491-07:00MSA World Cup and Canada Games Start of week 2Now.. where did I leave off..<br />
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The sprint eliminator last week at Mountain Bike Canada Games didn't go quite as planned. I had a really good qualifying tt, a great heat and then in the semi I was taken out in the first 10 meters of the race off the start. The course was so much fun, the best eliminator course yet that I have done, but we were 6 abreast on a narrow gravel path for the start which provided many crashes and complications for both some of the top female and male racers. It was disappointing to be in the small final after a crash, but I was able to have a fun race and win that one.<br />
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Right after the race the Ontario team and I headed up to Mont Sainte Anne for the World Cup where I met up with everyone else from Trek Canada. It was a great experience, and the course was really fun. My back wasn't able to deal with the steep climbing, but that's the way it goes, and I was happy with my start and how my legs were feeling.<br />
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On Sunday I headed back down to Sherbrooke for week number 2 of Canada Summer Games; road cycling this time.<br />
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Monday was our time trial- the course was fairly flat with a 3km downhill at the beginning and the same 3km uphill at the end. The winds were strongly blowing and I was definitely fighting them most of the rest. I finally felt comfortable riding in aero bars, and I fairly enjoyed the time trial. After coming back from a tough week of racing; Canada Games XC, 2 relay laps, 4 sprint races and a world cup, and sinus problems, I was happy to pull off a 5th, within a minute of the winner. I was also happy with it as it was my first tt for a couple years and just getting back on my road bike.<br />
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Today was the road race. It was an awesome 12km course which we completed 7 laps of. The course was really hilly, we did ~4000ft of climbing! The peleton slowly withered away the whole race. I was caught behind other girls and pushed off the road, literally, when the two girls from Quebec got away. I was being worked over the whole race, and I think I closed down roughly 12 attacks in the last 5km of the race. My legs were not used to racing 2.5 hours but I was extremely happy with how I felt on the climbs. It never really got too hard, but being by myself it was hard to do too much work. I rolled in for another 5th place, not what I wanted, but getting worked against 5 Quebecois there's no way I could beat out 5 girls. I had to laugh at myself at one point as I decided to attack on the climb because that was my strong point, past years and last year I was getting dropped on every climb, so I'm proud I'm in great fitness, and it's improving.<br />
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<a href="http://www.canadiancyclist.com/dailynews.php?id=26326">Canadian Cyclist Results (Women)</a>- Road Race<br />
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Now we have a couple days to recover, and get to spend my birthday tomorrow here at the games.<br />
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Looking forwards to the crit on Saturday.<br />
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<br />karleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01945047399845093311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121167379100454039.post-38295095073560342422013-08-06T04:40:00.002-07:002013-08-06T04:47:04.565-07:00Winnipeg and the start of Canada Summer Games 2013 <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Well my short lived trip home to Winnipeg ended already almost a
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great week-length visit, but it flew by so fast. Each day I felt like I had a
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I was lucky enough to come home for an extra 1.5 days, since being named flag bearer. Thanks to my Mom and Dad for the quick flight change and added costs! This kept me very busy at home having interviews with CBC, CBC Radio, Shaw TV, The Winnipeg Free Press etc. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The weekend in Winnipeg was great too. I got to see all my friends and relatives, and everyone from cycling at the Provincal Crit Champs! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I had to 'toughen' up a lot riding back at home. It was unfortunate. Thursday I had testing in +9C, 50km/hr winds and pouring rain. At least I got to climb the 'biggest Strava' hill (2 minutes on a MTB at average 3-4%) haha. I also had many wonderful opportunities to ride on the flat highways with 60km/hr head and cross winds. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Opening Ceremonies on Friday Evening was an amazing event! I hope some of you got to watch on TSN2! Carrying the flag into the stadium infront of thousands and thousands of people was more thrilling than I could have even imagined. There was great entertainment, and it was nice we got to sit and rest our legs. The guy leading us to the entrance of the stadium was making us run- good thing I was at the front- I had to tell him to slow down I raced tomorrow- I got funny looks from the Tennis and Wrestlers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Saturday was our first day of competition- the XC Mountain Bike! I was unfortunately up all night, not being able to keep anything down in my stomach, with 1-2 hours of sleep. I was worried about not being fueled or being dehydrated- but lucky enough the race was 1hr13 minutes so I seemed okay. I didn't have my best race in terms of making small mistakes everywhere, but I was really excited with how my legs felt and how I was climbing! I almost caught <a href="https://twitter.com/FredeTrudel">Frederique</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/laurabietola">Laura </a>on the last lap before I crashed, but couldn't quite get up there again. Us top three came in really close, 3-4 minutes ahead of the next riders. I have never had so much fun racing my bike, the course was amazing, and the rain and mud definitely was a positive! I loved it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Monday was our second event here at Canada Games- the Relay. Manitoba girls only have two riders, which means I had to race twice. I had the worst start I have ever had, but I eventually caught up into third. I moved up into second by the time I handed off to Anna. Anna put in a stellar lap for her and came through with Quebec snipping at her heels. I was pretty nervous heading into this lap. It was a battle between <a href="https://twitter.com/FredeTrudel">Frederique Trudel</a> and I the whole lap. She got ahead on the last climb, and I knew the last descent is the only chance to make up time. I told myself to lay off the brakes, and put it all out there, don't hold anything back. I did that descent 23 seconds faster than I had the previous lap and in every xc lap. (2.5 min descent!). I came flying out of the bush right on her wheel, and I was able to power up the gravel road, take the inside and sprint to the line for Second! Big thanks to Anna for the help and great team riding! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We have another rest day today (Tuesday) and we have a chance to pre-ride the Sprint Eliminator course for tomrorows races. Keep checking back on this blog for updates! Hopefully I can add the last color to the medal pot. </span></div>
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Last weekend was the National XC Mountain Bike Championships at Hardwood Ski and Bike just outside of Barrie, Ontario. I was well prepared and feeling confident in my riding with a second place U23 (sprint finish for 1st) at the last Canada Cup in Sudbury. <br />
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I was excited about the course and with some practice I grew to love all the technical features. It was a fabulous course; props to Gelnn and everyone at Hardwood Ski and Bike and Pulse Racing for putting together such an amazing course.<br />
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I had a great start to the race, up around second or third position- but I unfortunately crashed halfway through the first lap and landed funny on my back. I tried to push on after another lap but it just wasn't happening. My parents and grandparents were able to come out and watch the racing among the thousand other fans which was great to see.<br />
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My teammates all had stellar races; <a href="http://mitchbailey.blogspot.ca/">Mitch</a> won the National U23 XC Championships and now gets to proudly wear the maple leaf jersey, <a href="http://cayleybrooks.blogspot.ca/">Cayley</a> had a strong start in the U23 women's race and held on to an impressive 4th, and <a href="http://www.trainwithpeter.com/">Peter</a> aslo smashed through the field of the Elite Men's to end up in 5th, very close to 4th place! <a href="http://jon-barnes.blogspot.ca/">Jon Barnes</a> also had a great battle in the Masters race to finish just off the podium in 2nd! <br />
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HUGE thank you to <a href="http://trekcanada.ca/">Trek Canada</a>, Trek Store Toronto, Trek Factory Racing guys, Hardwood Ski and Bike, Trek, Clif Bar, ESI Grips and Quarq.<br />
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I have dealt with many upsetting national championships in road racing befo<span style="text-align: center;">re, but this one was a bit frustrating as I was sitting in a great position after Sudbury to possibly go to Worlds. As I learn from every hardship however; keep on pushing, and take every setback and use it as motivation. I have to keep reminding myself it's just my first year mountain biking and I know I will have great opportunities in the future!</span><br />
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After nationals I took a few days to relax and enjoy some time with Taylor in Toronto. I headed home last night to Winnipeg- I hadn't been home since the beginning of Decebmer 2012. <br />
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I am now proud to announce that I have been selected as 2013 Canada Summer Games Flag Bearer for Manitoba. It is a huge honor and opportunity that I will cherish forever. Thank you to Team Manitoba, Sport Manitoba, my parents, teammates, coaches, volunteers and staff for the 2013 Canada Summer Games who all have helped me get to where I am. The press conference was truly inspiring and motivating this morning and I couldn't hide the huge ear-to-ear grin I had on my face.<br />
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Stay tuned for news broadcasts on CBC, CTV, GLOBAL, CBC radio, CJOB, and articles in the Winnipeg Free Press.<br />
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I leave for Canada Games August 1st and from there on things are busy! August 2nd I will be leading Team Manitoba into the Opening Ceremonies (I will post links of which tv channel it will be televised on)- August 3,5,7th I will race XC events at Canada Games- August 7-11 I will be at Mount Saint Anne World Cup and then back to Canada Games the following week for road cycling events. <br />
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I had my first ride back in Winnipeg today too. I forgot how 60km/hr winds are not fun; but I did see a bunch of buffalo and about 10 chickens running across the road; oh, and a huge funnel cloud! I'll see if I can enjoy the flats for a few more days.<br />
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This past weekend the Trek Canada crew were up in Sudbury, ON for the Canada Cup #3. It was a great, HOT weekend of racing. </div>
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We arrived later on Thursday, and had a bit of time to explore Sudbury on our bikes. We saw what I'm going to say the worlds largest nickle. We also hit up fantastic Thai and Mexican restaurants for dinner! It was great to see all the Manitoba gang again as well, and I got to spend some good visiting time catching up with old teammates. </div>
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The course was dusty and rocky and it was very hot, well over 30 degrees and not a slight breeze. Thanks to <a href="http://www.clifbar.ca/">Clif Bar</a> for providing us with great products to help hydrate and fuel ourselves.</div>
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I was able to battle it out with Frederique Trudel the entire race with an exciting sprint finish for the top two U23. I got beat at the line, but I was happy to place 6th in Elite Women and 2nd U23. </div>
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A big thanks to <a href="http://taylor-near.com/">Taylor Near</a> for all his great help, our bikes were all in perfect condition. More thanks to Trek Bicycles, Sram, Barry Near, <a href="http://trekcanada.ca/">Trek Canada</a> and great coaching from <a href="http://www.trainwithpeter.com/">Peter Glassford</a>. </div>
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Check out the weekends results and reports here;<br />
<a href="http://pedalmag.com/?p=197592&c">Pedal Magazine</a><br />
<a href="http://www.canadiancyclist.com/dailynews.php?id=26114">Canadian Cyclist</a> <a href="http://www.canadiancyclist.com/dailynews.php?id=26109">Full results</a><br />
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Now we are back in Toronto for approx 24 hours to do some laundry and prepare for <a href="http://www.pulseracing.ca/">Nationals</a> at Hardwood this coming weekend! I am happy to see where my fitness is at and I am really excited for the next upcoming races. Stay tuned for updates from the XCE Thursday (eliminator), XC National Championships Saturday and relay Sunday! Check out <a href="http://pulseracing.ca/">pulseracing.ca</a> for more information.<br />
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On another note we should be able to start eating vegetables from our garden soon; most of it seemed to survive the monsoon-like weather here in Toronto last week.<br />
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-Karleekarleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01945047399845093311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121167379100454039.post-48835211009170574252013-06-24T07:11:00.008-07:002013-06-24T07:13:09.782-07:00In the KitchenA couple weeks ago, while enjoying a few easy days, I was able to spend some quality time in the kitchen. I made a really good parsnip, pear and cauliflower soup that was full of vegetables and coconut milk; it was fantastic on a couple rainy days.<br />
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I also experimented with making my own granola- which was amazing! I ate the whole container in about the same time it took to bake.<br />
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I made date squares that were also super delicious- and really easy to eat on the bike. They were super soft and had a great sweet taste, and with only 3 ingredient they were very easy to make.<br />
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I also made a spaghetti squash salad that turned out great too.<br />
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Our garden is really growing, and I can't wait to cook later in the summer with the vegetables we grew!<br />
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Karleekarleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01945047399845093311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121167379100454039.post-35705474585491696142013-06-04T08:10:00.002-07:002013-06-04T08:10:15.514-07:00Canada Summer Games I am excited to announce my 2013 Canada Summer Games "Athlete to Watch" video!<br />
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<br />karleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01945047399845093311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121167379100454039.post-17878856143261219872013-06-04T08:05:00.001-07:002013-06-04T08:05:54.951-07:00Help support my cycling!<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px;">I am getting very excited about the next half of the season, and all the races to come;</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">I am looking for financial support to help my journey to realize my full potential as a professional female athlete. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22px;">Cycling is predominately self-funded, and I am looking for any little bit of financial help to get me to races so I can achieve my goals!</span><br />
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My new Superfly SL was AMAZING! It was so light and handled extremely well over the rocky technical descents.<br />
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<a href="http://jon-barnes.blogspot.ca/">Jon Barnes</a> was able to win his race, and <a href="http://www.trainwithpeter.com/">Peter</a> put in a great race as well finishing 10th in Elite Men. <br />
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You can check out a video from Peter of the course<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0JsXy4Gor4"> here</a>.<br />
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We have a day now to enjoy the gorgeous town of Tremblant before we head to Baie-Saint Paul tomorrow to prepare for next weekend Canada Cup #2.<br />
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Check out the <a href="http://www.canadiancyclist.com/dailynews.php?id=26276">Canada Cup 1 Results</a><br />
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-Karleekarleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01945047399845093311noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121167379100454039.post-39005924020886482892013-05-02T18:26:00.001-07:002013-05-02T18:29:29.692-07:00OCup #1 and the low down on my back (good news)I am now just about settled in, in Toronto. I almost have recovered from the long drive home (seemed harder to recover from that drive than a five day road stage race)!<br />
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This past weekend we had the OCup #1 at Woodnewton. It was the first chance to have the full team together, and we couldn't have asked for a nicer weekend! <br />
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Saturday we had a U23 sprint tt and eliminator race- which was a lot of fun! The sprint tt went really and I was happy with having the fastest U23 Women's time through! I managed to miss my pedal in the eliminator but I got a good run through trying to chase back up. Cayley and Mitch both made it to the final round which was exciting to watch.<br />
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Sunday was the XC race. I was excited about getting onto Canadian dirt and off the California sand. The course was so much fun, I really enjoyed it. I got off to a great start, sitting in 3rd and 4th, but then the back locked up once again.<br />
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So ... the back...<br />
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Everyone has been asking me daily about it and I feel like a broken tape repeating myself over and over again. Its extremely frustrating and emotional explaining to everyone repeatedly (as you could imagine why by reading below), even though I know, and am so thankful for, everyone just wanting to help because they care, as it has gotten in the way of achieving lots of my goals.<br />
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SO it's been almost four years of the most painful S.I. joint problems. Its an on-and-off occurrence so some races it acts up and others its a measurable amount of pain I can push aside. Sitting through school, standing at part time jobs and travelling in cars has also almost been impossible. The pain comes on strong in a race, and eventually becomes so much my S.I. Joint "locks" up and I literally can only maximally push 50watts. I have been through the most extensive network of seeing multiple, multiple, physio, chiro, naturopath, orthopedic surgeons, massage therapists, having MRI, X-Ray, kinesiotaping, doing yoga, Pilates core training, strength training, foam rolling, tennis ball pressure point exercises, I have had about 50 different bike fits, tried about 18 different saddles and nothing really seemed to work. I have had about 10 different diagnostics, and no one ever gave me a solid answer.<br />
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UNTIL...this week. I bought the book "The Core Advantage" by Tom Danielson and Allison Westfahl, and have been giving it a go- only for about a week. Knowing another cyclist put up with very similar back pain- and overcame it is really exciting to me. The exercises are cycling related and have a lot to do with posture and rehabilitation/injury of the low back and S.I. Joint area. I have also been fortunate about coming across a physiotherapist at Urban Athlete who sounds like she knows exactly what is going on and how to fix it. <br />
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My right side of my pelvis is tilted forwards and rotated around to one side; a form of S.I. Joint Disfunction Not the easiest fix as my muscles over the last few years have been accustomed to hold it in that position. However with some frequent pelvic adjustments, posture work and strengthening I will train it to be held in the proper position. With my pelvis in this position it is putting a lot of force on my femoral nerve, which isn't letting my quad fire with the strength it has. I also have a non-firing glute and pelvic floor muscles due to this- which almost all your power comes from.<br />
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Doing simple muscular tests,which I had never taken too much notice in the results, and failing them, I really saw this week how weak I am in the leg with the out-of-wack pelvis. After the S.I. joint is re-aligned and worked on my glutes and opened up the hip flexor so its not compressing the nerve, I have almost 20X the amount of strength. <br />
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This is exciting- both in the way of it looks like I am on the right track to getting myself healed and how much more muscular strength I am going to have..I'm going to be so much stronger with a pain free back!! It's crazy!<br />
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This injury though has had some benefits- I have grown so much stronger, fitter and healthier trying to deal with it. Taking proper care of nutrition, mobility, strength and flexibility from the injury will definitely carry through to an all round better performance.<br />
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As you can see it has been a long time injury that is not fun to talk about anymore- but excited I may be on the right track.<br />
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Cayley, Mitch and Jon all had podium finishes from the Woodnewton OCup in the XC race- congrats! Looks like our team is going to have a great season.<br />
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Our new bikes, the Trek Superfly Elite SL, are all built up/getting built up- HUGE thank you to Trek, Sram, Trek Toronto, Trek Canada and Taylor for that! I can't wait to race her (Wanda)..she's under 20lbs! We will be showcasing them this weekend at the Trek Demo Day at Hardwood Hills!<br />
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Next up is the first Canada Cup of the year at Mont Tremblant May 18th and then Baie St. Paul to follow May 25th.<br />
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Karlee <br />
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