The Road to 2012

We’ve had a huge surge in the amount of people visiting the site– thanks to all who have been checking the blog and tracking our journey. A huge thanks also to our new corporate sponsor, ThinkFun, and all the individual donations that have been coming in over the past few days! Your support gives us the means to reach our dream of competing in London come 2012.

In terms of training, we’re finally getting back on the water. Last week was brutal, the temperature was mid 30’s so the lake was barely thawed. There was still a bit of ice along the edges, and I was surprised to take this picture of myself on one particularly cold day:

Yes, those are icicles on my hair… I didn’t realize that they had formed until I got off the water and tried to dry my hair off. Thankfully, the weather is finally now warming up with temperatures in the low 50’s for the next few days. I’ll be getting in good mileage and trying to make use of the little time I have available to prepare for the Olympic Trials in Oklahoma City taking place April 18-20. I’m excited just to take place in the event and hopefully the experience will help for our big trials before 2012.