The Road to 2012

So its been a busy 10 days since my last update, with midterm exams, summer job interviews, and training on and off the water. Although the weather has been much warmer recently, it’s been quite windy, sometimes gusting up to 40 mph, which has made getting quality mileage quite difficult. Given the circumstances, I’ve only been able to get about 80km and 3 weight sessions in over the last week. Not an ideal number but I’m happy to have gotten that much in over this busy time. I’m desperately looking forward to next week, by then midterms will be over, I’ll know where I’ll be working over the summer, and I’ll finally be in spring break!

Sam and I will both be in D.C. for our weeklong break; hopefully we’ll get in a lot of base mileage on the water, paddling twice a day or more. Although we’ve both made large gains in weight training over the winter, it will take lots of technical work in the kayak before this strength shows up on the water. More updates to come over spring break, I’ve got my digital camera now so hopefully I’ll have some pics up soon. Also, my good friend John DeRiggi is training for a triathlon and raising money for leukemia and lymphoma. His donations page is http://www.active.com/donate/tntnca04/tntncaJDeRigg , and since it all goes towards non-profit research all donations are tax-deductible. If you’re able, help donate to fund the means to fight these deadly diseases.