TranslateIt is exactly one month until the Valley of The Sun time trial. I was 1 minute and 40 seconds faster at this time trial than years previous. This year is a new course which is similar to the previous course. But, yes but, I need to ride faster than I have ridden in two years to meet the time requirement to increase my chances of selection to world cup 1 and 2 over in Europe. I'm currently on my...
I just wrapped up a 4 month winter training session focused on low intensity and long hours coupled with a strong strength training program. The last 3 weeks have shown this hard work has paid off! I have pushed through some old plateaus and set myself up to start high intensity interval training in better way than I imagined. My fitness levels have been measured at all time highs as a result of putting in more hours than I have...
Hello, I start writing this month's post with optimism for the 2023 season. In all honesty, I'm nervous as there are many items that need to come together for me. I need to have specific, measurable, attainable, and realistic goals. You have heard of SMART goals before. I left the T for timely out of the previous sentence, but dates are very important. Everything needs to align with date of competition. There is no next day, sick day, or race...
Greetings friends & family! Winter training has been going well, it’s the time of year I increase my training load with the goal of being at 100% by the time my races come. It’s been a lot of balance board training, weights, a bit of running & swimming and making sure I recover well. I went twice to the snow for specific training , and in early January I’ll be off to Finland (World Cup), Spain (Worlds) & potentially Italy (test...
Just a couple hours before December 1st and I was thinking there were 31 days this month, oops! All good though as I'm blogging before midnight. I was going to summarize 28 things I'm grateful for in this month's blog but I think I'll pass. Not that I'm not grateful for 28 things, definitely more, but just have better things to discuss. First, I'm getting stronger day by day. Why am I getting stronger you may ask? I'm getting stronger because...
Hello friends, Today I was thinking about the training & racing that happened in Big White, Canada, prior to flying to Beijing for the Paralympics; then thought I would tell the story… My coach Mancha flew in from Portugal and we met in Canada. First days were laser focused for the races at hand (2), which in themselves were incredible. 1st race I got an unexpected 2nd place (!) —anything can happen on Snowboard Cross. That gave me so much confidence for...
Almost end of the year it's been a Rollercoasters lots of projects happening and always on the move as we get ready to reset for 2023 I set here contemplating on the achievements goals and current state. As of now I had to slow down on my training do to some home projects that were keeping me from staying consistent never the less I'm getting back on track to my daily routine taking care of the usual work family and...
Here we are at the end of October and I feel good! As I sit here writing for the month my Halloween themed cat, she's orange, is chilling next to me. Honestly, I think it's the sub 85 degree weather that is most invigorating. I am absolutely loving it! As an asia A C6 quad I do n0ot sweat so I have to plan my life around the weather here from May to the end of September, typically. The smart...
My season is bit different, in a way that my races run mostly during the northern hemisphere winter. Even though I blogged every month, it’s worth mentioning that this was the most meaningful sports year / season of my life: I made it to the Paralympics!!! The amount of work that went into me making it to winter Paralympics in Beijing 2022 shouldn’t be overlooked, it took years of hard work, sweat and money. Racing around the world is not cheap. Equipment...
I've written in previous blogs about my goals post World Championships and how this time is meant to be a time to reset. This has been difficult for me, and I've had to change how I think about my training and up coming season. As much as I want to do what it takes to be better, my natural response to that isn't always what it should be. This is all another way of saying this period of reset is starting...
