Silver Linings
As the saying goes ‘every could has a silver lining.’ I had some clouds in 2011. Whiplash, concussion and topped off by pneumonia in November/December. For a long time, I found it very difficult to find anything positive that came out of my whiplash injury, but thought that once I was past it I would […]
LOA – Time to Heal
I recently made a very difficult decision to take a medical leave of absence from my PhD studies at UBC. In hindsight, this is probably a decision that I should have came to before now, but being the driven overachiever type, its hard to accept that you won’t succeed at something even when you try […]
The Disabled List
My coach jokingly referred to me as being on the disabled list since I’ve been injured for so long, and I’m starting to think that is really the best way to describe how I am feeling. Although most of us likely associate the word disability with someone who has a mental condition or physical handicap, […]
Update Part 2 – Racing in Europe
Dave booked our flights to Europe on a life’s supply of Aeroplan points long before I realized that my whiplash injury was going to stick around that long. My race schedule for the year included two 70.3’s in 8 days in Europe. I had never raced outside North America, hadn’t done many races outside BC […]
Beginner Blogger: Update Part 1
So I’ve had this blog link on my website since I launched it in March. But I have yet to hop on the blogging train. Since then, I was approached by Toit Events, the company that puts on the Gran Fondo’s in Canada to contribute to a “Women in Cycling Blog.” I just wrote my […]