Recovery on the road

Under a week to go until the 2009 World Championships. I'm excited. I had a great 10 day training camp in Whitehorse with lots of quality time on maps and high intensity training. Some warm weather made for excellent heat training as well.

And then it was time to rest. Not total rest, because that only does so much good and drives me nuts. I always say that recovery is one of the most underestimated, but important aspects of a good training program. I won't share all my secrets, but one of the most important parts is eating good food. Compression socks and ice baths are a close 2 and 3! On the right, some of my fav's. Yam fries, killer salad, salmon, steak. Oh yea, and local wine :)

Now waiting for my first flight, my bag is fully stocked with good recovery food. The work has been done and just the last 1% matters now! So after all the hard work and attention to details over the last year, there's no way I'm leaving the next 36h of travel up to random chance airport food!

Two giant salads (one with chicken and local BC blue cheese...mmm), cucumbers, almonds, oatmeal with nuts and berries for breaky, hard boiled eggs.

Don't stop pushing now

After racing the Blaze, I jetted back to the west coast for 6 days of orienteering racing in the Cascades of Washington. The Blaze was an amazing week, but I was left pretty tired after not much sleep and 150km of trail racing in 92h!

One day off, one travel day and it was back into orienteering mode. The week started off well as I won the first two sprint races and a mass start 20km race. Fast and hot, it was my kind of racing. Great fun and awesome preparation for the Worlds! I started to go a bit downhill after that and the weekend wasn't too stellar. I took it as good training and a good mental test.

Now back in Van, it's time for a bit of rest before the final 7 weeks before the World Champs! Now is when details matter. Every day counts. Onto the razor's edge!