Unexpected summer plan

I’ve been in Kamloops for about a week, and it’s been great. It was a big move to get here, but now that I’m settled, the changes in day to day life are actually quite small (the climbs are a lot bigger here though!) A new environment to do the same things as back home,…

Wait, it’s August?!

This morning our fridge calendar caught my eye (photo) Apparently I’m not the only one who isn’t ready to be inside 5 months to the start of the race season… So as summer flies by, I presently find myself struggling through a tough week of training. It’s a rest focussed week, in case you were wondering.…

And so it ends…

I did it.  I am a survivor.  2 months, 8 weeks, 40 days, 310 hours, 18600 minutes or however many seconds of summer camp counselling and I still stand.  There were definitely some rough patches over the course of the past couple months.  Some challenging characters and situations.  But all in all I’d say it…

Getting there

It’s crazy how time seems to simultaneously fly by without a moments notice and pass by more slowly than frozen molasses.  I’ve been spending the summer working through it day by day, not really planning too far in advance.  And I haven’t been doing this to keep me guessing as to what’s happening next.  Its…

Is it over yet?

I never thought this day would come… but it has.  I have found myself counting down the days until summer is over.  Not in a painstaking, dreadful way though, in a wishful, anticipating way.  I am more than a little bit excited to see the tail end of August just ahead on the calendar.  Summer…