Snowing, Swimming & Spinning

Well that was a busy week - it seemed to be over in a flash!!

From a training perspective it was supposed to be a recovery week and I did what I so often do - get so busy doing other things that I forget to maintain my stretching and foam roller work & completed ceased up. So I am back on it this morning and determined to get back into my routine which I know works.

Last week was a bit of an eye-opener for us as we got to experience some serious Canadian snowfall. I have never seen so much snow fall overnight and we had to dig ourselves out of our apartment even to get to the road. Good fun though. The snow here is so dry, light & fluffy, compared to Scottish Snow which is so wet & frozen you have to clear it with a pneumatic drill.

Last week saw the first of our Tuesday & Thursday mid-week spin classes in our Studio on Wellington St East. Great quality sessions so come along & try them you will definitely be firing on all cylinders by the time you get out onto the road. See the clinic page on the website for more details - you can drop in & pay on the night if that is easier. www.athelite.net 

We also had some more great swim clinics running on Sunday. The focus on the Sunday morning Stroke Correction Clinic was Stroke Rate. We carried out some Stroke Rate Ramp Tests and saw some immediate improvements. These are real quality focused sessions so if you bored of plodding up & down the lane every morning never getting any better, or blowing yourself to pieces hanging on for dear life in a Masters swim class - then give these a go. Next week is the final session of the current 6 week block & then we'll go again so keep an eye out here for new dates.

Today is the start of a new training block for us and we have already kicked it off with an early Monday morning 2 hr 45 turbo session. Need to get the training out of the way early today as this evening we are head down to D'Ornellas Bike Shop in Toronto for their Ladies Night. Genevieve & I will be doing a presentation on our Video Swim Analysis Clinics so if you are local it would be great to see you there. There is wine!!