Emma Waddington's Blog

Hello all, long time no see! I've been busy finishing up classes for the year, coaching and training for the last few months. Nothing super exciting. But, I just got back from my first international races of 2019, so I figured it was time for another blog post! Right after my exams finished in late April, I headed down to New York for the Canadian Team Trial races. I'd been doing some pretty solid training throughout March and April and I was feeling really fit and ready to race. Buuuutttttt, on the Thursday right before the races I went for a run and my left hip was super-duper sore. NOoooooOOo not another injury! I decided to still run the races to the best of my ability and hope for the best. I did pretty okay physically in all of the races. In the middle, I had a nearly perfect race on all but 1 control (.... that *one* being a complete gong show...). In the sprint I found my speed and enjoyed a really fun course at Trophy Point. In the long I navigated soundly but had to...

With the start of the new year, I thought that I'd take some time to reflect on what went down in 2018 for me, because it was quite the year! Training in Numbers  2018 was riddled with injuries, preventing me from hitting my training targets for the year, unfortunately. But with a focus on quality over quantity for the year, I'm proud of what I accomplished despite the consequences.  Total hours of physical training:  - 327.37.23  Top 3 activities   1. Running - 79.51.15 hours, 826.91km, 5798m of climb 2. Cycling - 64.00.06 hours, 721.69km, 4893 m of climb 3. Orienteering - 62.01.38 hours, 478.91km, 6258m of climb Running Races and PBs - 5 cross country races  - 3 PBs 5k: 18.36 6k: 22.37 8km: 30.40 - 51st place at Sports National xc champs, 1st place McMaster woman.  Orienteering Races  - 26 races - JWOC, WUOC, NAOC/COC, Venla/Jukola, etc. - 4 countries raced in (Canada, USA, Hungary and Finland) - 4x ...