World Cup Round 1 and Jukola 2019
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...