Vanesha McGee – First Week of Training at the Olympic Training Center & a New Couch!

we finally have internet in our new digs! now i can post a lot easier and without going over to the training center.

training this past week: we’ve had 2-a-days & 3-a-days this week. we started a lifting program with our strength and conditioning coach, dave “davie” williams. it’s really great to have someone there looking at form and forcing me to up my weight when i need to. the workouts are short, no more than an hour, and really intense. my traps and biceps killed this week!!
we had two 30 minute massages this week. awesome. really feels great, especially after an intense session, either running or lifting.
our sessions with ric have been really great. it’s so fun (but still pretty challenging) to play rugby all the time. only having 6 girls this week means we got to go through drills with a lot of repetitions (i’m sure it won’t be much different with 7..). we’ve done a lot of drills and a lot of mini games.

the food at the training center is amazingly delicious. there are always lots of choices, mostly healthy options, and a lot of variety.

today was a recovery day. we went to the beach with some friends (welcome to cali katie! ..not sure i’m allowed to welcome people since i’ve only been here for a week, but oh well). it was ridiculous that we could enjoy the sun in january. it just didn’t seem right. it got a bit chilly with the wind whipping off the ocean, but was still pretty nice.

after a treat of frozen yogurt, we picked up another couch for our almost vacant living room and headed home. kelly came in this afternoon (yay #7!) and she brought rock band..and brownies! of course, as elite athletes, we didn’t eat the brownies ; ) but rock band is fun!

pictures to come tomorrow when i’m not so tired and have the day to catch up on internet/technology stuff.