365 DAYS!

today marks the year out date for the 2013 7s world cup! what better a day to start back on the blog train : ) it’s been quite awhile and i suppose a lot has happened since we came home from the last tour (we came in 2nd place btw). training: HARD! we’ve stepped up our lifting and … Read more

where are all the tulips?!

today is day 3 in holland. this is the most beautiful country i’ve been to. everything is so green and lush! i guess since the country is below sea level there is plenty of water to go around. unfortunately, we missed the high tulip season by 2 weeks. i’ve seen pictures of what the land … Read more

londy, londy, londy

LONDON! we’re here! let me start by saying that i am deliriously tired! i can barely hold my head up, so this might not be the best blog entry..not that the others are all that stellar ; ) so we took off on tuesday  morning, after a long week of camp. we had a short … Read more

rest well with “releaf”

back in california. our last match in hong kong v. australia was less than desirable. we left hong kong 2-1. i can’t say i’m happy with the last game’s performance, but i certainly learned a lot through that game and in watching the final. i/we have some work to do. it was great to see, … Read more

here goes!

tomorrow we set sail for asia. i started packing about 2 hours ago, 4-5 hours after i should have started, and i’m pretty much done. i hate packing. i have a bag full of food/snacks for our kabagillion hour flight around the globe. still deciding on which book will be my first audio book purchase … Read more

toof – truf – maf..calf?

so far so good in preparations for hong kong. there are 20 girls training at the OTC this week and sessions are getting intense. this morning was particularly good, at least for me. we ran..A LOT! it was really fun because we played lots of 7v7 games. we’ve had a few video sessions, did a … Read more

Vanesha McGee: Refining Speed

this week we have craig white with us. he is the irb strength & conditioning coach for both men and women. he spoke with both teams yesterday about game speed and how it differs from speed itself. he also highlighted many limitations that rugby athletes encounter when trying to increase their game speed. i wrote … Read more

4-1, “home” + JPP

we lost internet for the last few days out in vegas-i think the smoke clogged up the airwaves. anywho-a lot has happened and i’m now back “home” to write about it. one day i’ll write “home” without the quotes, but for now i’m still getting used to it. we played through our pool undefeated and … Read more