So before I went to Yoga I was out in Teds back yard helping them put up a wall for the badminton court they are building. I didn’t do nearly what the boys were up to. By the end they were competing with how many bricks they could put in the wheel barrow and push up the hill. Each brick was 50 pounds and Ted and AJ got about 6 in there a couple of times. Nothing like extra work out points!
If you ever come to park city friend Lu Lu lemon on facebook and you will get the updates of when they have free classes. Hattie runs the show down here in PC and she does a great job. I think they have Free Yoga in the park every Thursday. I have been able to attend two this summer and its really nice! Most recommended! I always get bored when Im down here so I have to jam pack my day with activities. By the time I was playing Vball I was a little bit tired. But still having fun!
This is what we do, we train, we test, we train, we test, we train some more, we eat sleep and train some more and in between we test each other. The boys like to hold 100 pound weights for as long as they can. Nolan has the record with 2min now. Today Chelsea and I tested together. It was fun, felt good and was nice to be getting somewhere. I had a fun little game of trying to write your name with your feet. Both of them. I think its good for the foot/brain coordination. Now for some Yoga and Vball. Endless entertainment from sports!
Summer is back and its awesome! Beautiful long days. Starting to get really hot. I had the chance to rip out the Oregon and watch Kevin rip it up in Pistol River. They had a comp back in the day 1996 or so and these windsurfers are trying to bring it back and boy did they every bring the heat! It was awesome to watch. A competition in the US is so cool, it really brings the sport of Windsurfing some good hype. Reminds me of how much fun US world cups are and how I wish Jackson would hold one. There were some pretty awesome rippas, young kids that are just so inspirational. And Kevin stole the show which was so cool! We rode up the coast with our friends Stacy and Ruben from San Fran and had a blast. It was the beginning of a super cool relationship and fun ideas of travel and craziness were just in the air!
Back in Jackson on a training program now. Trying to get motivated. Its hard to go from Rehab for 7 months to a work out. Im heading down to PC to get back in the groove soon so it will be easier to get pumped!
Enjoy the summer days!!!!!!!! Winter is just around the bend!
Photos Pritchardwindsurfing.com
Im out of surgery and feeling great. I had a good day checking in with Doc Sterett and he said I was doing really well. My bones looked great so he decided to go in and take everything out of my leg. I had hardware in my femur and Tibia. I went into surgery a little nervous and bumming and came out great. He said my leg looked great, he cleaned it up but there was not much work to be done and my bones looked strong so I will heal fast! For the first time I have had good news and it felt great to get it. I needed this! Its day one, I feel good, Im not to sick, I didn’t need to sleep in the hospital and I even got out for a small crutch walk to get some fresh air. I can’t stop sleeping and eating. Its amazing what your body does to heal! Im excited for this adventure! I can’t wait to feel better and start training all over again. Im doing butt crunches as we speak! he he
Breakfast in Jackson, Testing In Park City, Dinner in Denver. I am prepping for surgery. I went to Park City to check in with the team and test. It felt pretty good for how little I have been able to do. I have been on my road bike and hiking and ocean playing a lot but other than that I felt like I couldn’t get my strength up because of the hardware in my leg. Which is why I am now in Vail. I go into surgery tomorrow and Im stoked because I thought I was only going to get the metal out in my femur but found out the bones look good so Im going to take it all out. In the long run this should feel much better and help me improve on strength.
I had a great time in PC had dinner with a teammate, got to visit with Jenny who takes amazing care of me and then I even got to see my brother and we had the chance to bike around the DU campus and see the school and training facility and his house and have some good food and laughs!
Now its time for some seriousness….. just kidding, hopefully I won’t be too messed up on pain pills tomorrow and will get some good photos for you to check out or some form of documentation of what its like to have to plan on going into surgery. Which by the way is really strange, its playing with my mind. Mind over matter!
PS props to my trainer Ernie and his awesome mullet!
Here are some fun photos from Maui!
Photos done by Pritchardimaging.com
Some one asked me what do I do for the world. And my answer is this, I give the world a smile, i give the world my energy, my love and my power. I am one with the earth. The Ocean and Mountains engulf me with there endless beauty and it gives me creativity and energy to send back to flowers, the wild animals and the fish in the sea. I recycle everything I use, I make things for others by hand using the unusual artifacts I find on my journeys I garden and plant whatever can grow to be beautiful and green and bright and spruce up the world. I compost and decorate, I laugh and I sing, I love and hate but its all part of living on this earth. Being a part of something so big and great and to help make it last forever! This is what I do, I give the world a smile! What do you do?
So I am off Crutches. I mean I’m not running or anything. It hurts pretty badly when I am on my feet all day but at least I’m off those things. I need to watch what Im doing and take a break if Im up too long. It is so fun but still frustrating at times. I get so excited and then I try to do something, like go on a walk and I walk to far and feel like Im not going to make it home. That is hard, baby steps. I am so used to being able to run at full speed. I know it will get better every day but man i just want to go surfing, ride my mountain bike, ride my dirt bike, go hike, go play and get into things. I know it will come. Patience. I have been doing a lot of reading. Lots of Buddha books and trying to have one focus a day and its really nice to think positively. I feel like this injury is much more in my head then before, Its a lot more depressing and harder to over come mentally but I know I can and I have always liked a challenge.
I am so excited to be in the sun again. It really feels good the energy the sun and sand and ocean can give you. Home is so nice but a bit to cold for me now. I am getting excited for some jackson summer though. I can’t wait to paddle the snake and go on a back packing trip! For now Im going to keep healing and writing and reading and traveling. Im headed off on an adventure and will try and collect some good stuff for you all! Enjoy yourselves and get some sun, even if its just on the face. It will put a smile back into your heart!
