Weymouth, England

Hey Everyone!

I'm writing you from the team shed as I lay on the ground with my legs elevated and in the Normatec compression boots. I'm trying to help speed up the process of recovery so I can be ready for another day of training with my coach Luther Carpenter and training partner Isabella Bertold from Canada.

I arrived four days ago and was greeted with typical English weather: rain, clouds and cold weather. It's been up and down since then, but it's bearable. Yesterday was my first day in the boat and if any of you saw my tweets then you already know that it was a long day and pretty hard because it was windy and new hiking pants. They were a bit too slippery which made hiking much harder because I couldn't grip the boat. This made my back pretty sore today, but what doesn't  kill you makes you stronger?! After sailing I had a gym session in the team shed. It was really cool because Chris our trainer is here to help us with our workouts. It's pretty hard because he is watching our every move making sure we are working hard and have good form.

Today, I helped load up a container with three 49ers, a motorboat and two lasers. It took a lot longer then we expected so we couldn't make it out sailing. What did that mean? no sailing=kill yourself in the gym. I started off with a bike and the minute I stepped off Chris was ready to work me with the weights. It was a great session, but hard (hint as to why I am sitting in the compression boots).

Tomorrow we are sailing at 11 and then gym at night. This is pretty much what my days are going to look like until August 2. My event for the Pre-Olympics stars on August 5th. It just hit me the other day that I am sailing in the Pre-Olymps. This is pretty big and I'm getting quite excited for it. I can't wait to represent myself, country, federation, yacht club, sponsors and family at this event. I'll do my best, but all I can focus on right now is getting myself mentally and physically prepared.

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