There’s only one more day until we leave, 3 days until Opening Ceremonies and 11 days until I compete. With growing anticipation and increasing media attention surrounding the Games, you can really feel the momentum building. I can see the excitement in others. For example at the Toronto Athletic Club, the gym I work out [...]
Any athlete can tell you, the recovery process from an injury or set back is one of the more frustrating experiences. The, “two steps forward, one step back” process is challenging because it is easy to get caught up on the “one step back.” For me, I looked at my teammates Karen and Jason who [...]
With less than 100 days until the opening ceremonies for the London 2012 Games, Karen, Jason and I have gotten into a serious groove with training and I am loving it! My excitement is building but it is in everyone around me also. As with most sports, trampoline has its ups and downs (hahaha) but [...]
We are 125 days out from the London 2012 Olympic Games. Athletes are pushing themselves to new limits to either qualify their spots or, if they have already, to put themselves in the best possible position for success. Training upwards of 25 hours per week and allocating 100% of your focus to facilitating the best [...]
Rosannagh MacLennan remembers when she was 10 years old watching Olympian Karen Cockburn train on the trampolines at Skyriders Trampoline Place. At the time, MacLennan said she was too nervous to go and speak with her role model in the sport. “As I grew up my mom would push me to talk to [Cockburn] and [...]
February 8th was Bell Let’s Talk Day. Although I am sure most of you have seen the advertisements with Clara Hughes, Bell Let’s Talk Day is a part of a $50 million, five year initiative by Bell that aims to facilitate access to resources, support andresearch in the field of mental health.Even though Bell Let’s [...]