Jasper Training Camp

It was a great 9 days in the beautiful rockies. We all got to breathe some wonderful mountain air (and maybe a little too much chlorine too). The swimmers all worked hard and did an amazing job. For the first time all year everyone was a little worn down which bodes very well as we head into our championship competitions.
The swimmers all learnt a lot about taking care of themselves. Maybe the accomodations weren't 5 star but as a package it was a great setting for a camp. The kids were all fed wonderfully by the lovely Shirley (some may have over indulged a little on the deserts though). No swimmer could go home and say they were not fed well or that they were not given enough to fuel their body. With the pool being right next door some swimmers were getting close to 10 hours sleep some nights and then napping during the day to boot. We had some high intensity days like the practice where we went 8 x 100 on 8:00, we had a long practice of 100 x 100 plus 8 x 25 and everything in between.
On our off time the swimmers got to do some other activities: we went curling one day which could have been a big mistake after seeing all the spills everyone was taking but we all walked away relatively unscathed. For New Years we spent the day at the amazing Jasper Park Lodge and everyone tried skating (some with more success than others) and drank some hot chocolate. Went for a walk and just got to relax away from our dungeon.
The swimmers all learnt some valuable life lessons and the coaches all learnt a lot more about the swimmers and they just continued to impress us with how mature and motivated they all are. Congratulations to everyone at camp and a special thank you to our 2 chaperones Shawna and Laurie.
Keep up the great work everyone!