A Year's Progression

exactly one year ago today, I took a very serious crash and suffered a fractured hip, pelvis, L5 in my back and tore up my ankle. I am incredibly lucky that I can still walk and also continue pursuing my dream in snowboarding. though this injury was a horrible time in my life, I became such a better athlete from it. i focused my life around getting stronger, in all ways possible. my dedication grew tremendously, and ever since, I have worked as hard as I can in all that I do, to be back on top! thanks to all the love and support to everyone who has believed in me, and helped me recover to pursue my dream!

Starting the Season off Right

It's been a week since I have officially been moved into my new winter home, Park City, Utah, and I am loving every bit of it.  Not only do I love this beautiful area, I love how my riding has been.  It took a couple days to adjust to my nervous and gain my confidence back, but I finally feel 100% confident on my snowboard again.  On top of that, Alpenfit, a new gym in Park City, is sponsoring me.  They are a crossfit, yoga, and rock climbing speciality gym, that will benefit me so much in my snowboard training.  I cannot wait to not only work as hard as I can on hill, but in the gym, and the kitchen, to bring home some wins this season!

GLBRT #2

Yesterday, Saturday December 7,2013, I competed in my second crossfit competition! Just like the first, I had an absolute blast! My main goal in this competition was to get back in the "competition" state of mind, with my snowboard season approaching so quickly.  I also wanted to see if there was a difference in my strength from the first competition to the second; there most definately was! I feel so strong, which makes me super stoked going into this snowboard season! In just one week I will finally head to Park City, Utah, to being my training and competing! I would like to give a HUGE shout-out to my crossfit trainers, Jeremy and Susie Worthington.. from CrossFit Worthy box in Mount Pleasant, MI.  I truthfully do not believe I would be this strong, healthy, or prepared for my upcoming snowboard season if it wasn't for them!

21-15-9 cleans @75# 

Some of the coolest people I know from my box!

Front Squat 10 @ 95# for three rounds

GLBRT CrossFit Competition September 22, 2013

Last weekend, I competed in my first CrossFit competition.  I began CrossFit in June, and grew very passionate about it.  With a few months of training, I decided it would be beneficial for me to get used to competing again, whether it is boardercross or not.  I am so glad I decided to do this competition.  It was a 4 person team competition, 2 guys and 2 girls.  I joined a team with 3 people from my current CrossFit box in Mount Pleasant, MI.  My love for CrossFit has grew since this competition, it is truly an amazing thing!
Here's some pictures from the competition, as well as the WODs.
This event even gave me new personal records! PR of 95# clean & jerks, as well as finally completing pull ups! YEAH!

95# clean jerk

WODS:

Event 1:
"XL Karen"
10 minute cap:
200 wall balls for time.
Women 16# 9' target. Men's 20# 11'.
1 person working at a time.
5 burpees EMOM (whole team).

Score=Time. 1 second added for every Wall Ball not completed.

Event 2:
"Grace and Isabel's Big Day"
10 minute cap
Part 1:
"Grace" (135/95)
Part 2:
30 Box Overs (24/20)
Part 3:
"Isabel" (135/95)
Part 4:
30 T2B

One Athlete working at a time. There is no requirement on how many reps each athlete needs to complete. There will be two bars provided for the WOD. There will be no scaling for this wod.

One second added for every rep not completed.

Event 3:
"Fran Fran go Fran"
10 minute cap.
63-45-27
Thrusters(95/65)
Pull ups

- One person working at a time.
- Each teammate must complete a thruster and a pull-up in each round.
- Jump pull ups will be allowed
Score=Time. 1 Second added for each rep not completed.

Successful Week of Training!

The past two weeks training in Oregon have been so amazing! It was such a wonderful feeling to be back riding my snowboard, feeling stronger than ever! I felt like I had never stopped snowboarding, which is positive feedback that all my hard work has paid off.  My body felt strong, my injury was pain free and I was able to do anything my mind would allow me too.
Coming off such a gnarly injury, I knew my snowboarding would be effected a lot by my mind, which was very true during camp.  There were many times where my mind was my biggest enemy and it was extremely difficult to face, especially during the larger features.  But with the help of US team riders and all my coaches, I believe that by the end of training, I had won the battle with my mind, and fought my fears!!
This camp was so beneficial, not only to make up for lost time on my snowboard, or gain as much knowledge and training of my sport as possible, but to remind myself not to let an injury create unnecessary fears; simply use that anxiety as determination to excel.

Just a few pictures I took from Mt. Hood, Oregon! Obviously so stoked to be snowboarding!

finally getting back on my snowboard!

it has been a long 6 months away from my snowboard, but after a lot of hard work to recover from this nasty injury, I am stoked to say I'll be going to mt. hood, Oregon to train for 2 weeks, for the US team gold camp!! from being told I may never be able to snowboard again, to being back 100% within such a short period of time, this is well needed! thank you to everyone for all the support and prayers:) 

baby steps

Through a few weeks in physical therapy, and walking on my own, I finally received approval from my therapist to bike on a machine.  I went to the gym yesterday and biked for a full 45 minutes! The feeling I had cannot even be described in words.  I'm taking baby steps to recovery, but it sure does feel amazing! I worked on a few core exercises as well.  Not going to lie, my muscles are a bit sore today.  Shows how much lack of muscle I have been using the past 2 1/2 months.