A Skier's Diary
June 4, 2009
A little rest, the Junos, then back to work – at BC Hydro and for next season
Since my last entry, April and May have been busy months.
I finished my competition season in end of March and officially had April off to rest and recover from the busy winter. April was full of different things including getting to walk the red carpet at the Juno Awards in Vancouver and getting interviewed live on the show by Russell Peters, filming a CTV commercial in Montreal, and of course getting back into working life here at BC Hydro full time and catching up on as much as I could given my time off of the winter.
At the end of April, I had fitness testing here in Vancouver, then spent a week in Banff, Alberta at an on-snow training camp at Sunshine resort. That was officially our first training camp of the 2009/2010 season!
In May, dryland training began so I've been busy trying to combine work and a busy dryland training schedule together. Here at BC Hydro, I've been working on designs for the temporary distribution structures that are needed in time for the 2010 Winter Games. Paralympic tickets are officially on sale now, so I encourage everyone to get tickets to come out and experience the Paralympic Games!
Until next time...
Lauren
About Lauren
Woolstencroft
- Day job: BC Hydro engineer
- Paralympic credentials: Competes in alpine skiing’s five Paralympic events: slalom, giant slalom, super giant slalom, super-combined and downhill. At 21, won two golds and a bronze at the Salt Lake City 2002 Paralympic Winter Games, then won gold and silver at Torino four years later.
- Background: Born missing both legs below the knee and her left arm below the elbow. First skied at age four while living in Calgary. At 16 joined the national ski team, later taking off winters to study engineering at the University of Victoria.
