Our first week back from Korea was a pretty grueling one. It was the Train 2 Compete National Selection Camp- which Asya participated in, and I as her partner. Training started on Tuesday and went throughout the week including the OVA tournament on Saturday. The weather was getting cooler and rainier as an intensive week of skill testing ensued. At the end of each day, everyone was sore and exhausted, but throughout it all we knew we were building up our stamina and toughening our mentalities- if we can survive this, we can play in anything!
Thursday was a particularly rough day, we had 6 hours of training, mostly in the rain. Unfortunately, that day I also rolled my ankle. The sand was hard-packed because of the rain and there were some pretty big divets on the courts. I came down from a block jump and landed on my ankle in a funny way. I ended up just getting it taped and continued to play. The next day it felt much worse, so I was advised to take the day off and go see a physiotherapist at the Athletic Centre at UofT. Turns out I strained a tendon, so it's nothing too serious.
The weather on Saturday turned out to be perfect! I got my ankle taped up for the tournament and Asya and I ended up winning! It was a great day- so nice to be back home. Now we're taking a well-deserved few days off to recuperate from the week. Then we'll be back at it again! I can't wait!
