Lots in the last two weeks

So I've been up and down California the past few weeks. I headed up north for an Olympic Ambassador conference, then spent a week in Berkeley training with an Australian technical guru coach, now I'm back in San Diego (in prison) and heading out of here next week.

The conference was kind of interesting, if a little cheesy. The USOC flew us all in and put us up at the Union Square Hilton in order to teach us not to embarass them on national TV. It was a little interesting... they hired an improv troop to teach us how to handle ourselves with the media. We had breakout groups, and we put really lame skits together about handling pressures at the Olympics. I actually had Kerri Walsh from the AVP in my skit group - she's really tall. Was surprised the bigshots actually had to attend this... the best part of it was meeting athletes from other sports - soccer, boxing, track, synchronized swimming. The other best part was partying in San Francisco at the Fiddler's Green.... good times.

Spent the following week in Berkeley - I was bitter because I got downgraded to a little roach motel in Alameda. And had to spend about 7 - 8 hours a day at the boathouse which is excessive even for me. But the coaching was really good, and I learned a lot. Tim McClaren was the coach of the some legends and multiple gold medalists from Australia, so it was cool working with him.

Flew back to San Diego on Sunday and missed the Superbowl due to bad weather in SD and a broken airplane - and then had to the workout I missed because I was sitting on the runway until 10 PM. Now I am back to the training grind.... and tired. Looking forward to upcoming 'regeneration' when I arrive back in lovely Jersey to catch the tail end of the winter.