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THANK YOU TO ALL MY PROUD SPONSORS	Do you ever wonder what happens in these National Olympic team camps? Here was Gina's schedule: Tuesday, Jan. 23rd -travel Vancouver to Victoria -get picked up from ferry terminal, head to hotel, meet other members of the team of all disciplines: BMX, Paraolympics, road, mountain bike, and track. -go out for dinner, head back to hotel to get a good sleep to prepare for the next 2 days!! Wednesday, Jan 24th 6:30am- wake up, have coffee and breakfast before 7am because no coffee 3hrs before the testing 8:45-leave for physiological testing 9-12- at the UVIC lab. Series of testing as follows: height, weight Skinfold testing (body fat) Pulmonary function testing (lung volume etc) Asthma screening (breathing cold dry air enhanced with CO2 through a tube at a rate of 110 L per minute. The extra CO2 is put in the air mixture so that you don't pass out because you are literally huffing and puffing at a rate like you are exercising really hard. This has to be held for 6min!!! The cold dry air is to simulate a polluted air environment) Back to a post pollution test where we do more pulmonary function testing for 20min. Maximal Aerobic Power testing VO2 max testing 2 way video analysis of position and pedal stroke later correlated with torque and pedalling efficiency. 12:30- grab a shower at UVIC 1:00- grab a quick lunch at Bean Around the world: Yummy soup and paninni and coffee 1:30-3pmish- physiotherapy assessment, doctors assessment 5-6pm- Nutritional consultation 6-7:30- grab dinner 8-9pm- Canadian Olympic Commitee Pre-Beijing Information Session. This covered topics such as culture, pollution and temperature differences, site map, accomodation information, media control. 10:00- bed!!!! Thursday, Jan 25 7:15am- go to get blood test, EKG, urine test 9:00- another dr. appt, complete physical, further testing. 10:30-12:30- YOGA class!!!! 1pm- Media training session 3-6- Photo shoot, media camera interview 6-6:30- back to hotel, interview with Roadie www.roadie.ca 7:00- dinner and relax Friday, Jan 26th travel home

THANK YOU TO ALL MY PROUD SPONSORS

Do you ever wonder what happens in these National Olympic team camps? Here was Gina's schedule:

Tuesday, Jan. 23rd

-travel Vancouver to Victoria

-get picked up from ferry terminal, head to hotel, meet other members of the team of all disciplines: BMX, Paraolympics, road, mountain bike, and track.

-go out for dinner, head back to hotel to get a good sleep to prepare for the next 2 days!!

Wednesday, Jan 24th

6:30am- wake up, have coffee and breakfast before 7am because no coffee 3hrs before the testing

8:45-leave for physiological testing

9-12- at the UVIC lab. Series of testing as follows:

height, weight
Skinfold testing (body fat)
Pulmonary function testing (lung volume etc)
Asthma screening (breathing cold dry air enhanced with CO2 through a tube at a rate of 110 L per minute. The extra CO2 is put in the air mixture so that you don't pass out because you are literally huffing and puffing at a rate like you are exercising really hard. This has to be held for 6min!!! The cold dry air is to simulate a polluted air environment)
Back to a post pollution test where we do more pulmonary function testing for 20min.
Maximal Aerobic Power testing
VO2 max testing
2 way video analysis of position and pedal stroke later correlated with torque and pedalling efficiency.

12:30- grab a shower at UVIC

1:00- grab a quick lunch at Bean Around the world: Yummy soup and paninni and coffee

1:30-3pmish- physiotherapy assessment, doctors assessment

5-6pm- Nutritional consultation

6-7:30- grab dinner

8-9pm- Canadian Olympic Commitee Pre-Beijing Information Session. This covered topics such as culture, pollution and temperature differences, site map, accomodation information, media control.

10:00- bed!!!!

Thursday, Jan 25

7:15am- go to get blood test, EKG, urine test

9:00- another dr. appt, complete physical, further testing.

10:30-12:30- YOGA class!!!!

1pm- Media training session

3-6- Photo shoot, media camera interview

6-6:30- back to hotel, interview with Roadie www.roadie.ca

7:00- dinner and relax

Friday, Jan 26th

travel home