My trip to Atlantic City.....read on....
First off, I'd like to say that my pro debut was one hell of an experience...it was so cool to stand up on stage with many of the women I have admired for years. It was also very intimidating too, but I think it would have been more so had I have been there alone. Thankfully my trainer was there along with other fellow Canadian competitors....we had a blast!
Congratulations to my pal Nicole Ball who dominated our lightweight class and secured herself a qualification to the OLYMPIA...YOU GO GIRL! I'll see ya in Vegas!
A pic of Nicole, me & Jamie Senuk (Figure Pro) backstage....
My actual trip to Atlantic City was the furthest thing from pleasant...it all started on Wednesday at 3am when I was woken up by an automated phone call from the airline I had booked with, the recording informed me that my flight scheduled to depart only three hours later was now CANCELLED! I was stunned... I was half asleep, my diet brain just couldn't seem to comprehend such an idea in the wee hours of the morn and at this point I was scrambling to wake up, call the airline which proved to be useless, find another flight asap...all the while trying to keep my stress level in check....I was able to find a flight off the island, but it meant I had to be at the airport in an hour and that I'd be making a 'milk run' across the continental USA just to get to Atlantic City as scheduled.....it wasn't a fun morning...I made my flight, but my connection in Vancouver was delayed and this caused a domino effect...I ended up missing my other connections through various cities in the USA and ended up stranded in Atlanta for a night. If I wasn't irritated enough by my flight getting cancelled, now I was really bothered. I was finally able to get to Atlantic City the following morning, however, in the mean time I had the luxury of paying for two hotel rooms for an evening..my pre-booked room in AC and a friggin' room in Atlanta now too.... I was so thankful to have arrived in AC when I finally got there...the relief was unbelievable! My hotel was easy to find and the venue was very close by so it made for easy travel to and fro.... Atlantic City itself wasn't particularly nice at least not what I saw of it, I certainly wouldn't travel there again....the only decent location seemed to be the boardwalk area. The boardwalk offered great restaurants, cool knick-knack shops and a spectacular ocean breeze. After my arrival, the trip went pretty smoothly until my departure....the plane had broken down causing a two hour delay in our departure which again caused me to miss two connections, but the airline was helpful enough to shuffle me on to a different flight which sent me directly from Atlanta straight up to Seattle to make my final connection before I was to arrive home. My luck had finally run out...my flight out of Seattle was delayed by 3 1/2 hours...by the time I finally arrived home, I had endured almost 18 hours of travel to cover a distance simply not great enough to occupy such a large amount of time. Let me tell you, I have NEVER been happier to be home than I am right now. I'm scheduled to fly out to Las Vegas in just a few days and if I didn't love it there so damn much, I'd cancel the trip very quickly. Hopefully this trip will go much more smoothly.... Well, that's enough about my travel adventures...lol...
My pre-contest prep has finally come to an end although I'm still relatively following my diet to keep my weight down until I get to Las Vegas. I'm planning to embark on my off-season journey October 1st, but until then I'm taking some time off from the gym to allow some of my nagging injuries to heal....I'll be undergoing some aggressive ART and massage therapy to mend a pinched nerve in my back....I'm assuming it happened during my last week of prep leading up to AC, but I'm not positive....perhaps it had been there longer and I hadn't noticed it until it got really bad...all I know is that my hand keeps going numb and I get jolts of pain down my arm when I move in certain directions. Ah, the joys of bodybuilding! Fortunately, I haven't suffered too many injuries over the years. I'll be back to normal in no time at all.
The UFC is on this weekend so I'll be tuning in to PPV with some friends to watch the event....of course there will be all kinds of food involved...I can't tell you what a relief it is to be off my pre-contest diet....I almost feel free in a way...yes, I'm still following my diet plan voluntarily during the week, but that is by choice not necessity....it'll be nice to eat some junk food (like pizza) and visit with my friends whom I have neglected for months. Ordering UFC on PPV is a convenient way to get everyone together for an evening :)
Well, that's all for now....I think I'll retreat to the couch and watch some TV...I'm still quite fatigued from my trip....early to bed tonight....
Congratulations to my pal Nicole Ball who dominated our lightweight class and secured herself a qualification to the OLYMPIA...YOU GO GIRL! I'll see ya in Vegas!
A pic of Nicole, me & Jamie Senuk (Figure Pro) backstage....
My actual trip to Atlantic City was the furthest thing from pleasant...it all started on Wednesday at 3am when I was woken up by an automated phone call from the airline I had booked with, the recording informed me that my flight scheduled to depart only three hours later was now CANCELLED! I was stunned... I was half asleep, my diet brain just couldn't seem to comprehend such an idea in the wee hours of the morn and at this point I was scrambling to wake up, call the airline which proved to be useless, find another flight asap...all the while trying to keep my stress level in check....I was able to find a flight off the island, but it meant I had to be at the airport in an hour and that I'd be making a 'milk run' across the continental USA just to get to Atlantic City as scheduled.....it wasn't a fun morning...I made my flight, but my connection in Vancouver was delayed and this caused a domino effect...I ended up missing my other connections through various cities in the USA and ended up stranded in Atlanta for a night. If I wasn't irritated enough by my flight getting cancelled, now I was really bothered. I was finally able to get to Atlantic City the following morning, however, in the mean time I had the luxury of paying for two hotel rooms for an evening..my pre-booked room in AC and a friggin' room in Atlanta now too.... I was so thankful to have arrived in AC when I finally got there...the relief was unbelievable! My hotel was easy to find and the venue was very close by so it made for easy travel to and fro.... Atlantic City itself wasn't particularly nice at least not what I saw of it, I certainly wouldn't travel there again....the only decent location seemed to be the boardwalk area. The boardwalk offered great restaurants, cool knick-knack shops and a spectacular ocean breeze. After my arrival, the trip went pretty smoothly until my departure....the plane had broken down causing a two hour delay in our departure which again caused me to miss two connections, but the airline was helpful enough to shuffle me on to a different flight which sent me directly from Atlanta straight up to Seattle to make my final connection before I was to arrive home. My luck had finally run out...my flight out of Seattle was delayed by 3 1/2 hours...by the time I finally arrived home, I had endured almost 18 hours of travel to cover a distance simply not great enough to occupy such a large amount of time. Let me tell you, I have NEVER been happier to be home than I am right now. I'm scheduled to fly out to Las Vegas in just a few days and if I didn't love it there so damn much, I'd cancel the trip very quickly. Hopefully this trip will go much more smoothly.... Well, that's enough about my travel adventures...lol...
My pre-contest prep has finally come to an end although I'm still relatively following my diet to keep my weight down until I get to Las Vegas. I'm planning to embark on my off-season journey October 1st, but until then I'm taking some time off from the gym to allow some of my nagging injuries to heal....I'll be undergoing some aggressive ART and massage therapy to mend a pinched nerve in my back....I'm assuming it happened during my last week of prep leading up to AC, but I'm not positive....perhaps it had been there longer and I hadn't noticed it until it got really bad...all I know is that my hand keeps going numb and I get jolts of pain down my arm when I move in certain directions. Ah, the joys of bodybuilding! Fortunately, I haven't suffered too many injuries over the years. I'll be back to normal in no time at all.
The UFC is on this weekend so I'll be tuning in to PPV with some friends to watch the event....of course there will be all kinds of food involved...I can't tell you what a relief it is to be off my pre-contest diet....I almost feel free in a way...yes, I'm still following my diet plan voluntarily during the week, but that is by choice not necessity....it'll be nice to eat some junk food (like pizza) and visit with my friends whom I have neglected for months. Ordering UFC on PPV is a convenient way to get everyone together for an evening :)
Well, that's all for now....I think I'll retreat to the couch and watch some TV...I'm still quite fatigued from my trip....early to bed tonight....
posted by Nadia Nardi @ 1:53 PM
2 Comments:
At 6:08 PM,
Anonymous said…
WHY WERE YOU 10 LBS HEAVIER AT YOUR PRO SHOW THAN AT THE CANADIANS? YOU DIDN'T TALK ABOUT YOUR SHOW PLACING OR YOUR EXPERIENCE COMPETING....PLEASE DO!
At 8:54 PM,
Anonymous said…
Well you did good.For your first pro contest.One hell of a cattle haul on the airlines Best to fly out of Seattle Take Care Cdn
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