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Super-compen-say-what?
We have long known that our bodies react to stress by becoming fatigued, then adapting during rest to better handle that stress. In sports we use training to apply stress (i.e. workload), and then allow the athlete to recover and repair to an augmented state so the body can handle a higher stress or workload. Applying too much stress to an athlete will cause them to go over the edge of no return and become over-trained. Over-training is technically defined as a loss of external function or decreasing performance with increased training. Basically if your training a lot but seeing performance going down, then you probably are over-training.
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Jennifer was recognized for her amazing accomplishement of completing RAAM (Race Across America) with her teammates from Team Donate Life.
Jennifer Kalich had plenty of time to battle her demons, celebrate her triumphs and feel her body firing on all cylinders while she was riding her bike across America over the summer.
For almost a week, Kalich pedaled day and night while racing on a relay team in the Race Across America [RAAM], one of the most respected and longest-running endurance sports events in the world. She and her seven teammates on Team Donate Life rode 24 hours a day from Oceanside to Annapolis, Md., and finished the epic race in six days, 16 hours and 17 minutes.
"I wanted to see how much farther I could push myself and see how much I could achieve," said Kalich, 36, who latched onto the idea of RAAM after her friend completed it in 2010.
But the Watsonville High graduate and Salinas resident had been cycling for only three years and wasn't ready to tackle the 3,000-plus miles by herself. So, she joined Team Donate Life.
At the race start line, she was still a stranger to the group of five men and two women -- and, more or less, to their cause: To help promote awareness for live tissue and organ donation and transplantation. By the end of the race week, however, they, moreso even than the ride, had changed her outlook on life.
The two other women on Kalich's Team Donate Life -- one of five squads from the organization participating in RAAM 2011 -- had undergone surgery in 2008. One donated a kidney, and the other received it.
"I realized that I was racing for the wrong reason," Kalich said. "It was mainly a selfish reason: I was racing because I wanted to accomplish it physically. But I realized that there was more to the race. It was about our cause. Even though someone had explained it to me earlier, I didn't get it till I was in it."
Kalich describes it as an "epiphany."
"As I rode with the women who had undertaken surgery and saw how strong they were, I slowly became more and more amazed. I developed a passion for an organization. I had never understood the cause, but finally, I got that opportunity and it was amazing."
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The 2012 Racing Season is just around the corner.....and the Monterey Bay Racing Team is gearing up! With renewed energy and new teammates, the Monterey Bay Racing Team will be a force to be reckoned with. Check out our Team Members page to see the updated roster.
Also new for 2012 is the supporting cast....our sponsors. With continued support of the Don Chapin Company, our men's team title sponsor, we welcome our new sponsors: Rabobank, Dole Fresh Vegetables, RG Burgers, Bay Bikes, Specialized, Burnham Coaching, Light & Motion, Monterey Bay Eye Center, Market Culture, Assured Aggregates, Glass Guru, and Dick Adams Auto & Tire.
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