Cheers,
P
Friday, September 26
"H.S" Squared
Heart Sisters, Hate Salsa
I have three wonderful sisters, love them to bits, two are married with children.
The youngest, my clone “Mini Me” is in Uni. When we get together it’s loud, giddy fun to the point that I usually get tummy cramps from laughing so much.
Now that I have set the scene of the Ya Ya sister hood, I am free to let it be known that their latest venture is paining me.
It was the first week in September Mini calls me all excited, I can tell she has an idea and would like my take on it. I am all poised to tell her: “Don’t buy anymore leggings, that look is fading fast”. But she is not at the Eaton Centre and she is not shopping.
Oh.
Beware: Sister Builder Ahead
Mini proceeds to tell me we are not spending enough time together as a sister sect, and they have decided on a sister’s night for September 26th.
“Great” I say, “Who is hosting and what is mother cooking along with the oxtail?”.
Mini cuts me off and proceeds to tell me that this time, the sister-builder is going to be an outside the home adventure.
I quickly scrunch up my face on the other end of the phone, as in “Who the hay?!”.
Apparently the sisterhood decided on an evening for just us girls. No husbands, no boyfriends….
My heart sinks with the knowledge that this vote was taken without my input.
But is quickly restored by the knowledge that there will be an absence of testosterone in our midst.
Sweet.
Mini then continues on, mentioning some nonsense of “Just sisters and salsa”.
My heart sinks again, my brain thinks the following:
Huh?...Who?...Why?...Help Me.
Apparently its dinner, salsa lessons, salsa club, all at the same place.
8.26.08 is Here!
Ugh. I thought for certain in the coming weeks the sister builder would be cancelled. One of my seven nieces or nephews would have parent teacher night, a nose bleed or one of the married ones would announce their pregnancy.
Nothing ___(Insert sad face here).
Making Sure The Disgruntled Show
Instead Wan my sister (married with three kids) called me at the butt crack of dawn today, I didn’t answer. She kept calling until I answered. Still in bed I said nothing when I picked up the phone.
“Hi P, I know you’re sleeping but we all just wanted to make sure you are coming. Reservations are at 8. If you get there before us, it’s under ‘Felicien-Buck-Williams Sisters’. Can’t wait! Now go back to sleep, Byeee”.
Click.
I mean are you kidding me?
One I am always asleep at 8:36am, (she knows this).
Two, ‘If I get there before you guys?’.
When do you for see that ever happening, with salsa on the docket.
I Hate Salsa...
All the weeks leading up to tonight, I have said I can’t stand salsa. It’s too much work, and I don’t have the patience to learn the steps.
I go on occasion and have an ok time, but not a crazy, giddy fun time, like at my mom's house when she cooks food and we just cackle like hens around the kitchen table.
The married two keep saying: “They give you a free lesson before the night starts”. But I don’t have time for that. I run in a straight line, I don’t do counts.
“1, 2, 3…5, 6, 7…zzz…ZZ..ZZZ”.
And my BF is a salsa specialist, he takes lessons, goes to salsa concerts (yes!), and when he dances he gets in a trance that my GF and I dub “Salsa-Faced”.
Basically he is very good, and when I told him what they are planning he chuckled. We aren’t even going to basic salsa club for newbies, we are going to a hard core club, for the die hard salsa guru. We just reek of “two-step” only.
Its not like we can resort to free styling, he said. But I told him I am not above dropping it like its hot. Watch it!
...But I Heart My Sisters
I think because I do physical activity every day for a living, that on a weekend all I want to do is park it on the nearest chaise. I am not saying 2/3 of my beautiful sisters are desperate housewives but this is a big deal for them, this dancing business. Me I burned a few hundred calories today, I need meat more than salsa.
Now Take me to mother's!
I can’t wait to see my girls, though admitedly I am holding out for a last minute cancellation. If anything, I’ll try to get one of them to pay for my dinner, then I’ll use the night for more cardio.
Salsa Syched Out,
Dita-P
I have three wonderful sisters, love them to bits, two are married with children.
The youngest, my clone “Mini Me” is in Uni. When we get together it’s loud, giddy fun to the point that I usually get tummy cramps from laughing so much.
Now that I have set the scene of the Ya Ya sister hood, I am free to let it be known that their latest venture is paining me.
It was the first week in September Mini calls me all excited, I can tell she has an idea and would like my take on it. I am all poised to tell her: “Don’t buy anymore leggings, that look is fading fast”. But she is not at the Eaton Centre and she is not shopping.
Oh.
Beware: Sister Builder Ahead
Mini proceeds to tell me we are not spending enough time together as a sister sect, and they have decided on a sister’s night for September 26th.
“Great” I say, “Who is hosting and what is mother cooking along with the oxtail?”.
Mini cuts me off and proceeds to tell me that this time, the sister-builder is going to be an outside the home adventure.
I quickly scrunch up my face on the other end of the phone, as in “Who the hay?!”.
Apparently the sisterhood decided on an evening for just us girls. No husbands, no boyfriends….
My heart sinks with the knowledge that this vote was taken without my input.
But is quickly restored by the knowledge that there will be an absence of testosterone in our midst.
Sweet.
Mini then continues on, mentioning some nonsense of “Just sisters and salsa”.
My heart sinks again, my brain thinks the following:
Huh?...Who?...Why?...Help Me.
Apparently its dinner, salsa lessons, salsa club, all at the same place.
8.26.08 is Here!
Ugh. I thought for certain in the coming weeks the sister builder would be cancelled. One of my seven nieces or nephews would have parent teacher night, a nose bleed or one of the married ones would announce their pregnancy.
Nothing ___(Insert sad face here).
Making Sure The Disgruntled Show
Instead Wan my sister (married with three kids) called me at the butt crack of dawn today, I didn’t answer. She kept calling until I answered. Still in bed I said nothing when I picked up the phone.
“Hi P, I know you’re sleeping but we all just wanted to make sure you are coming. Reservations are at 8. If you get there before us, it’s under ‘Felicien-Buck-Williams Sisters’. Can’t wait! Now go back to sleep, Byeee”.
Click.
I mean are you kidding me?
One I am always asleep at 8:36am, (she knows this).
Two, ‘If I get there before you guys?’.
When do you for see that ever happening, with salsa on the docket.
I Hate Salsa...
All the weeks leading up to tonight, I have said I can’t stand salsa. It’s too much work, and I don’t have the patience to learn the steps.
I go on occasion and have an ok time, but not a crazy, giddy fun time, like at my mom's house when she cooks food and we just cackle like hens around the kitchen table.
The married two keep saying: “They give you a free lesson before the night starts”. But I don’t have time for that. I run in a straight line, I don’t do counts.
“1, 2, 3…5, 6, 7…zzz…ZZ..ZZZ”.
And my BF is a salsa specialist, he takes lessons, goes to salsa concerts (yes!), and when he dances he gets in a trance that my GF and I dub “Salsa-Faced”.
Basically he is very good, and when I told him what they are planning he chuckled. We aren’t even going to basic salsa club for newbies, we are going to a hard core club, for the die hard salsa guru. We just reek of “two-step” only.
Its not like we can resort to free styling, he said. But I told him I am not above dropping it like its hot. Watch it!
...But I Heart My Sisters
I think because I do physical activity every day for a living, that on a weekend all I want to do is park it on the nearest chaise. I am not saying 2/3 of my beautiful sisters are desperate housewives but this is a big deal for them, this dancing business. Me I burned a few hundred calories today, I need meat more than salsa.
Now Take me to mother's!
I can’t wait to see my girls, though admitedly I am holding out for a last minute cancellation. If anything, I’ll try to get one of them to pay for my dinner, then I’ll use the night for more cardio.
Salsa Syched Out,
Dita-P
Catching Up
Sorry for the MIAness, I know, no excuse for such behaviours.
Moving along...
I was went to a charity event last night in Hamilton, I had such a great time.
Pinball was the guest speaker. Now, I have never heard him give a speech, as much as we see each other at sport functions...Oh my Lanta. He is the truth! Dynamic, motivating, funny, inspiring. All of that and a can of Pringles.
I'll post about that later, once I upload my pics, since I am once again late for work.
Here is what was supposed to be posted earlier in the week, so proud of my work, as I'm a Youtube Virgin.
Power Song
The history of my having a power song is that it gets be ready for practice. If I need to get hyped, or need a pick me up. Voila! Power song on repeat. Here was this weeks.
Pre Workout Report
Post Summary
That's all folks, I'll be posting again soon,
Perdites
the athlete, daughter, camera woman, director, producer, film editor...
(I know what you are thinking, as you shake your head: "How can one woman have so many gifts".)
...let us not question God.
;)
Moving along...
I was went to a charity event last night in Hamilton, I had such a great time.
Pinball was the guest speaker. Now, I have never heard him give a speech, as much as we see each other at sport functions...Oh my Lanta. He is the truth! Dynamic, motivating, funny, inspiring. All of that and a can of Pringles.
I'll post about that later, once I upload my pics, since I am once again late for work.
Here is what was supposed to be posted earlier in the week, so proud of my work, as I'm a Youtube Virgin.
Power Song
The history of my having a power song is that it gets be ready for practice. If I need to get hyped, or need a pick me up. Voila! Power song on repeat. Here was this weeks.
Pre Workout Report
Post Summary
That's all folks, I'll be posting again soon,
Perdites
the athlete, daughter, camera woman, director, producer, film editor...
(I know what you are thinking, as you shake your head: "How can one woman have so many gifts".)
...let us not question God.
;)
Wednesday, September 24
Please Don't Stop The Music
I stumbled upon my “Lance Armstrong” play list today! It made me laugh, it was too drastic a measure for today’s workout…
I am a huge fan of music when it comes to my work, my coach doesn’t care for it, but its use is always strategic by me. I won’t use it when a session calls for mega concentration and I am trying to master something. I won’t use it if the track is crowded, hectic, and especially not when the throwers are around.
But in a gym, alone at the track and definitely in anticipation of a “NSW” (No shame workout), out comes the Nano and ear buds.
It is essential at big meets in the hours before I leave for competition, and picks me up if I am having a hard time getting started before practice. All I have to do is crank on “Bootylicious” by Beyonce and I’m lethal…well somewhat.
Play Lists
I have play lists dedicated to everything:
“Rio 007” was created for the Pan Am Games in 2007 where I won my 2nd silver medal. It included a compilation of popular hits of the summer of 007.
“Hot Traxx” is a: ‘Perdita get you head in the game and stop wasting peoples time’ sorta play list for when I feel ‘myeh’ at the start of the work day. It's loaded with radio hits and songs that make me want to dance...in between warm up drills.
“Twelve:46” is a list of songs that are crazy, loud, racy.
12.46 is my Canadian record time, and it will get played to remind me what I need to do, the power song on that list is “Conceited” by Remy ma.
“Smashing Ducks” is another, it gets played on occasion but usually only at big meets. It's a classic, never gets old and one of my favs. ;)
The New Breed of Play List
Then there is the crop of songs that have got me through the last seven months, a new breed of play lists was created. Duck Smashing need not apply, as I was not able to hunt this summer. Rio 007 was so yesterday, and so was Twelve:46.
To keep me inspired I called upon a play list that could get me through the tedium, pain, and isolation of what I was doing.
Shorts with Cheek Padding
The "Lance Armstrong" was born, and no I didn’t have any testes removed. But I needed the inspiration for the endless days of living on a stationary bike, the burning, yet still shrinking quads. The butt cheeks that hurt non-stop, I almost broke down and bought those cycling shorts with the padding.
Eek!
No Where Fast
11 miles on a bike hurts, especially for a hurdler who sprints for less than 13 seconds. Sitting in a gym on a bike, unlike Governor Palin, unable to say “Thanks but no thanks to the bridge to no where”.
“The Lance” with its crunk, upbeat melodies allowed me to focus on the snare, rather than my own burning chest. To second RiRi as she begs the DJ to “Please don’t stop the Music”.
Yes DJ let's not. Lest I Perdita, Hurdler interrupted,(formally) fall off this stationary bike.
So I pedalled like crazy, going nowhere; pretty fast, thinking of the King of cycling. Sweating, singing, cycling, hoping to channel some of what he has, and perhaps win 7 days in a row the Tour deExtreme Fitness.
...Yes, I simply stumbled upon it today, glad "The Armstrong" in the last few weeks has become forgotten.
I quickly scrolled my Ipod to the play lists made for running, settling on a medley of all the greats.
I hunted some ducks back in Rio, while running twelve:46...for old times sake.
Till you read again,
Perdita
I am a huge fan of music when it comes to my work, my coach doesn’t care for it, but its use is always strategic by me. I won’t use it when a session calls for mega concentration and I am trying to master something. I won’t use it if the track is crowded, hectic, and especially not when the throwers are around.
But in a gym, alone at the track and definitely in anticipation of a “NSW” (No shame workout), out comes the Nano and ear buds.
It is essential at big meets in the hours before I leave for competition, and picks me up if I am having a hard time getting started before practice. All I have to do is crank on “Bootylicious” by Beyonce and I’m lethal…well somewhat.
Play Lists
I have play lists dedicated to everything:
“Rio 007” was created for the Pan Am Games in 2007 where I won my 2nd silver medal. It included a compilation of popular hits of the summer of 007.
“Hot Traxx” is a: ‘Perdita get you head in the game and stop wasting peoples time’ sorta play list for when I feel ‘myeh’ at the start of the work day. It's loaded with radio hits and songs that make me want to dance...in between warm up drills.
“Twelve:46” is a list of songs that are crazy, loud, racy.
12.46 is my Canadian record time, and it will get played to remind me what I need to do, the power song on that list is “Conceited” by Remy ma.
“Smashing Ducks” is another, it gets played on occasion but usually only at big meets. It's a classic, never gets old and one of my favs. ;)
The New Breed of Play List
Then there is the crop of songs that have got me through the last seven months, a new breed of play lists was created. Duck Smashing need not apply, as I was not able to hunt this summer. Rio 007 was so yesterday, and so was Twelve:46.
To keep me inspired I called upon a play list that could get me through the tedium, pain, and isolation of what I was doing.
Shorts with Cheek Padding
The "Lance Armstrong" was born, and no I didn’t have any testes removed. But I needed the inspiration for the endless days of living on a stationary bike, the burning, yet still shrinking quads. The butt cheeks that hurt non-stop, I almost broke down and bought those cycling shorts with the padding.
Eek!
No Where Fast
11 miles on a bike hurts, especially for a hurdler who sprints for less than 13 seconds. Sitting in a gym on a bike, unlike Governor Palin, unable to say “Thanks but no thanks to the bridge to no where”.
“The Lance” with its crunk, upbeat melodies allowed me to focus on the snare, rather than my own burning chest. To second RiRi as she begs the DJ to “Please don’t stop the Music”.
Yes DJ let's not. Lest I Perdita, Hurdler interrupted,(formally) fall off this stationary bike.
So I pedalled like crazy, going nowhere; pretty fast, thinking of the King of cycling. Sweating, singing, cycling, hoping to channel some of what he has, and perhaps win 7 days in a row the Tour de
...Yes, I simply stumbled upon it today, glad "The Armstrong" in the last few weeks has become forgotten.
I quickly scrolled my Ipod to the play lists made for running, settling on a medley of all the greats.
I hunted some ducks back in Rio, while running twelve:46...for old times sake.
Till you read again,
Perdita
Tuesday, September 23
Kool Kat
I want him!
This cat and myself would get along well, he knows how to act.
Cat Just Chills
He looks like he knows how to cook too. Heathcliff's just waiting on an apron and a grill.
P
This cat and myself would get along well, he knows how to act.
Cat Just Chills
He looks like he knows how to cook too. Heathcliff's just waiting on an apron and a grill.
P
Pickering News Interview
Sidebar Interview coupled with the story on my COC Election (posted separately below)
Source: newsdurhamregion.com
Posted Online: September 18, 2008
By Line: Al Rivett
Fast Facts
When asked how she's feeling right now, you could almost see Perdita Felicien's face light up through the phone line.
"I'm so happy right now; things are awesome," she said.
"In the summer, I made the decision I made (to bypass the Beijing Olympics due to a foot injury) and I have to live with it. In the back of my mind, I thought, 'Did I make the right decision?' A couple of months removed from that, I can say, 'Absolutely, I made the right decision'."
Her comments are based on her continued success in her rehabilitation from her stress fracture to her left foot, which has responded well to continued treatment. And, now, with her ankle fully recovered, she's putting a six-days-a-week foundation of conditioning together in advance of actual hurdles training, which she hopes to start in Champagne, Ill., possibly in late October.
"My main focus has always been my health and, finally, I'm at a place where (my ankle) can handle the demands on it. I'm having to get fit and conditioned. I know how hard it will be; I know how much effort it's going to take. It will probably take me a couple months to get that conditioning back...The main thing is re-educating my muscles. I'm not thinking about hurdling until I can sprint like crazy."
In the name of ramping up her fitness level, she's training at various venues throughout the GTA, all of which have held historical significance in her track and field career, including her alma mater, Pine Ridge Secondary School, along with Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke, where she won provincial high school medals in track and field.
Will she compete in the international indoor season? Felicien says it's possible, as her training is definitely ahead of schedule.
"I will make that call when I know where my fitness level is. It's looking like I will do indoors."
Her long-range plan, however, is to be race-ready next summer to compete in the 2009 IAAF World Track and Field Championships in Berlin.
While she didn't compete in Beijing, she was there nonetheless as a track and field commentator for Canadian Olympic broadcaster CBC. She noted being there as a commentator gave her a new perspective on journalists.
"They were a great bunch to work with and I didn't realize how gruelling it is. I have a new appreciation for members of the media. It was a great experience. I had the best seat in the house."
---
Asked about fellow Canadian hurdler and Whitby native Priscilla Lopes-Schliep's bronze-medal performance at Beijing, Felicien couldn't have been more pleased for her Durham Region colleague.
"I think she did a great job. The field was wide open for her. Kudos to her; this was her moment. I wish her nothing but the best. It will be exciting for the nation to watch and follow the both of us."
---
Felicien is chronicling her journey back to international competition through her new blog. It can be accessed at perditafelicien.blogspot.com/.
Source: newsdurhamregion.com
Posted Online: September 18, 2008
By Line: Al Rivett
Fast Facts
When asked how she's feeling right now, you could almost see Perdita Felicien's face light up through the phone line.
"I'm so happy right now; things are awesome," she said.
"In the summer, I made the decision I made (to bypass the Beijing Olympics due to a foot injury) and I have to live with it. In the back of my mind, I thought, 'Did I make the right decision?' A couple of months removed from that, I can say, 'Absolutely, I made the right decision'."
Her comments are based on her continued success in her rehabilitation from her stress fracture to her left foot, which has responded well to continued treatment. And, now, with her ankle fully recovered, she's putting a six-days-a-week foundation of conditioning together in advance of actual hurdles training, which she hopes to start in Champagne, Ill., possibly in late October.
"My main focus has always been my health and, finally, I'm at a place where (my ankle) can handle the demands on it. I'm having to get fit and conditioned. I know how hard it will be; I know how much effort it's going to take. It will probably take me a couple months to get that conditioning back...The main thing is re-educating my muscles. I'm not thinking about hurdling until I can sprint like crazy."
In the name of ramping up her fitness level, she's training at various venues throughout the GTA, all of which have held historical significance in her track and field career, including her alma mater, Pine Ridge Secondary School, along with Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke, where she won provincial high school medals in track and field.
Will she compete in the international indoor season? Felicien says it's possible, as her training is definitely ahead of schedule.
"I will make that call when I know where my fitness level is. It's looking like I will do indoors."
Her long-range plan, however, is to be race-ready next summer to compete in the 2009 IAAF World Track and Field Championships in Berlin.
While she didn't compete in Beijing, she was there nonetheless as a track and field commentator for Canadian Olympic broadcaster CBC. She noted being there as a commentator gave her a new perspective on journalists.
"They were a great bunch to work with and I didn't realize how gruelling it is. I have a new appreciation for members of the media. It was a great experience. I had the best seat in the house."
---
Asked about fellow Canadian hurdler and Whitby native Priscilla Lopes-Schliep's bronze-medal performance at Beijing, Felicien couldn't have been more pleased for her Durham Region colleague.
"I think she did a great job. The field was wide open for her. Kudos to her; this was her moment. I wish her nothing but the best. It will be exciting for the nation to watch and follow the both of us."
---
Felicien is chronicling her journey back to international competition through her new blog. It can be accessed at perditafelicien.blogspot.com/.
Perdita chosen by peers to Athletes' Council
Local feature on my election to the COC Athlete's Council
Source: newsdurhamregion.com
Posted Online: September 18, 2008
By Line: Al Rivett
Pickering hurdler, Olympian to begin four-year term this fall
PICKERING -- Pickering hurdler and two-time world champion Perdita Felicien will be doing more than just competing within the Canadian Olympic movement.
Felicien was one of six accomplished athletes - including four medallists from the Beijing Games - elected by their peers to the Canadian Olympic Committee's Athletes' Council, an internal advisory body designed to give athletes a voice on the COC executive committee and board of directors. The elections were held following the Games last month.
The two-time Olympian considers it an absolute honour to represent her peers on the committee.
"The committee's not just there to be there; you really can have changes and that's why I submitted my name," said Felicien, 28. "It's an awesome responsibility...an opportunity to give back. We're going to try and make it better for generations to come."
Also elected to the committee were rower Iain Brambell (2008 bronze medallist), rower David Calder (silver), rower Adam Kreek (gold), kayaker Adam van Koeverden (silver), and swimmer Rick Say.
The six summer athletes elected this year came from a pool of 11 candidates. Summer athletes from Canada were encouraged to run as candidates for the Athletes' Council. To be eligible, candidates must have competed at either the 2008 or 2004 Olympic Games, or have competed at the 2007 Pan American Games.
For her four-year term on the committee, Felicien says she and other committee members will serve as liaisons between athletes and the Canadian Olympic Committee.
Among the issues she suspects the committee will address over its four-year tenure is increasing the level of funding for athletes. She also mentioned the criteria for selection of athletes by the various sports bodies in Canada to the Olympics as another issue.
In terms of funding, Felicien says the recent spike in funding for Olympic sports, as well as the new process of awarding of money for medals, will be good for Canadian Olympic athletes, and should produce medal-winning results in the near and long term.
"We're going to see the benefits of these things in London (in 2012)," she said.
Felicien said she decided to let her name stand for nomination after recalling her first Olympics in Sydney in 2000 where there was some discontent among the Canadian athletes there.
"I remember at the 2000 Games there was some murmuring and grumbling. I didn't want to be an athlete who complains and grumbles. I want to do something about it."
The six members officially begin their four-year term this fall. Felicien says she expects to find out details about future meetings. She suspects many meetings will be conducted through tele-conferencing throughout the year, although she expects the committee will meet in person a few times each year.
"This is the first time I've been nominated, so I don't know much right now. I know that it won't conflict with my training."
The Athletes' Council is expected to meet for the first time this fall. There, the six summer Olympic athletes will join current winter athlete members Cassie Campbell (hockey), Deidra Dionne (freestyle ski), Alexa Loo (snowboard) and Jeff Pain (skeleton), ex-officio members Beckie Scott and Charmaine Crooks as well as Pan American sports representative Jaret Llewellyn (water ski) and Victoria Winter (equestrian).
Source: newsdurhamregion.com
Posted Online: September 18, 2008
By Line: Al Rivett
Pickering hurdler, Olympian to begin four-year term this fall
PICKERING -- Pickering hurdler and two-time world champion Perdita Felicien will be doing more than just competing within the Canadian Olympic movement.
Felicien was one of six accomplished athletes - including four medallists from the Beijing Games - elected by their peers to the Canadian Olympic Committee's Athletes' Council, an internal advisory body designed to give athletes a voice on the COC executive committee and board of directors. The elections were held following the Games last month.
The two-time Olympian considers it an absolute honour to represent her peers on the committee.
"The committee's not just there to be there; you really can have changes and that's why I submitted my name," said Felicien, 28. "It's an awesome responsibility...an opportunity to give back. We're going to try and make it better for generations to come."
Also elected to the committee were rower Iain Brambell (2008 bronze medallist), rower David Calder (silver), rower Adam Kreek (gold), kayaker Adam van Koeverden (silver), and swimmer Rick Say.
The six summer athletes elected this year came from a pool of 11 candidates. Summer athletes from Canada were encouraged to run as candidates for the Athletes' Council. To be eligible, candidates must have competed at either the 2008 or 2004 Olympic Games, or have competed at the 2007 Pan American Games.
For her four-year term on the committee, Felicien says she and other committee members will serve as liaisons between athletes and the Canadian Olympic Committee.
Among the issues she suspects the committee will address over its four-year tenure is increasing the level of funding for athletes. She also mentioned the criteria for selection of athletes by the various sports bodies in Canada to the Olympics as another issue.
In terms of funding, Felicien says the recent spike in funding for Olympic sports, as well as the new process of awarding of money for medals, will be good for Canadian Olympic athletes, and should produce medal-winning results in the near and long term.
"We're going to see the benefits of these things in London (in 2012)," she said.
Felicien said she decided to let her name stand for nomination after recalling her first Olympics in Sydney in 2000 where there was some discontent among the Canadian athletes there.
"I remember at the 2000 Games there was some murmuring and grumbling. I didn't want to be an athlete who complains and grumbles. I want to do something about it."
The six members officially begin their four-year term this fall. Felicien says she expects to find out details about future meetings. She suspects many meetings will be conducted through tele-conferencing throughout the year, although she expects the committee will meet in person a few times each year.
"This is the first time I've been nominated, so I don't know much right now. I know that it won't conflict with my training."
The Athletes' Council is expected to meet for the first time this fall. There, the six summer Olympic athletes will join current winter athlete members Cassie Campbell (hockey), Deidra Dionne (freestyle ski), Alexa Loo (snowboard) and Jeff Pain (skeleton), ex-officio members Beckie Scott and Charmaine Crooks as well as Pan American sports representative Jaret Llewellyn (water ski) and Victoria Winter (equestrian).
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