Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Hospital

Last week was one off those weeks....... It started off with me being run to the emergency room for severe stomach pain, I was admitted for 3days while the doctors decided if I they should cut me open and see what was wrong. I was improving on weds and released that afternoon. Thursday was the start of USACK Sprint Nationals and qualification for the Pan American Team which would start pre-olympic qualification in Oct. I managed to crawl out of bed for the race, sit in my boat, paddle to the 500m start, turn around and race back, I ended the semi finals with the 3rd fastest time of the day and in a good position for the finals that afternoon. I was honestly unsure if I was going to be able to make it down the race course again in the afternoon but I went home took a long nap and tried to relax before the finals. I had been unable to put much food in my stomach with out getting ill so at this point I had barely eaten in 4days and was extremely fatigued, so I was relying on my "muscle memory" to get me through the day. That afternoon I put my self in my boat made it to the start and raced. After all was said and done I managed to nab a 4th place and a birth on the Pan American Team, which will be competing at the Pan American Championships in Mexico City Oct 8-10.