Monday, September 27, 2010

Back in the USA

After two long days of wet and wild racing in Spain, I am back in the USA.
The marathons went alright, the start of the K1 was awesome and Anne and I pulled it together for a strong finish after a bit of a rocky start in the K2.
I will fill in all the details once I have a a good nights sleep.
cheers
K
a.k.a "captain"

Saturday, September 25, 2010

Warm up

Pre-race nerves are definitely present.....but I am excited...1hr to go time!!!!

Friday, September 24, 2010

Marathon Worlds 2010

Chilling at a cafe next to the race course in Banyoles, Spain. The sun is shinning and the water is perfect. The race course is on a lake in the middle of the mountains in the bask region of Spain, 40km from the Pyrenees. Seriously what could be better !!!

The past few days of training have gone well, a little bit of a rocky start the first day on the water but once the effects of the plane ride resided I felt great in the water in both the K1 and K2. I have kept training to a minimum this week with short shake down cruises mixed with portages and starts to maximize rest and recovery from a hard few weeks of prep leading up to the event.

Denmark came to the USA's rescue by loading a K2 for us on there trailer at the last minute, team boats are a hot commodity at the worlds and both the US and Canada were without them at the start of the week.

Internet is in and out here so cheers until the next signal comes through.

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Fall in OKC ......maybe

A brisk 67 degrees at 8am, it must be fall in OKC ! It doesn't matter that the temperature shoots up to the mid 90's by the afternoon, I have decided fall is here. The cooler mornings make me think of New England even thought the temperature would constitute a warm summer day there, its all about the spreed from the AM to the PM. I love the Fall at home and miss it already.

Training this week has been a bit of a challenge my body has a limited amount of energy. The work outs start great then I quickly fatigue after a few pieces, falling off the pace and onto my team mates wash, then after a few more I fall off the wash as well no matter how hard I try and hang on. I know that my fatigue will improve in the mean time its a challenge to remember that I have a limited reserve and can only do a few things everyday, ie a workout and 2hrs of work or 2 workouts and no work. If I over do it I have to go home and take a nap and keep a minimal level of activity ie. stay in bed for the rest of the day ggggrrrrrgh.
I am optimistic for next week, today is an off day for training so I can completely rest and I think I have built up my reserves in my body over the last week so I should be in a much better position to start my push to Marathon Worlds and then to Pan American Championships!
-K