It is that time of the season. The time to find some speed. For most of us in the crew, I think I can safely say all of us, we are the athletes that love to race. The racers. So it is this time of the season that makes all those early mornings, long days and months living out of suitcases worthwhile.
At the moment, we are in the team camp, which is very exciting as all the crews are here and it allows us to be able to use other crews to race against. The mens heavyweight double is our crew of choice. They are meant to be seven seconds slower than us over 2000m, therefore they are a great pace boat to work against. They also love a good battle.
Today we did a series of 15 stroke starts which allows us to practice making every start consistently the same. This is vital to racing. It enables us to line up on the Olympic start line and know what to expect from the first stroke even with the external distractions that the Olympics will throw at us.
With only five days until we fly out, everyone is getting very excited about the next few weeks, however, we are trying to keep it under control. I will keep you updated on our progress, enjoy!
At the moment, we are in the team camp, which is very exciting as all the crews are here and it allows us to be able to use other crews to race against. The mens heavyweight double is our crew of choice. They are meant to be seven seconds slower than us over 2000m, therefore they are a great pace boat to work against. They also love a good battle.
Today we did a series of 15 stroke starts which allows us to practice making every start consistently the same. This is vital to racing. It enables us to line up on the Olympic start line and know what to expect from the first stroke even with the external distractions that the Olympics will throw at us.
With only five days until we fly out, everyone is getting very excited about the next few weeks, however, we are trying to keep it under control. I will keep you updated on our progress, enjoy!
