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NEWS
Day 2 racing has come and gone for me here in Szeged.
It has been close....!
We raced 500m heats and semis yesterday afternoon after some solid results
by the team in the morning 1000m races. Bridgitte made it straight to
the 1000m A final where we hope she can win us another medal. And Stubbs
was impressive again just missing out on the A finals. Len had a great
comeback to join Stubbs in the B final and the K4 guys were very impressive
to race brilliantly being in the race to makan A final but in the end
narrowly missing it. However on their 1st sprint tour they can be very
proud of their achievments. This boat can go a long way. They can work
so much harder and will improve a lot in a year.
I raced the 500K2 with Tiffany and we raced very well. We had a heat
from hell and our 7th place no where near reflected our strength. Estie
and Rochelle missed out on making it through to a semi but raced bravely.
Our time was good enough to put us 3rd in another heat. But it was a
good learning race and we bettered our effort with a brilliant semi.
We were 4th mising the A final by 0.8 of a second. Not bad for being
in the boat a total of 6 times before this regatta, and that incudes
the races we did at SA champs. So im excited for the boat as long as
we can comto an agreement over how we are going to train. It was always
my idea to race K1 to be independant and the only reason I decided to
try the K2 was because it felt so good at SA's. So we'l see what happens.
Other good results were B finals for cam and Stu, Stubbs and A finals
for Bridg and Shaun and Mike.
Today was a whole different race and a lot of very close misses. We
began with a good round of heats, I was 2nd, the cradocks 1st, shaun
and Mike 1st and Greg in his K1 3rd. But heats dont count and we all
had tough races where we had to make the top 2 to get to A finals. I
had an ok race but I just wasnt solid enough in the middle and missed
the A final to come 3rd only 0.2 behind. Enough of a gap in the 200s
though. The cradocks got beaten by Steve Bird and his partner also by
0.2 and then came a hue disappointment for mike and Shaun. They were
4th... but 1st place won in 33.27, 2nd place was 0.04 behind, 3rd was
0.07 behind 1st and Shaun and Mike were 0.9 behind 1st! So all 3 were
very clos, too close though and shaun and mike just weent on the right
side of the luck. So lots more B finals were made! Greg, Stu and Bridg
made C finals in the K1. Greg and Stu will be racing to see who can
race the K1 at Worlds. I hope the selectors will now allow me to race
the 200 at worlds. My times have been consistently faster than Bridgittes,
even though her easier semi saw her race the A fianl at Vichy. Time
will tell!
The time is flying as it always does once racing begin. The suns out
again the afternoon after a huge downpour this morning that delayed
racing for half an hour due to lightening. Hopefully it stays warm and
sunny for tommorrow. The conditions have been perfect, with the dreaded
side wind staying away. Most racing has been on mirror like water. Just
brilliant. Hard to believe the racing will all be over tommorrow and
we'l be heading back home the next day. Its been a great tour with a
lot of positives. Its been especially great to have Jacques here with
me, it makes all the difference and hes been number 1 video guy recording
all our races. A hugely beneficial thing to have and something we'v
never had in the past. Also great fo rhim to learn all there is from
guys like Marcus and other athletes so that he can help me with my training
even more.
Time to get home to training now. Im so motivated for some hard work.
Some skaap tjops and green unfried broccoli will go down a treat as
well!
Jen
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