Saturday, September 13, 2008 11:31 PM
rowing sprints.we only raced in a quad. i didnt race in a double this time round because of the bug i had caught. there just wasnt enough time to train with a new partner and while jo had got her back sprained, thus not being able to coach us in a speedboat, mum wouldnt let me out training hard.
everything went bad before out race. we were assigned to a boat that we hadnt trained in before. it's like running in new trainers just before your race started, no warm ups, in this case however. we had to drop the idea of rowing in 'the flynn', a new boat as well though sharon says its somewhat the same as the 'ilikai' tha we use to r(ow in) as the feet arrangement just out of sorts. both the 3 and 2 feet arrangements had problems and there just wasnt enough time to get them fixed.
we had to borrow another boat from the club where we had borrowed the 'flynn'. the 'chancey' wasnt in such a poor state as the other one though it was a boat we had never rowed in before. it was only 500m but it was one that was so hard to row in. not only were the oar handles smaller in diameter, that were hard to twist without losing grip, the boat's interior was something we had to learn to adjust on the spot.
we started on time, as i promised carol we would this time (since the last 2 we missed), though we were called back to the start line after a head-on collision had happened to two boats in our race. we had a 2nd start, and everyone were worn out having to row back to the start, adjust and start all over again.
it was the hardest race ever and one i thought i was close to a blackout. two weeks of recovery had done me in. i havent trained hard since the last race 3 weeks ago and this race had affirm the fact that i cant just force my body into racing hard without having regular training sessions.
i was necked at the 350m mark. i went out of timing. jo claimed i had rowed too fast and my strokes were short, causing us to slow down, though the cox didnt say anything about it. we came in last though we were against the senior boats. everyone's in question as to why the curtin seniors were in our race. they got first as expected- though it wasnt really a fair race to begin with.
im disappointed really, in my performance today. it wasnt the best to begin with but it didnt have to suck so bad. i went home wet and worn out after all the unloading of boats into the shed at the end of the day. things didnt work out so great even after all the rowing.
mum was annoyed over the fact i brought back a bag full of sand. i guess i wasnt in any mood to answer her question on how my race went. it didnt go well afterall and mum's angered over the fact i mentioned my ex. there's way too much to deal today.
im not ready for this/
