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Hmm where to start…

This morning putting together my go pro camera after charging the battery over night, the black plastic clip on the outer cover broke, which really annoyed me as I could have gotten some amazing shots of our clubs races from inside of the boat today. Still was able to get some video/still pictures but not as many as I’d like due to the race venue and it was really cold and gross out until the last race of the day.

This regatta is a great season opener for all teams new and old as it’s just 200m sprints instead of the normally 500m races. I always forget how short a 200m race is, it’s mostly a start, a strong power 10 with a few strokes then a finish and you should have a time either just under a minute or just over depending if the current and the wind.. With my shoulder I wasn’t sure how I’d feel and it wasn’t bad at all, but because I didn’t know I asked to sit off a race just in case. Plus I don’t mind sitting off and allowing another team member a chance to race.

Our last race of the day was just awesome as we were battling the wind and the current and everyone just got it together and paddled as one. We were against our youth team, another valley team and a team from my old neck of the woods. It was a very tight race (which I love being in/watching) and the other valley team placed 1st, we placed 2nd and our youth team came in 3rd.

When I got home this evening I noticed I got a bit of a sun tan. I’m really looking forward tomorrow as I can just relax and sleep in. 5:30 was a tad to early this morning for me.

G’Night

Comment for a Cause (C4AC) is back for it’s 4th year. C4AC is my way to raises funds & awareness. This year I’ve picked BC Children’s Hospital as my charity of choice. Each comment this site gets equals $1 that I will be donating at the end of the month.. Don’t forget to keep up to date by subscribing to my rss feed

Happy Friday!

A few posts back I mentioned about my injured shoulder and how our 1st race of the season is coming up, well tomorrow is the big day.

Normally the night before a race I’m always trying to be as calm that I can be so I can sleep really well and be on my A game tomorrow. Though I wonder how much sleep I’ll really get tonight as I came home after some running around, sat on the couch and woke up 3 hours later, so now I’m trying to finish getting everything prepped before I had back to bed in a few minutes.

I still recall what my mom mentioned to me before my 1st race, 17 years ago “Harness your nervous butterflies and let them take you to victory”. Ever since then I’ve always reminded myself of that saying and we’ve normally kicked butt.

What do you do with your nervous butterflies?

Have a great saturday