Heat

113 degrees, 111 degrees can put a damper on training. But OKC athletes are managing to beat the worst of the heat with back to back workouts. 7am and 10am we are out on the water, by the time we are done with the second workout its only up to about 100-103 which at this point is a manageable temperature! Lets put it this way I am super excited for the the cold front which is hitting OKC this weekend, 100 degrees is supposed to be the high.
Despite the pain of training in the frying pan we are making the last training push til nationals and building speed for marathon worlds championships in September. I am super excited to be competing in Rome for the WC (www.rome2012.org). I will be competing in the K2 with Maggie Hogan, after our success in the 1000m at the World Cups I am really looking forward to testing our skills at the WC over a slightly longer distance.

Final Push

After flying back from World Cups we started right back in to high volume training. Most of our days are consisting of 2 on water sessions, running, biking, and weights..... lots of weights or and some short intensity session. This training is the final push before we leave for Lake Placid, NY and Canada.

WC2

Maggie and I saw some improvement during the second world cup with a silver medal in the K2 1000m . Our 500m races were extremely competitive putting us in the mix for that event we finished off in 12th place again but we made some good improvements on the water during the races and posted times that were competitive in the A-final. Apparently the next step to bring our performances up to the next level is experience!!!!!! patience... patience.... patience.

Duisburg

Racing in Duisburg starts tomorrow! Check out the action and results at www.kanuduisburg.de

Paddlers win bronze; UCO rowers earn All-American | Outdoors

Paddlers win bronze; UCO rowers earn All-American | Outdoors

Bronze

Saturday was a great day for the K2 we had solid races from the get go. As always there are many things which we can improve on but it was a good day. In the 1000m K2 race Maggie and I managed to put in a solid 250m sprint at the end of the race to edge out the Slovaks and almost take down the World champs for a Bronze in the K2 1000m. Know one can say the race was not competitive in the 1000m because  more then 5 people in the race who were world champions. The 500m races were tough but we managed to be right in the mix. Our races were decide in the hundredth of a second verses seconds which was rough but good at the same time because it meant we were truly competitive with the best in the world!  Now off to race the B-final with awesome form and speed.

Collegiate Champs to Poland in 24hrs

      Collegiate sprint championships were held this past Saturday on the Oklahoma River at the Boathouse district. OCU finished off the day winning the overall title and myself and Cedric winning the overall athlete titles. It was a lot of fun even though we crammed in 7 races each for the day. The event was run in conjunction with the central youth rowing regatta which at times made life very interesting. At one point a novice male had fallen in to the water and was still in the middle of the course as a varsity mens 8 was bearing down on the finish line and the poor guy!
     The very next day I was on a plane to Poznan, Poland for the first world cup.