Photos from OKC riversport

Photos

Check out the photos from Marathon Worlds at https://picasaweb.google.com/116456173267559650427/23SunWorldChampionshipStart900

Race time

Learned a lot from our K2 race at marathon worlds today. Ready to practice sprinting the portages along with a few other things so we can improve on the 8th place finish today! Still a good result but definitely want to get ready to nail it and win on home turf in 2014!

Live stream

The race is can be seen live HERE

Women K2

Maggie and I will race tomorrow morning at 9:30am local time.

Rome

The OKC contingent of the USA canoe/kayak marathon team arrived in Rome safe and sound. We had a little snafu at the airport when the race organizers failed to pick us up so we took the scenic bus tour of the city and then of the central bus/train station and then a brief walking tour! But how cares we are in ROME!

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.