training was quite okay t'day
i started out in a t1, the rj's trash 07
and it felt good, mainly cause it was a low seat and the boat was damnnn comfortable
i tried doing a high seat, it felt horrible.
i wasn't horribly unstable, but i felt very vunerable
as if the slightest of exertions on my paddle would make me cap
and then i realised i shouldn't be such a pussy and be so afraid of capping
and i rowed. and i capped.
on a slightly happier note, my direction's getting better! maybe because the t1's rudder's easier to use [:
and i think my elbows are going up
at least i hope so. i need to kick harder and pull harder! too little power too slow a stroke rate
and i need to up my rotation like crazy! i'm too slow! TOO SLOW!
now i have to focus on going faster and straighter and working more in the water with a higher stroke rate!
a rather tall order
but hopefully achievable!
target: ROW A HIGHSEAT K1 PROPERLY by the end of august!

NCC was not as horrendous as i feared it would be [: i guess it was pretty good. even if it sucked at first [:
clocked some personal best of 2.25 but amanda says we have to shave 20 seconds off our timing if we want to get into finals next year. i need to improve my stability really very badly. i always get thrown off when gabrina kicks and we get very unstable. but she has to kick because that's the way theboat works, i just have to get used to it and become more stable and co-ordinate, and match her kicking so we're more stable. my strokes moving slightly higher according to rachel but i wouldn't know cause i couldn't see much.i should stop getting pissed when we cap. but i can't help it because 'm the bloody backman and if we cap it's my fault.have to run more often, need to up my aerobic fitness like crazy, i was almost half dead at the 250m mark. was breathing bloody heavily. we didn't even burst! no energy S: we have to up our burst and our strength and our mental strength. i mean for 250 we just gave up like that. i need to train harder. i can't even do 4 pull ups. 3's like a killer for me already
dammit
target: HIT 2 MIN
train train train train AND TRAIN

NCC day1

NCC was horrible today.did a 1.15 for 250m. our starts were horrible.and we were horribly unstable. it was a nonsense race.amanda says it just goes to show others are much more comfortable in their boats as compared to us. we really have to spend a hell lot of time more in the boat together if we're gonna be as stable as them. plus my elbows are still too low! i have to copy gabrina's stroke! my stroke's too low! somehow i can copy her stroke when our rotation's low. but once she ups rotation my stroke goes all the way back down. plus i don't think i'm using enough of my back!
aim:
1) keep my elbows up for pickups
2) be more stable! ('m the back man for gods sake :/)
'm hoping tomorrow's 500m race's gonna be better.
oh it will. IT WILL [: