Hello and greetings all,

The first week of Florida training camp is now behind us. It was a fairly challenging first week, with on water practices designed to re-associate the paddling muscles with the motion of the strokes. I felt very good through the week, and feel as though my work through the winter had me much more ready to work right away in camp. I had one of my best longer workouts in quite some time on Saturday morning when we did three times 20 minutes on the water. It is such a satisfying feeling finishing that type of workout.

While the intensity on the water may not yet be full out, off the water there has been some very high intensity running. This week it looks to be more of the same, with the bridge causeway quickly becoming a challenging staple on the program.

Canada USA tonight, you can be the Pines will likely be loud for every Canadian goal; Bingo night just ran into some competition for rowdiest crowd.

All the best, and keep it very real,

Andrew