Race Help? How do you guys push yourself in the middle of a long, hard, important race? Do you ever finish a race and feel you could've gone that little bit harder? I know this sounds like a difficult thing to answer, but anything will help!

An important thing to work on when you want to give your 100% is your race plan. At all times during the race, you should know exactly what to do. Things like technical key words, pick ups, attacking at the mid distance, all those things should be planned. Coming the time to the race, you should press the start botton and execute. Keep your focus on your own task and make sure to get pumped up before your race. Remind yourself that every race is up for grabs and that you really want to win this, it often comes down to the paddler that wants it the most. Go for it!