Greetings to all,

It's been a week since I last posted, and the time has flown by. Canada Day was a blast! The regatta was fun to watch from my seats under the Level Six tent. I had a great time selling tickets for our raffle, which raised money for the Ottawa River Canoe Club, who recently had a bunch of equipment stolen. I think it went really well and it was nice to see how happy it made the kids. There were some exciting races as well, with Gab and Ian finishing a close 1-2 in the C1 100m, just passing Rideau's young gun Ben Tardioli in the last few strokes. My sister Tessa rocked the girls K1 100m by about a boat, a very impressive display of kayaking if I do say so myself. We finished off the day with a wicked BBQ at our house, full of boating and swimming and tarzan rope adventures.

I took the rest of last week fairly easy on the water, letting my body recover after a lot of hard races. I helped Tamas in the motorboat while they selected the C4 1000m crew that will race at the next set of trials. Everyone that tried out looked really solid and I'm very impressed with the level of our team. Morty got the nod for the "A" crew, so congratulations to him, a very deserved selection to say the least.

This week it's been back to business on the water. Training has been long and hard, and it's been a bit of a shock to the system after so many weeks of peaking for competitions. I felt a bit out of shape at first, but it's coming back quickly, and I think it was more a case of not being used to that kind of work rather than a lack of fitness. I'm looking forward to the next few weeks of hard training to get myself ready for Worlds. That's all for now, I've posted video of the 500m race from trials for those interested. Thanks for reading and keep your paddle in the water.