Good day to all,


It has been a nice one here at last! The sun came out and gave us some nice summer loving for the entire day. Training so far this week has been great at the Rideau Club. The mens canoe team and the womens kayak team are both training here under the same program so I've been able to find good training partners for all my workouts. Yesterday I had two solid sessions with Mlle. Genevieve Beauchesne-Sevigny and Ms. Emily Raymond, or "Gab's Girls" as they are now sometimes being called. We did some good intense pieces and I was really starting to feel some speed on the water. I carried that over to this morning's workout, a hard sprinting workout with everyone on the team out in singles. It was a wicked feeling lining up in such a huge group with so many fast, talented paddlers. I had a really good workout, and felt really fast on some of the pieces. It has helped my confidence, especially for the 500. Earlier in the year I really didn't feel like I had that high speed gear that my competitors did, but it's coming together now. I'm excited to line up in a few weeks and test myself against the best in the world.


After the hard morning session, we had the afternoon off, and used it to go and see the new Harry Potter movie. It was a pretty good movie, worth seeing for sure. I had a nice dinner at Carleton University, where we now have a meal plan which has been working out really nicely. I don't mind making my own food, but it's nice to not have to worry about grocery shopping and cooking right now, and great to share meals with my team mates, as well as the Australians that are staying there. I'm happy that the team atmosphere is getting better. The vibe around the club has been great, and I'm looking forward to keeping it going until Worlds. Tomorrow we'll be on the course doing some 500's, followed by some weights, and then a some longer pieces in the afternoon. C4C should be getting out on Thursday, so that will be a lot of fun. I've uploaded some video of this morning's sprint session to check out. Exciting stuff! That's all for now I guess, thanks for reading and keep your paddle in the water!