We arrived Sunday night and have been having a great time all week training at the Basin and living it up in the big city. Our whole canoe team (minus one AKJ) is staying at the McGill residence, occupying 4 rooms next to each other and eating some great meals in their surprisingly high quality Cafeteria. It's been great staying with the team and doing everything together, and we've been bonding very nicely. My room came with an unidentified strange smell attached to it, with windows that don't open, but we've been airing it out and febrezing it to freshen it up.So Morty decided he needed to lose his locks for racing, so I decided I would go along as well, for moral support, and to get my own racing cut. I hate getting my haircut, so it took us a while to finally choose a barber and work up the courage to go in, but once we did, we had a great time. The barber was a great guy who put us totally at ease and really knew what he was doing. I may even consider coming back to Montreal for my next trim, which may sound ridiculous, but as I only cut my hair a couple of times a year, it's not that out of the question.
I'm not sure if the hair cut made me faster, but it is more comfortable when I'm paddling, and I am feeling pretty fast on the water. I've been making sure to take enough rest, and keeping my workouts pretty short. There has still been some intensity, trying to find the pace I'll be racing at. I'm really looking forward to start racing, as I think our whole team is. You can feel the excitement growing and see it on people's faces. Everyone on the team looks to be in good form and I'm hoping for some good things to happen next week in Dartmouth. I've attached some video of some C1 training, as well a C4 start where we got a little excited, and then a C4 pickup we did this morning. Also check out or resistor training posted on the homepage! Alright, that's all I have for now, thanks for reading and keep your paddle in the