Well I must have been an idiot if I thought that this was going to be easy.

If I give up now than I might as well give up on the race.

I WILL make at least a 2:10mins timing in cougar even if I faint at the end of the lap.

 

Managed to go down to kallang and row abit before Sadu closed SDBA today. All I can say is... my head was too clouded for the past few training sessions. And what Ben told us about learning C but forgetting A and B made alot of sense.

All this time I've tried to master each aspect of the stroke individually, sometimes forgetting the other aspects. The last step was worked on last week. Now all I have to do is combine everything.

Perpendicular entry, upper arm following down, stretch forward, pull close to boat, kick hard, lat and torso twist.

I didn't manage to hit my goal today, 2:25 and 2:35. Was rushing through everything.... tomorrow I shall feel the pull more.

I am a master of analysis and impromptu strategies. No more am I going to blindly row like an idiot. Today I have christened my two techniques; one which I have only managed to do one time before and completely trashed the K2 with, the other based on a mental image of sensei's new stroke.

"Reppagen" and "Kuzuraisen".

These will be my trump cards in the race.

Thing is, right now I can only fit in 2 Reppagen in one 500 metre race before completely dying, and the recovery time is too long.

And Kuzuraisen isn't effective if I don't stretch forward an extra 10%.

2 weeks.

I will do this.