Its a surreal feeling to hobble around, hobble with my boat, struggle to get seated, then just... fly away in the water.

Healing is on schedule for the knee, 30 degree range of movement is all I need to kick in the k1, so there's no problem for my rowing.

I also took a new boat out, 1-5, instead of the usual 1-6. Tried it when Joyce was in 1-6 the other day and was suprised that it felt lighter in the water, and I could somehow stretch forward more.

Took two timing's after warmup. First timing, 57.5 seconds. Second timing, 57 seconds. New personal best.

I'm up to about 65% saturation with chemical c. Its a strange feeling... when you push so hard, then it holds you at the point of damn shacked and just before dying out. Muscles were complaining like hell after the second set... could't even hold my water bottle properly.

Proceeded for the special routine afer that. I never dreaded yet longed for the beep of my watch so much before. It was quite succesful. Can't remember how many sets it was, but it worked.

Met a couple of acjc canoeing alumni. Nice bunch of guys. Remembered two of them from my camp.

Asked to race their k2 pair, and they complied :)

The odds of the race were very sketchy. Firstly, them being in a k2 and me a k1, I was out-classed in terms of boat and speed potential. But it seemed like it was their first time in the water in a few years, so they were very nua.

Then they told me that they were the bronze medallists for the k2 1000m national championships in 2003.

So for them, they wanted to see if they still had it in them after all these years. And for me, I just had to try to beat an alumnua k2 or else my chances in this sat's race aren't very high.

The stakes were set, and we did a 250m set.

First gear to second gear they were right beside me, which was quite suprising, as I would usually pull away a little by second gear. It was third to fourth gear that I slowly pulled away. Could hear their timings as they called out for each other to keep each other in check for their strategy.

Finished that set at 57 seconds, think they came in at about 1min 1 seconds.

It was nice of them to help me see if I was ready for the race. Given their long time away from the water, I think that in their prime they would have taken the lead instead. I could tell by their coordination that this was a very bonded pair. Hopefully I'll do better on saturday, because I don't think that 57 seconds can cut it in the finals.


Went to eat, then was supposed to go gym but the stupid bonsai kept falling asleep.. and he didn't even apologize! Made a poor cripple hobble around while waiting. Luckily patience is a virtue, and as far as virtues are concerned, I should be a godamn paladin.

Fast forward past boring work at home... then my dog sms'd me with so little time in advance for the evening gym session. Made me rush down my soup then chemical c, and almost got indigestion because of that.

One so nua, the other too siao-on until make me get indigestion. What am I to do with these people?

Oh, the events list is out for this saturday's race.. Time to do some research.