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 Training Camp with Mike GebhardtIt's been quite some time since the last update, not sure where the days went, it's been so busy since I last came home. Arriving home at the end of July I thought I'd come back to a much needed rest. Instead, we (Zac and I) had a seven day training camp with Mike Gebhardt in Vancouver. Gebi is a two-time Olympic Medalist in windsurfing from the USA. The training camp was excellent. We sailed mostly in light to moderate winds, which are my weakest areas. I learned heaps and feel that I made some great gains. It's unbelievable what some coaching can do, I now have a much betterunderstanding of the how and whys of windsurfing and I've added a few new "gears" to my sailing, very valuable information! Now I just need time to keep practicing these techniques so that I can do them without thinking and to be able to concentrate on the race itself. I then went to Miami where I met up with Gebi again to test some of my equipment and make it ready for the Worlds. Unfortunately on my flight home, both my boards were damaged quite badly. The next day, the only day I had at home before flying to Italy was spent repairing the boards. Thanks to Rob & Matt's help at Roberts Sailboards, I was in and out of the shop after 6 hours of repairing. I was initially going to go to China for the Pre-Olympic Test event, but decided a month prior to going that I would rather train and work on my sailing than to race in a regatta. It seems that after reading the reports from China that I have made the right choice. The RSX Women have only had 6 races of 11 total and have only 2 more days of racing. The wind has been incredibly light and the current very strong. Now already one week has passed since I've arrived in Torbole, LakeGarda. I've attached a picture of our arrival. Romy came to pick Christine and me up at the airport. Needless to say, we got a lot of looks while loading the car (and this is only 2 sets of gear)! I am staying with 3 other girls (Romy: Germany, Gelly: Greece, Christine: Britain) and we all train together. It's been quite windy here and we've had great training so far. Some days we've had double sessions on the water, gym and running. There are many teams training here and we are allowed to join in on their racing, which is great as we areable to test our speed against the others while assessing the racing area. Till soon, Nikola (www.nikolagirke.com) posted by editors at 8/29/2006 08:41:00 PM |
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