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Hot and Humid Since the end of my Europe stint, I have been training at home in Vancouver. I was quite excited about coming home - to summer and to get stuck into a great training program. Unfortunately the weather didn't cooperate for the first week or so and sailing was pretty miserable. I trained for a few days with my team mate Zac and then was joined by Steff Williams from New Zealand for my training block. We logged many hours on the water, battling each other in a range of conditions, but mostly in light air with lots of current as that is Vancouver's specialty. Coached by Jason Rhodes, both of us made huge gains - which kept our training battles alive and well. Mid-June, Dave Hayes, Canada's Youth Representative at the last World Youth Championships and runner up in the Canadian Olympic trials then joined me in Vancouver. Dave's forte is in the breeze and is physically more powerful than me; I wanted to learn some high wind techniques and for me to learn how to sail more powerful - like a guy. Vancouvers wind forecast was not the best, so the three of us ended up driving down to the Gorge (Hood River, Oregon) for a few days for the Gorge Cup Race. The weather patterns were quite unusual there as well - we arrived to humid overcast skies and not much wind - a huge contrast to the typical hold on for your life windy Gorge.. The wind never did come for Race Day and the races were abandoned, but all was not lost. The wind did eventually came up at 7pm and like the night before, we had an incredible sunset sail - getting off the water at 9pm. It was an incredible way to spend both nights there, having fun while learning lots. My Vancouver training stint is now over... I am on my way to Mexico for the next training camp. My first ten days will be in Cozumel, followed by a 3 day State Championship in Playa del Carmen and then the final week in Cancun. I chose Mexico as part of my training program as it has similar characteristics of China... hot, humid, light winds, current, did I mention...hot and humid. It will be great acclimatization training for me, on top of the on the water training with Demita, the Mexican Olympic representative, her coach Adrien and my coach Jason. Hasta luego de Mexico, Nikola Girke posted by editors at 6/30/2008 11:42:00 PM |
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