Saturday 17th June
Session focus: Endurance and rate.
3x10 to start with.
Jono and Skwij reappeared after some intimidation and cajoling by Des.
We had just over 1 boat, which we split into two.
Mujaji 1
Thor Martin
Kerri Mandi (Kerri in her last session :-( )
Des Col
Jono Skwij
=--Jman
Tai Joss
Mike Iemraan
Gill Faiza
Anees Darren?
Vince Igshaan
Carol (?? Departed early)
=--Craig S
After the stretch, Thor and Martin had a punitive power 50 for not paying attention. From there, straight into the first piece:
1.5 laps of the basin doing exercises, paddling continuously.
Twisting, Catching, Finishing, Power, Rate.
Next was a 50 pyramid of normal N, rating up in 10s for N, Big stride to normal rate, and Down in 10s for balance of N.
Eg if N = 30:
30 Normal,
10 UP, 10 UP, 10 UP stride stride NOW
10 "normal rate"
10 Down.
10 Down.
Move onto 40 back at "normal rate"...
The famous 1km race.
This was an epic session from the point of view of this race.
The two half boats were lined up under the white bridge, with the heavier (Tai Joss) boat on the inside.
The crews sped off down towards the tug, using a racing start (5,10,10, up for 30) followed by stride, rating up everyso often. At the tug, Mujaji 1 was ahead marginally, but had the wider turning circle, allowing Tai Joss to sneak inside and get a length ahead, showing the importance of good sweeping - we must do more exercises that encourage this.
Both teams headed back for the finish in great fighting form, with Mujaji 1's better run allowing the crew to coast better.
Jono was particularly vocal in his encouragement - welcome back!
Following the race, another exercise 500 was completed in towards the tug with a final powerup for Kerri's benefit and farewell.
Shane and Kerri's seats are safe in our crew as long as they wish to paddle. We will miss them bitterly.
Session focus: Endurance and rate.
3x10 to start with.
Jono and Skwij reappeared after some intimidation and cajoling by Des.
We had just over 1 boat, which we split into two.
Mujaji 1
Thor Martin
Kerri Mandi (Kerri in her last session :-( )
Des Col
Jono Skwij
=--Jman
Tai Joss
Mike Iemraan
Gill Faiza
Anees Darren?
Vince Igshaan
Carol (?? Departed early)
=--Craig S
After the stretch, Thor and Martin had a punitive power 50 for not paying attention. From there, straight into the first piece:
1.5 laps of the basin doing exercises, paddling continuously.
Twisting, Catching, Finishing, Power, Rate.
Next was a 50 pyramid of normal N, rating up in 10s for N, Big stride to normal rate, and Down in 10s for balance of N.
Eg if N = 30:
30 Normal,
10 UP, 10 UP, 10 UP stride stride NOW
10 "normal rate"
10 Down.
10 Down.
Move onto 40 back at "normal rate"...
The famous 1km race.
This was an epic session from the point of view of this race.
The two half boats were lined up under the white bridge, with the heavier (Tai Joss) boat on the inside.
The crews sped off down towards the tug, using a racing start (5,10,10, up for 30) followed by stride, rating up everyso often. At the tug, Mujaji 1 was ahead marginally, but had the wider turning circle, allowing Tai Joss to sneak inside and get a length ahead, showing the importance of good sweeping - we must do more exercises that encourage this.
Both teams headed back for the finish in great fighting form, with Mujaji 1's better run allowing the crew to coast better.
Jono was particularly vocal in his encouragement - welcome back!
Following the race, another exercise 500 was completed in towards the tug with a final powerup for Kerri's benefit and farewell.
Shane and Kerri's seats are safe in our crew as long as they wish to paddle. We will miss them bitterly.
posted by M at 10:44 PM
1 Comments:
Hey all! Not sure if this is the best place to do it, but got all sad and sentimental when I read M's comments. Arrived safely in Aus this morning (1:30am SA time!) - exhausted, emotionally drained but otherwise OK! First thought on arrival was that there are so many Aussies (with the terrible twang!) around - definately going to take some getting used to! Folks are super excited...Went for brisk walk this evening - am determined to work off some of the pies and extra kilos gained recently, and aim to up to two sessions daily from tomorrow (depending on how nasty the jet lag is!) - aaahhh - the life of leisure!
Miss you all terribly!
Love
K
PS Shane arrived safely in Sweden - says it's beautiful, but expensive! He gets back to CT on 1 July
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