As the Szeged festival is coming up in less than two weeks, we have started the official preparation. We usually do a 20-25 minute stretching and warm-up exercises before we get into the boats and start paddling. We were enough to fill 2 boats this time with me ending up in the Black Pearl team. I always consider it a privilege to train with them as I learn an awful lot just by observing their movements and trying to copy those instances where I think I have room for improvement. One such example is that I am still keeping my top arm a little bit inboard which means that from its ideal position behind my neck it comes down to my torsoe. Consequently, I am not falling on the blade which is further realized in a weaker impulse power. I need to work on that. The biggest part of today's training was made up of several 200 meters where we were practising the sequence of 5 deep, 10-20-30 sprint and some 30-40-50 longer power strokes. I was paddling on the second bench, right behind the lead strokes. I love that place in the boat. You sit close to the guys who set the rate, the water is not extremely quick, but you really need to concentrate as the rest of team is pretty much dependent on your strokes. Then, we did some additional 200 meter rounds where after the first 5 strokes, we increased the paddling rate up to 40 and then finished off with some long strokes. I have learnt that my psyche is my most powerful enemy which needs to be defeated again and again. During each training, I win this battle more often which is a wonderful feeling. I am going to bed now so that I would be fit to perform on the battlefield tomorrow also. The second training of the week is held on Tuesday.
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