from green to black

blinding sunlight

the weather is very hot indeed, i want a new pair
of polarized facewrap shades, some long sleeved exercise
shirts, sunblock sponsorship and a frickin cleaner boat
to row in. all the sand inside the boat cant be good for
my poor feet, gives me lacerations when i kick.

today was enlightening in a certain aspect. rowing mid
again, i felt very at home. but i realized that i hardly
hear juniors from my batch commanding the boat, take away
qz, ed, cg and the rest just loose their balls somewhere
down their throat. is it just my glut of "overconfidence"
or is it that no one else (save the abovementioned) knows
when to assess, call and react to the race conditions?

its funny, because if i didnt get my facts wrong, i'm
supposed to be the sick one, and we are a university
team. so we should be "thinking" people. the point that
links both premises would be how to maximize performance
given the conditions everyone is in. you could be sick
too, but is giving strength the best way to maximize
performance? you could have adjusted to 3/4 or half blade
where you could still keep the stroke rate constant and
stay in timing without overexerting. ( and i'm assuming
that recovery is the most important point here, afterall
its no point to make yourself even more unwell after
training) think about it? you could have learnt how to
keep staying alert and not miss timing, or learnt to
experiment with the different feel of recovery or when
your blade is in the water. that way, you have a deeper
understanding of what you do. predicting your action and
the resulting reaction give rise to experience.

ok so i know that those before you didnt really keep the
timing as well so partly, you're forgiven. but i guess
if i always train yourself to look far ahead, we make
fewer rookie mistakes like caterpillaring.

hearing jh's point about bringing the boat with him cut
my heart. we actually have better glide than the new
boat. our stroke rate was slower and the pick up less
aggressive (although i really appreciate that A forcing
the stroke rate up gives the other boat more training
to adapt to a higher cycle rate) so we could really be
more efficient. but we need to work on our execution
because we need to sustain the effectiveness. so capt
mostly had 1 cui boat when he asked jh to bring up. and
for someone as experienced as he, it must be damn sad
when no one support him lah. esp when it took his 5th
rower to call out that people miss timing. as a pacer
i understand your pain.

i cant stand the kan cheong spider mentality. want to
cheong right, must be prepared. you think pacer want
then can suddenly bring up ah? the back must support
mah. then when one shot you want to back him up go
and whack sure end up chasing what. so there is
planning involved. associate an action to a timing.
last 30secs must prepare to bring up and charge already.
race where got conserve until like that one. 0.01 secs
slower and you lose.

oh well, please take a good rest then, because you
really need it that much. if i can increase my
workrate, fall sick, work and still manage to do
my light training and improve... please think how
you can catch up before i get well and make you eat
my backwash. this is a tough man sport, if lance
armstrong who has only 1 ball and took 2 hits in
the video i posted can still chiong and finish
first, then you shouldnt be such a weak pussy.

oh well, waiting for the intense training to start.
for one, i know i have quite a few younglings to train,
all the while maintaining my extra trainings to ensure
they wont be stronger than the dark lord. lol.
i will think of them eating popcorn and fatty food
when i go for my extra trainings without their
knowledge. almost feels like nationals again...

posted by green unseen @ 4:35 AM