A whole sprinting season has come and gone already! Its unbelievable how quickly this year has gone. World Champs this year was really tough for me. My 1000m K1 and 500m K2 never went well at all. The top guys just paddled away from me which was very frustrating as I could do nothing about it. Looking back on the way my training has gone in the last few months, its no wonder that they guys were a lot faster than. After about 3 months of sub standard training and racing I went for blood tests to find out that I had Bilharzia which was causing my fatigue and lack of energy. I thought that having treated the Bilharzia I would have been able to race really well but I wasn’t. The level at World Champ is so high that if your training doesnt go well then you wont get the results. I ave learned a good lesson though and that is to listen to my body when its not feeling great.

 On a positive note, Mike and I pulled off a great 200m K2 final today and came 6th. This is my best world Championship result and what makes it so exciting is that the 200m event has just replaced the 500m at the Olympic Games. I never thought of myself as much of a 200m paddler but my results this year have made me think twice about maybe focusing on training my speed a bit more. Now that 200m is in the Olympics I am sure a lot of guys are also wondering about the same thing.

The pic above is of the 200m final this morning! What a rush!