Looking forward to the weekend, it's going to be a relatively simple multi-sport Birthday event. Saturday will be the last, big, pre-Lakes100 recce training run, and Sunday a NAV4 Paddle Day on Ullswater with Distant-Horizons. Sunday is also my birthday (no, my Facebook Dob is not real) so I expect to get wet, but rewarded by cake and beer, but not necessarily actually on the water.
We had our first Paddle Day on Ullswater a month ago and Jason gave us a lot to think about, not only in terms of our paddle skills, but why we do what we do and, what are we aiming for in the future. Jason is an excellent coach and Ullswater provides a brilliant paddle venue. Paddle 'mileage' is the key, coupled with skill development; 'long term objectives require short term goals'. 'Work on your weaknesses,' is another cliche ... but oh so true, especially with Ullswater on our doorstep.
Well, future race objects for NAV4 in 2012 remain a little secretive, but suffice to say we are aiming to up our game greatly on 2010 in terms of paddling and racing generally. There are some obvious 'no-brainers' for which the team(s) need to gel. This year has been a year out of mainstream Adventure Racing, for me and team members, whilst we each of focus on individual objectives, some of which is just getting injuries well and truly fixed!
More next week, when I'll be a year old.
Joe
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