This week is the week all althetes look forward to all year.  The week before Team Trials.  Tensions run high, and people either paddle brilliantly or not, depending on how well they are able to deal with the pressure.  So far Tom and I are doing pretty well at keeping our stresses together.  It is nice to be in Charlotte, our 'home course'.  We've moved to a different hotel too which is great except they don't have the hockey on!?!?!  We'll have to find somewhere else to watch Game 7 tonight.  come on canucks...

 

Last weekend we finished second in the BIG cash event in DC.  That was pretty sweet cause we were able to make some cash for the rest of our trip.  I find it funny that the first money i've ever made in 14 years of racing was in C2.  In any case it was a good warm up.  We were pretty conservative in our lines, seeing as i'd never been there before, but you can rest assured we won't have the same problem here.

 

Now we relax and watch the show, paddle well during our sessions, and wait till we hear 3,2,1,GO!

 

Oh ya, and i'm planning to race some kayak too.  Should be interesting, I haven't been paddling kayak since last August so we'll see if I still remember how.  Here are a few pics from the week.