Well, it is not as well as I had hoped, but it was a great learning experience that gave me more confidence to do well at the next World Cup races. I was less than 2 seconds from being in the top ten, and I had several places in my run that could have been a little faster. I actually think that I tried to go too fast, and I put in strokes when I did not need them, rather than being patient and using the water more. I just needed to try and be smoother and be able to glide more so that I can keep my speed up.
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Qualified for Semi’s in Prague
Well, I qualified in the top 40 to go to the semi-final tomorrow. I actually finished 15th, which is the best that I have done in a qualifier. I was very happy with that because I had was not giving it everything. I was still going hard, kinda, but just enough to stay online and smooth. I only hit one gate and it was the very first gate on my second run. I want to try and paddle just as smooth tomorrow as I did today, but just pull a lot harder to get my boat speed even faster. I just need to stay online and on top of the water.
I Made it to Europe
I am in Europe now and I have paddled 3 times already. My flight got into Munich yesterday morning. I rode next to a 9 or 10 year old girl that was traveling alone to meet her grandparents in Germany. She had the flight attendants coming to check on her all of the time. She would also never be quiet and I did not have the right to tell her. I got to listen to many crazy stories and I am not sure what happened in any of them. She was very cute, for at least the first 5 minutes anyway.
Still on the Road to Beijing
I have not given an update to my site in a while, but I am packing my things now for Europe. I did make the US Team at trials about a month ago. I have also been very busy at work since then, but I do feel like I have been doing very well at air traffic controlling.
