Getting Ready For Provincials

In a perfect world, I should be feeling a little anxious now (not overly so) about Provincials this weekend and probably as ready as I can ever be. Of course I don't live in a perfect world. I am feeling zero anxiety about my skating and all I can think about is whether we will get rained out.

I have done all that I can do to prepare myself for this upcoming race. I practiced my time trial starts numerous times. I worked hard on my sprinting drills. I trained hard throughout the year to build up my fitness so I can endure a 15k track race. Heck, I even cleaned my race bearings just now and have my brand new race wheels ready to go. Perhaps that right amount of anxiety will come tomorrow as we inch closer towards the race.

As expected, practice today was not demanding. We worked on our 40m TT opener. My first three or four attempts were awkward and clunky. I guess I need to include this in my warm up routine this weekend to get the "bad starts" out of the way. We did a few 300m sprints alternated with 5 min periods of easy skating. Well, at least I am now familiar with the amount of effort required for the 300m sprints. ShH, CP, and I practiced relays once more and my timing improved much from Tuesday. I finally see how outdoor relays is fun...way more fun than indoor!

ldskater posted his pictures from the Wolverine Marathon too. There's plenty featuring me...woohoo!