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__I'm pleased to say that I only had to take a couple of days off with illness and i am back to full training now and all is getting back on track.
I featured in an article with a journalist in the Daily Express today. Andrew Elliot came down to Royal to have go at canoeing and with typical male bravado thought he would be able to keep my kayak upright for more than a couple of paddle strokes, but less than two seconds is all that he managed!! And as if one dunking in the Thames wasn't enough he went back for more; he was either very brave and determined to succeed or damn right insane! The latter i suspect! To read the full article go the press page on my website http://www.annahemmings.com/press.asp and to see other photos go to the diary page http://www.annahemmings.com/diarydetail.a
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__After 8 and half weeks in Seville its finally time to go home! And i can't wait! Training has been great, this last week in particular really moved up to the next level, so I am happy. Mostly we had great weather and conditions - especially compared to the delightful weather that England has been receiving lately. However, after almost 9 weeks of being away from home I am definitely ready to go back to home surroundings. I am not looking forward to training in 3 layers and wooly hat but i have a job to do and an important race in 10 days time!!
With all the racing over it was time to get back to training. And then on Friday night Neil came out to visit me, which i was so excited about. Unfortunately it was only a short visit and he has gone home now, but it was great to see him and the weather was glorious which Neil was particularly happy about.
The coaches are keen to nail down some K2 crews during this camp so that we can start preparing for the first regatta (and selection) in April in Nottingham. We started with a couple of K1 races in order to create a ranking list. I won the first race but then messed up in the second one and finished a very poor 5th! The races were 40mins apart and my time was the fastest overall so I was pleased with the first performance. I didn't feel particularly ready to race given that we haven't done any speed work yet and we only just started doing 500m time trials last week. So it was a decent start.
The coaches then drew up some K2 combinations, we had two races today and we have two races tomorrow. I started the first race with Jess and we had a real shocker; we have paddled together in training a few times and it has been great but it just didn't happen in the race. We finished 4th but i hope we get another chance to try again tomorrow. This afternoon i paddled with Lucy , we had a good race and we won with Abi and Louisa close behind in 2nd place.
I'll keep you posted with tomorrow's racing...
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__My mum is arriving this evening and will be here for a couple of days, so I'm looking forward to that. I get to go and eat more spanish tapas! Just hoping the rain clears up...
Hola! Alls well in Seville, the weather hasn't been as consistent as before but it still sounds like its a lot better than home! Training has been pretty good generally although its very busy here, particularly with rowers - urgh! Had bit of an argument with a sculler and his coach from the GB rowing team today, he almost ran me down and didn't seem to see what the problem was, but they don't see and that is the main problem!! So annoying! He caught me at a bad moment and I wasn't in the most friendliest of moods and he consequently experienced the fiery latino temperment that surfaces in me every now and then! However, back on land all was resolved and we apologised to each other.
My sister came out to visit me at the weekend and that was fun. I miss her and it was great to get out and about and mainly away from 'base camp' and a change of scenery. My mum is coming out on this weekend too, so thats cool. I love having visitors!
laters A xx
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