RubberDucky

Blonde Speaks Up
2005-03-06 08:36:26 (UTC)

Racing season again....

So racing season is here again. Today wasn't anything
really serious, just the class day race, but it definately
got me in the mood to race. I am so nervous. I'm worried
that my boat won't be able to pull it together and race well
and that I will be forced to repeat last year all over
again. that would be extremely depressing. I'm not one
that likes to be sitting on the line and doubting how the
boat is going to perform on that day, wondering if it is
going to be one of our good days or one of our bad days. i
think the only way to get over that is to be more agressive
and focused in practice. My novice eight did so badly last
year because we did it every day in practice. We would race
the first thousand with no problem, but as soon as it
started to hurt as soon as we hit that 3rd five hundred, we
lost it and were unable to get it back. And that's what
happened in every piece we did in practice... It was so
frustrating knowing that it would happen in every race. WE
would talk about it but nothing would change. I want to win
this season. i want other people to be scared of us...I
want to rattle them. I don't want to be one of those crews
that you just write off because you know that you can beat
them without any real effort. I've found that I thrive in
these sort of conditions, where people are watching and not
expecting to see anything. i can just sort of fly under the
radar and then all of the sudden I turn heads and prove to
them that I'm not a write off. what the hell else have I
been giving up all of my time and my life for...just to be
mediocre? I don't think so.




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