Hi,
It's late, but I just wanted to leave a quick note before I leave for China tomorrow. Things are going really well in the quad. We've made huge gangs over the past couple weeks and I feel confident in us as a crew. The boating order seems to be working really well for us too.
The past few days have been tough because I've been moving on top of full time training. Lets just say I have been the most pleasant person to be around lately ;) . We had our last row on Lake Fanshawe today. This would have made me a little sentimental if it wasn't for my sheer exhaustion!
Well I have to get to bed. We leave from Toronto at 3pm and get to Beijing at 4pm the next day. It's going to be a long haul to say the least. I'll try my best to keep everyone updated. Oh, and my top 10 hottest canadian athlete page was taken down haha. It was funny while it lasted!
Monday, July 28, 2008
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Friday, July 18, 2008
Rowing Videos
Hi there,
I just thought I would direct you to a couple videos for some visual interest/Olympic spirit. They were made by Kevin Light, who will be competing in the Men's eight this summer. This eight has won the past 2 world championships, and have high expectations to bring home an Olympic gold.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1fmZmKsL5eE&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=UZDGONPx-44
I just thought I would direct you to a couple videos for some visual interest/Olympic spirit. They were made by Kevin Light, who will be competing in the Men's eight this summer. This eight has won the past 2 world championships, and have high expectations to bring home an Olympic gold.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1fmZmKsL5eE&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=UZDGONPx-44
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
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Update #2
Well so far so good. Anna Marie is back in full force, and after 2 months of being a part we're finally all rowing together again. We changed our boating order with Krista stroking, Janine in 3 seat, Anna Marie in 2 seat, and I'm still in bow. This combination appears to show some positive results, so I'm excited to race this order in Beijing. The workouts are going well and everyone is getting pretty pumped. As usual, Carsten has been working his magic (he's a genius) and our boat speed is increasing exponentially with our changes. The Olympics are so close now and it's so important for us to do exactly what we're told. The pressure is on!
The following is a link to the latest article written about me from the Regina Leader-Post (written by Murry McCormick).
http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/story.html?id=8940a22b-1a0d-4d91-9412-e710ec4c0bdc
I'll keep you posted,
Rachelle
The following is a link to the latest article written about me from the Regina Leader-Post (written by Murry McCormick).
http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/story.html?id=8940a22b-1a0d-4d91-9412-e710ec4c0bdc
I'll keep you posted,
Rachelle
Friday, July 11, 2008
Update #1
Hi everyone,
I've been meaning to set up this blog page for a while, but I'm a bit of a procrastinator. Thank you Jacques Janson for getting me started!
Well where to begin. As some of you know, my crew and I (bow to stern: Rachelle de Jong, Janine Hanson, Krista Guloien, and Anna Marie de Zwagar) qualified the quad for the Olympics last summer in Munich, Germany. This is a big step for the Canadian sculling program, as it has been a full 12 years since a quad has competed in the Olympics. Our coach, Carsten Hassing, has done an amazing job and he is a technical wizard. We would not be in this position today if it wasn't for his knowledge and patience.
This will be my second Olympics, as I was a spare for the women's eight in Athens, Greece four years ago. At the time I didn't think of my situation as a positive one, but I am now so thankful I could experience the Olympic environment without the stress of competing. I feel very mentally prepared, and I have a good idea of what I can expect.
The past couple of months have been a bit of an up hill battle for us. Our stroke seat, Anna Marie, developed a stress fracture when we were in Lucerne for World Cup 2. We didn't get to compete and she was sent home to Canada to recover. The rest of us stayed in Europe for a training camp in Volkermarkt, Austria, and then we competed in an exhibition race in Poznan, Poland with Lindsay Jennerich subbing in.
We arrived back in Canada on June 24th, and Anna Marie is only starting to row in the quad now. She is rowing with us every couple of days with modified workouts. Stress fractures are a very frustrating injury, and these next couple weeks are very critical to her full recovery. If she pushes herself to hard, she'll just go back to square one and she will not be able to compete in the Olympics at all.
The good news is that when Anna Marie is in the quad we're still showing speed. It's amazing that after almost 2 months of not training together we're still able to move a boat. Tomorrow we're going to try a fairly high intense workout, which is exciting in our progress. The training program Carsten has designed for us is incredibly grueling, and everyone is just hanging on.
That's all for now, I'll try to update this page regularly so everyone can follow my progress into my races in Beijing.
Bye for now,
Rachelle
I've been meaning to set up this blog page for a while, but I'm a bit of a procrastinator. Thank you Jacques Janson for getting me started!
Well where to begin. As some of you know, my crew and I (bow to stern: Rachelle de Jong, Janine Hanson, Krista Guloien, and Anna Marie de Zwagar) qualified the quad for the Olympics last summer in Munich, Germany. This is a big step for the Canadian sculling program, as it has been a full 12 years since a quad has competed in the Olympics. Our coach, Carsten Hassing, has done an amazing job and he is a technical wizard. We would not be in this position today if it wasn't for his knowledge and patience.
This will be my second Olympics, as I was a spare for the women's eight in Athens, Greece four years ago. At the time I didn't think of my situation as a positive one, but I am now so thankful I could experience the Olympic environment without the stress of competing. I feel very mentally prepared, and I have a good idea of what I can expect.
The past couple of months have been a bit of an up hill battle for us. Our stroke seat, Anna Marie, developed a stress fracture when we were in Lucerne for World Cup 2. We didn't get to compete and she was sent home to Canada to recover. The rest of us stayed in Europe for a training camp in Volkermarkt, Austria, and then we competed in an exhibition race in Poznan, Poland with Lindsay Jennerich subbing in.
We arrived back in Canada on June 24th, and Anna Marie is only starting to row in the quad now. She is rowing with us every couple of days with modified workouts. Stress fractures are a very frustrating injury, and these next couple weeks are very critical to her full recovery. If she pushes herself to hard, she'll just go back to square one and she will not be able to compete in the Olympics at all.
The good news is that when Anna Marie is in the quad we're still showing speed. It's amazing that after almost 2 months of not training together we're still able to move a boat. Tomorrow we're going to try a fairly high intense workout, which is exciting in our progress. The training program Carsten has designed for us is incredibly grueling, and everyone is just hanging on.
That's all for now, I'll try to update this page regularly so everyone can follow my progress into my races in Beijing.
Bye for now,
Rachelle
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