Race Day….Bristol 2014

Race Day….Bristol 2014

So it was a short trip up the road today for my first 2000m race of the season. Training had gone well of late and was getting back on track. This week my legs had felt a little heavy, although this is often the way in the week leading up to a race – possibly a portion of that is in the head. However I wanted to give it my all,  hoped to get close to a PB and anything better would be a bonus.

It was a strong field and I have previously stated that I can also produce fast times outside of the race environment as I really focus on it being a race with myself. Thats where the drive has to come from. Whilst that was all true today, I didn’t row the distance as I had planned and it was due to the fact that I got drawn into a race in the last quarter (500m) that I produced a fast finish and did in fact achieve a PB. The race could not have been tighter with only 0.1s between us and shows just how small the margins on a given day can be. So for that I thank the other guys in the race and the commentator who did a great job!

If you can take anything from a session or race and learn something about yourself that can improve you in the future then it has been a worthwhile experience, and today I did. I did not row as I wanted – the middle part of my race where usually I am strong, was poor. But in the closing stages I dug deep when my legs were shot and proved to myself I can also have a fast finish (all upper body lol). How much of that was down to a slower middle third only time will tell, but it is something to work on and for today left me top of the pile and pleased enough.

2000m personal best time- bad picture!

Race result today!