Saturday, July 26, 2003
took part in my v
1st canoeing race 2day.. T1 500m junior girls category.. was damn nervous b4 my heats (heats 1, lane 1) but felt better when i finally went to the starting line.. i told myself dat i dowan to capsize, dowan to get disqualified and dowan to get last in my heats. the race started, and my arms automatically started to get going with the strokes but it wasnt the usual way i rowed. normally i go for v high cycle, but 2day i went for long pull for the heats.. if felt v weird cos i'm not used to long pull but cldnt up my cycle for some reason, so i just continued rowing and rowing.. was q happy to pull away from the acjc girl in lane 2 cos it meant dat i wun b last :)
anw, i qualified for the semi-finals.. was put in lane 5.. b4 the semis, i wasnt feeling too gd abt it cos i wasnt confident of qualifying into finals.. but anw, i told myself to just go and
row my heart out. the race started again, and i was v surprised and v happy when i saw dat i was 1 of the fastest after the take off and started to c
a glimmer of hope dat
mayb i cld just squeeze into the finals, but i guess luck was not on my side.. i was in 2nd place until the 250m mark but the
damned current swept my T1 into lane 4 and i almost collided into the girl in lane 4. had to tallymark to avoid the collsion cos if i collide into her, i'd b disqualified and the race wld b over for me. but bcos i tallymarked, the other boats went past me and i
felt lyk shit. i knew it'll b q impossible to get ahead again but i told myself to just
whack all the way to the finish. was damn angry lor.. but at least i din finish last. haiz.. the girl who got 1st really deserved to win cos she was in the lead right from the start. but the 1 who got 2nd is the acjc girl dat i beat in my heats lor. so sickening okays... :(
during debrief, the snrs told me dat i had a gd start but at the 250m mark suddenly lag behind den caught up with the rest again. i told them wad happened cos they cldnt c from the shore den they comforted me and stuff.. seriously, i'm not really sad lah. just
vvv disappointed cos i knew i wld'v maintained at 2nd position until the finish if not for the stupid current lor.. haiz.. but nvm. i'm proud to say dat i gaf my best even though i din get into finals. i will
train hard and
thrash my opponents next time. i will
not let myself down.
anw, nj retained both titles in the National Schools Canoeing Championship, so we'r the
double champs again! damn cool lor.. the
snrs all so zai! esp the snr girls. they thrashed the other jcs by 40+pts k.. hm.. was v nervous when i watched kw's T1 1000m race. at the 250m mark, there was still dis cjc guy who was keeping up with him, but luckily he started to pull away and finally won by afew boat lengths. was damn happy for him :) hm.. but q sad. after tmr, i wun haf much chance to c him arnd anymore cos the snrs wun b coming for training liao.. haiz.. will really miss
min yan, ee shi, min jing, wee teng, kai wee, yayi, daniel wuu, daniel seng, and alot of the other snrs lor.. but i'll esp miss kw and min yan.. haiz.. feel v sad.. :( but 1 gd thing abt the snrs passing out is dat the jnrs can finally haf our own paddles and can try the K1s and K2s.. hope mr yong will put me in a
K1.. but i suppose K2 isnt dat bad either :)
random thoughts at 5:43:00 AM
