Hi Everyone!!
Well Sail for Gold is over and we are leading the Olympic Trials Qualification!!! This was our # 1 goal entering into the event. Caleb Paine is 8 overall places behind and I will carry this advantage into the 2nd qualifier later this year in Perth, Australia. Being the top ranked American also qualifies me for the Olympic Test Event later on this year in Weymouth. This will be an excellent opportunity to practice for the Olympic Games as the Test Event is exactly that a "practice Olympics."
My overall result in Weymouth was not what I wanted against the international competition only managing to finish 10th overall. There were some exceptional sailing moments followed by complete disaster. My consistency was simply not up to par throughout the event.
I have however improved even though the final finish did not meet my expectations. Our goal going in was to finish top 5 overall, but to be honest I did not sail well enough to make this happen. We have made huge steps with my boat speed, but I simply did not make good decisions on where to go on the course. We do know the mistakes that I made and we were able to learn an invaluable amount of information about the Olympic Sailing Venue for 2012.
Looking forward I will be focusing on getting up to my racing weight and starting to put a final package together with my equipment. As you all know I made the decision to cut weight with the goal of being too light and then building some more mass in my upper body. This has been hard work and we are just starting to see the results but we have a long way to go. It certainly hurts when its windy, but it is all part of a process and everything is on track!!
I am now in Kiel, Germany getting ready for the final World Cup event of the year. We will be using this regatta to work on what we identified in Weymouth. You can follow the event at www.kielerwoche.de I will also be doing updates each night via the blog and twitter.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has made this possible. From my personal sponsors and donors to all the US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics sponsors and donors we could not do this without you.
Well Sail for Gold is over and we are leading the Olympic Trials Qualification!!! This was our # 1 goal entering into the event. Caleb Paine is 8 overall places behind and I will carry this advantage into the 2nd qualifier later this year in Perth, Australia. Being the top ranked American also qualifies me for the Olympic Test Event later on this year in Weymouth. This will be an excellent opportunity to practice for the Olympic Games as the Test Event is exactly that a "practice Olympics."
My overall result in Weymouth was not what I wanted against the international competition only managing to finish 10th overall. There were some exceptional sailing moments followed by complete disaster. My consistency was simply not up to par throughout the event.
I have however improved even though the final finish did not meet my expectations. Our goal going in was to finish top 5 overall, but to be honest I did not sail well enough to make this happen. We have made huge steps with my boat speed, but I simply did not make good decisions on where to go on the course. We do know the mistakes that I made and we were able to learn an invaluable amount of information about the Olympic Sailing Venue for 2012.
Looking forward I will be focusing on getting up to my racing weight and starting to put a final package together with my equipment. As you all know I made the decision to cut weight with the goal of being too light and then building some more mass in my upper body. This has been hard work and we are just starting to see the results but we have a long way to go. It certainly hurts when its windy, but it is all part of a process and everything is on track!!
I am now in Kiel, Germany getting ready for the final World Cup event of the year. We will be using this regatta to work on what we identified in Weymouth. You can follow the event at www.kielerwoche.de I will also be doing updates each night via the blog and twitter.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has made this possible. From my personal sponsors and donors to all the US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics sponsors and donors we could not do this without you.
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