China warm up

I was nervous today, it was the first day for me to line back up with all the best guys and see how my abilities stack up.  Fortunately I did as well as hoped, if not a bit better. This is good news, but not getting ahead of myself, training races with these guys isn’t the olmypic games, but I was just behind the guy that won the event last year, and if I would have potentially pushed harder, well we’ll see.  But that wasn’t the purpose today, it was to get the cobwebs out of the lungs and get ready for the feeling of pumping hard for 30+ minutes at a time.  I felt strong, my technique felt a bit soggy, but there was lots of swell and chop from the typhoon from yesterday that left a weird feeling.  That will clear out as I am here the next 10 days and will work on the right feelings downwind and up.  So my confidence is up post workout.  My board is straight and shimmed it properly this morning to give it the right specs.  I feel like I have moved forward with the supplied equipment from the beater stuff I used all season.  But that was the point, this is my key event, this is when I put it all together.  I sure hope it goes according to plan and I can be a medal contender, and I am just staying internal and focusing my mind for the times to come.  Keep me in your thoughts and prayers, I have taken special time each day to relax the mind and run through all the days performances so that I prepared. Talk soon!