We had our last practice today before the Biwako Sprint this coming Sunday in Lake Biwa. My side (upper right rib ) is still tender but I already missed practice last Sunday and I felt like conquering myself to see how far I could endure the pain, that is the masochist in me

Last Sunday, since there were few members present, they did a “gozoru ごぞる”. It’s like a simulation practice. They sit on a chair and use those chibi paddle ( as Lisa calls them ) and Captain would monitor their movement, form and all. There is also a big mirror in the training room, so you can also see how you paddle.

We practice as usual in the morning, it was also the first time I saw the river clean. Not a single garbage floating in the water. Then we went to the training room because everybody wants to do gozoru, but I only want to see what the training
room look like. Lots of cool equipment for rowing training. I love the one called Liferower ( I think ). It’s simulation equipment for rowing and its all in English so I have no problem using it. It was great. I tried a 2 minute rowing, and it says I can row 36/minute and  lost 11 calorie ( how do you measure calorie by the way ).

We went back training in the real water around 4pm. The waves got higher, think it was going high tide.. anyways we finished after 40 minutes and have to clean the boat and paddles till around 5pm . Then it was off to Onsen.

Hope we can win this Sunday… ganbarimashou !!!!

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