In the months leading up to the 2009 World Dragonboat Championships, I’ve picked up my training – a lot. With less than two months to go, and lots of work left to do, I’ve been trying to fit in as much as possible, outside of working full-time and commuting an hour each way.

I’m trying to cross-train as much as possible to improve cardio, and strength in other muscles that aren’t directly involved in the dragonboat stroke. Part of this is in the form of a little K1 paddling at WRCC,  Also trying to avoid injury as much as possible by strengthening support muscles and opposite groups. I try to follow the above schedule each week, but sometimes it’s difficult to get a.m. runs/swimming in, or Saturday morning paddling. Unfortunately life doesn’t put itself on hold while I train – I still have to stay on top of work and school, which can eat into preparation time.

Another challenge in this compacted schedule is to avoid over-training. Thus far, I’ve (luckily) only suffered one injury from training – a minor knee injury from running sprints. I always try to get a warm-up in of a light jog, followed by stretching.

Paddles up!

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