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From: leckyh [mailto:leckyh@...]
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 3:41 PM
To: wwslalom@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Slalom] Re: Training site frozen over in the winter? Take it to
the slopes to crosstrain


Its great to do winter training as a cross-training activity. Its
also possible to train through the winter on the water. The year I
lived in France I was able to ski and paddle(without pogies!) the
same day. It was fantastic! I think I logged 40 days of crosscountry
skiing that winter. I spent many years going to South America in the
winter but I also spent six years in Connecticut in the winter
training outside everyday, on the water, and in below zero
conditions some. It was pretty brutal at times but we accomplished a
lot and achieved very high goals. One year we had to borrow an ice
saw and hand cut a channel to paddle in! Talk about cross-training.
We wanted to do it. It wasn't something we had to do. If it was, we
may not have done it. It all takes planning and dedication and sure
some sacrifice but its still fun in the end to see what you can
accomplish,...........no matter what.
Its really amazing what the US slalom paddlers have done over
the past 30 years or so considering our hindrances and what options
other contries have had, mainly full funding and not just at the
highest levels. Most years you were lucky to get a uniform that was
red, white , and blue. It was all on your own. We found a way to
break down the door and used positive thinking and bullish pride.
And you know what...it worked and it still can. Sitting around and
waiting for the organization to help you doesn't work. You have to
think locally and help yourselves. Good luck. I can tell you it is
hard and can be brutally personal and sad at times but if you want
to get to your goal, you can. And you can still have fun doing it.
This note is not meant to be a "this is what I did" thing but a
reminder that you have to be creative sometimes to reach your goals.


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