Bug Lokken turned 14 on the 25th. We baked a cake and played put-put golf. Put-put was great, though I think I played enough to last me through the next 3 or 4 years. Also, in a note for the future, pink is not a color that cake should be. That said, it was [...]
US Open
It was a cold weekend on the Nantahala but the US Open was well attended and, as the first big national race of the year, a good indicator of what the season has in store for us. Many thanks to race director Lee Leibfarth, the Nantahala Outdoor Center, and Bank of America, our title sponsor, [...]
A new boat for the new season.
It’s Tuesday morning, my day off, and I have spent it outfitting my new boat. My brand new Toro was crushed on the way home from winter training in Australia, but Charley at United in Charlotte really stepped up and promised that United would buy me a new one. It didn’t come in time for [...]
Charlotte Race 2
Today’s race at the USNWC marks the final race in Charlotte before the US Olympic Team Trials. Though I was not completely satisfied with my performance, I know where I made my mistakes and how to [...]
Feeling good as new
Thank you to Rebbekah, Greg and Sandy (Carolina’s Rehabilitation), you guys are great. My back is feeling much better and I am looking forward to the race this weekend.
And now it’s spring!
Thursday. warm weather. I’m feeling quite fit, except I am having muscle pain in my lower back. If it continues through today despite my therapeutic regime of IB Profin and Red Stripe Jamaican Lager, I am [...]
Charlotte’s first spring race
Race Day. The weather has cleared up and it is exciting to be racing in Charlotte, the venue of the 2008 US Olympic Trials. I think it was the location that made me so nervous; even though the race itself was not so important, I really wanted to do well here because of the implications [...]
