M4x
Saturday we raced against Italian 4x, that seemed quite ready for summer racing. They started out way higher rate than us and were able to create a 3 second lead during the 1st 500. The lead to our U23 boat was bigger, 5sec, due bad start of the crew. After 1st 500m the speed of our faster crew was the same as the Italians and U23 boat lost 1 sec/500m. 1. ITA 5:48,8 2.CZE 5:52,5 3. ITA2 5:57,3 4. CZE 5:57,5 5. ITA3 6:01,7 6. ITAs 6:17,1
2nd day race competition was harder. Croatia showed excellent speed, beating Italy by 6 and us by 9 and 12 seconds. U23 boat had a good start and was 3rd after 1000m. Mens boat had a bad start and was only 5th at this point. 2nd 1000m was a bit too much for the U23 boat that had to start between Italy and Croatia. Mens boat was faster at the last 500m and passed U23 boat and Italy's 2nd boat. We had many problems with some stomach illness and it disturbed our preparation and focus, despite of this our speed is competitive with the Italians during the body of the race, but Croatia was very fast. I think it was not a bad start for the season, knowing that it was the 1st race togeher for both crews and considering the health problems we had. We need races and kilometers to get faster. 1. CRO 5:52,31 2. ITA 5:58,87 3. CZE 6:01,58 4. ITA3 6:04,18 5. CZE 6:05,25 6. ITA2 6:06,64
M2x
First race of the season for Kuba and Vitas as well. New boat felt good, and the heat on saturday was ok. Sunday final was not good rhythmically or speedwise. The speed of the boat is not even close to the potential of this double. On training we try to solve the technical problems that slow the boat down. One good start out of 3 is better than 3 bad ones...
LM 4-
Saturday 2nd place 4,6 seconds behind Italy CZE time 6:05,9. Crew was not satisfied and decided to try higher rate for the sunday. Warmup was good, but at the race the crew was not able to be enough together to have good speed. 4th place 5,7 (6:23,08) seconds behind 2 Italian boats and a spanish boat was not a good result. For some parts of the race speed is there, but not all race.
For me this is quite normal beginning for the season. We haven't done racing nor speedwork. These competitions were the start for the race frequency training. Racing, that will improve both, technical skill at the race rate and physiology.
Croatia
Croatia was on two doubles on saturday, earning 1st and 2nd places. First place by 6:16 time and other 2x 10 sec behind. Sunday these 4 men rowed the M4x and had excellent result. This tells us that we will have to row very fast to beat them, but we are working on it.
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