5 & 10km Vic Champs

Well headed off nice and early to geelong today for the vic 5&10 champs!!! and wow what a race, gettin their fairly early i had a good amount to eat after a huge breakfast and then set off for a half hour warm up paddle, upon my return i was feeling gr8! had a short stretch and a run then another stretch! hit the water on time (congratulations pete!!! that hasnt happned in a very long time)!!!! got off to a woafull start out the back, but after a short sprint i found myself in the chace pack followed shorty with being out the front of the chace pack! it was all legs today, felt extreemly good, strong controled, diddnt fatige to quicky, very efficient!!! got me a 2nd in my catagory and 5th in open mens after a race of swapping wash with just 1 other boat! doubles was a diffent story =[, after the k1 efforts everybody was feeling rundown, we raced fairly well but i have to admit i struggled very much to keep up with burkeys tempo, which i honestly recon was @ about my usual 1000m stroke rate, but it did lead to a very tired jon by the end =P all in all a very good day, and i'm looking foward to sleepin 2night =D