I'm especially enjoying training at the moment. Lots of long hauls and lots of resistance work. I was sharing with another paddler about how much I enjoy this part of the seasons training. More so than the speed stuff I think. There is something about the purity for me of the repetition of paddling continuously. I hear myself say to the crew (and to myself).."...like a robot, like a machine, each stroke the same, each stroke the best you can do".
Sometimes the synchronicity is there. We are together, my body swings into and twists out of each stroke with a very meditative rythm. At these times it's like the rythm of breathing in yoga, the rythm of the heart. Automatic, mindful but 'thought-less'...just paddling, nothing else, just paddling. The brain only switching in every so on to allow scrutiny and correction of the stroke.......I love the simplicity and peacefulness of that.
I remember as a youngster a similar feeling when running long distances during training. One stride after the other, after the other etc.
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