Today, I finally received my credentials for the games. These serve as my visa to get into China. So I was a little stressed about not having them given that I leave this coming sunday. So now I am a little excited knowing that all I need to do now is get on the plane. For those here in Charlotte, see you on the water, to all the others, see you later or

Cheers

Pablo

I have been tired. I am back to a wonderful home. Some friends came over last night to play Cranium. Had a wonderful time. After the long trip in Europe, I arrived with a lot of dirty clothes, all better now, clean and smelling good.

I have 6 days before I leave for Beijing, so if you want to call me, do so because I will be gone for a month. I return the 25th after the closing ceremonies. Crazy I must admit. I will look forward to returning to rest a little from all these competitions.

I guess I am also not as excited as I should be for going. I think once I get on the plane, I will be excited, I know I will be. Now, I am a little excited, sure. But I have my mind on many other things at the moment like preparing. My new boat is not ready yet, today I should put in the extra weight it needs.

For competition, the kayaks need to weigh 9 kilos. My boat new weighs 8.2 kilos. In these previous three days, I attached thigh braces. I had both sides good I thought, then I had to change one side because the thigh brace was to far to the left. Then I did not attach it perfectly and it broke. So it is now fixed and ready for competition, well the thigh braces are at least.

Well, thats enough for now

cheers

Pablo

As i sit sit on the grass in La Seu de Urgell, I look forward to tomorrow for when my cousin Nicolas and his wife Pili will come to visit and watch me race. They are also bringing some friends. My friends that live here in Seu are also coming for the race. I am very excited and I hope I can deliver a good performance. I am not ready to not make it into the top 40 like the past three races. I really want to do well and having close friends and family here should help me.

Well, wish me luck at this next race, it is the last one before the olympics.

Cheers

Pablo

So I have not been paddling well, and so I am a little upset with this. I came close this last weekend to paddling well but it only earned me a 41st place finish. This makes me very motivated to do better at the next race only an 18 hours drive away. I will really push it during this next week of training and try to have a good result at the last race before the olympics.

On another note, I watched as the American kayaks competed for their olympics spots. Yesterday in qualifying, all three americans finished in the top 10. Today Scott Mann and Scott Parsons are in the top 10 with Brett Heyl in 14. Brett is out of the competition, he put a great run down and some touches put him in 14th. Brett, you are the man, and same goes for Mann, and Parsons.

I am very proud of all three guys, its a great race to watch, in one hour, Parsons and Mann will race to decide who goes to the Olympics, I wish the best for both of these guys.

Cheers

Pablo

In preparation for the Olympics I have had to talk with many people about interviews and such. This has been alright and I have talked with a lot of neat people but now I am feeling like it does not stop. I just wanted to express these feelings. I will be fine and I will do all the interviews no problem. To describe it, the only word I can think to say is WOW, so many questions. Oh well, bring it on, I will rest after the olympics.

Cheers

Pablo