My final preparations are well underway ahead of this weekends U23 European Championships. The course has changed slightly since my last visit, and looks more like it did when I raced here back in June, albeit with more flow.
Today is the last opportunity to train on the course before the qualification race begins on Friday (Womens and C1 tomorrow), with teams Saturday, and semis/finals Sunday.
On a slightly sorer point, during our final team practice session I managed to paddle straight into Rob (the middle man of our team). This wasn't no glacing blow, rather a full on strike and in all honesty I thought I'd broken his ribs! Fortunately the only damage is to his buoyancy aid, which has a rather fetching dent in it now. I'll try and upload the footage after the race if I can.