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most classes at the Olympics the format is 3 days’ racing then 1 day off, so an Olympic athlete should follow this schedule, whereas most World/National/Regional events tend to be 5/6 days. So 5/6 days’ training followed by 2/3 rest days is a better model.
2.Now we want to improve, so we make one of the variables harder (train hard and win easy!). a) We lift more weight (or for those with a hiking bench, fully
extend more than normal for racing) and train at a higher heart rate. b) We compete for longer, so rather than 45 minutes do 55
minutes (then 45 will seem easier). c) Reduce the rest, maybe from 15 to 5, so as soon as your
heart rate is more or less back to normal… begin again. 3. Perhaps the most important thing (maybe it should have been 1st): make the training fun, so you want to train every day. Enjoy doing something different. Allow yourself to indulge a little (notice I didn’t say overindulge) and remember perhaps now is the time to do things that ‘you never have the time for’. Mental training is harder but already there have been some
amazing webinars supported by sailmakers and others. Read or re-read the sailing bibles focusing on whatever you feel are your biggest weaknesses. (Dare I say it, online games such as Virtual Regatta also do help us stay race sharp – or at least stay in contact with friends who we usually race against). One of the activities that often gets overlooked when ‘we are
busy’ is reading and this is such a useful way of improving ourselves (as are other quiet activities like meditating). Reading from a book (not a screen) is kinder on the eyes and is a great way to wind down in the evening. It should be part of everyone’s routine. Sleep (as well as good nutrition) is vital to recovery and, in these times when people may be finding it harder to sleep, getting enough sleep becomes even more important and a good book can really help. When everything goes back to normal (whatever normal becomes)
the teams who have been unable to train on the water will be extremely motivated and, with maybe one year to peak for the Olympic Games (less than that for the America’s Cup), they will be able to go full steam ahead. Meanwhile, thinking specifically of Olympic teams here, those who have been able to get on the water and have done endless training with no regattas in sight may lack motivation compared to rivals who couldn’t get on the water. It is this motivation that helps us train when the going gets tough.
A loose translation of a Finnish saying is there is no bad weather, just bad clothes, and it is this motivation that gets us through the difficult times. Indeed, my first piece of advice to anyone considering becoming a full-time sailor is: are you sure that every single day you will be eager to take the cover off the boat and get on the water as early as possible? Often in life we only realise how much we miss something when
it is gone. From grass roots to the pinnacle of professional sailing I hope this brief break from our sport will only reaffirm and increase our love for the sport of sailing.
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l Will they…won’t they? Some Vendée Globe team sponsors are pushing for a 12-month postponement to allow the economic (rather than medical) headwinds to pass l Has anyone thought to…‘We are 100% on course,’ say the race organisers l Ouch…having got rid of much of the management, Prada Challenge boss Patrizio Bertelli has lopped the salaries of those remaining l As have…most of the staff at World Sailing have been similarly furloughed or ‘economised’ to cut the enormous costs of running such a sporting goliath (seriously? Ed) l Tight ship…luckily the £500,000 per year 10-year lease taken on for World Sailing’s prestigious London offices was only four-times the previous rent in Southampton l Now there’s…a London landlord who will be expecting lunch l Then again…‘our new offices are very representative and well placed for visitors’ l And the…London theatre (this one has legs) l And representative…of what exactly? l Horse…bolted? l Sayonara…as our Japanese friends say l Even so… you couldn’t make it up l Talking of…lockdown l Which we were…somewhere back there... l Is it true…that Luna Rossa are sailing again in Cagliari? l We would ask…our friendly Sardinian, the one who took those not-two-boat testing shots we had (issue 481) l Sadly…he is not taking calls l From…wherever they’re holding him l Ciao…amico l Not a place…for reasoned debate l But…Twitter founder Jack Dorsey is donating $1billion to fighting Chinese bat flu l Fair play…could have been Sailor of the Month, Jacko l You should…try it (see bargain corner, below) l Meanwhile… l All in it together…among other public-spirited lockdown gestures London investment giant LaSalle have freed up some car parking for NHS workers... l Every little bit… helps l Give the guy a break…as the wolves howled ‘sooo unfair’ at David Geffen his was not the only big-boaty smooching it in the Caribbean. Roman Abramovich’s Eclipse and Ernesto Bertarelli’s Vava II are also lurking in the area l Makes sense… boatbuilding and composites pioneer Arthur Merron was the grandfather of shorthanded racer and sometime Seahorse contributor Miranda Merron l That explains... where the brains come from (Ed... scary!) l Bargain corner…we thought about it for new offices before sharing. Tommy Sopwith’s Evita (last month) is partly restored and sitting in an Italian harbour where she is yours for very silly money l Not often…you see a price cut from €11million to €1.7million to
They got blown out of the back door after a disastrous Doldrums passage but recovered from being a whole continent behind to grab third place – Jérémie Beyou’s TJV co-skipper Christophe Pratt decides he still deserves a little foil-boarding to celebrate
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‘offers’ on €900,000 l Even in…bat flu world l We’re still thinking about it…sic l Tough month… even without the wider tragedy l Saying farewell to…designer (and balloonist) Colin Mudie, brilliant sailing photographer Bob Grieser, GRP boatbuilding pioneer and Mr J/24 Clinton Pearson, three-time Olympian and 1992 Finn Gold Cup winner Eric Mergenthaler and Mr 26-Fastnets and RORC racing stalwart Ken Newman l Small…compensation... l Another legend of the sport…three-time America’s Cup-winning helmsman and for 75 years holder of the outright transatlantic sailing record, Charlie Barr is to have a statue erected in his honour in his home town of Gourock in Scotland l Something… the good folk of Gourock deserve to be very proud of l Now off to…
raceboatsonly.com to spend some of that not-sailing money (not funny – ed) l And…
eurosailnews.com to find out what everyone else has not been up to l Stay safe…please
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