38,11 and 2.02,29, well less than 5 seconds from my personal. That pretty much sums up the second day. 500m alot more aggressive than on the first day and then for the 1500m we decided to save some energy for the last day's 1000m so I didn't gun it up. Also then I died already after 500 meters of skating so no chance for anything decent. I'll have another 1500 on the last day in Calgary after 8 days.
Technically today both distances were good, straightways with good transition from side to side, good driving into the turns and as strong skating as possible.
What I feel I'm lacking the most is strength. I have nothing to push with in my legs, that shows up as slow ~10,3-10,5 openers on 500m and especially when I skate longer distances I have no power to build my speed up. Right now I'm not even expecting much from else other than the two last 500m's in Calgary.
Of course as always when I go to line I will give every drop of energy I can, but I'm facing the facts I need more strength and endurance to become better.
And I have to admit that after December's tough, new type of training and January's work+school is still taking its toll on my body. I notice this from the feeling after a race. 15 minutes after finishing I don't even feel like I raced at all.
We Finnish never give up, we just tell the problems to go screw themselves and then take care of it our way. The bigger the problem, the harder we work to solve it.
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