Beunos Dias everyone 

I have Been a bit useless the last couple of days with updates.. Sorry:)

Well 8 days to go now till racing begins, this weekend I have been doing my last hard training cycle before I start to taper. The river has dropped last night and today to be what the organisers think race level will be. 

I have had some fun steady paddles on the lake the last two afternoons, u discovered two small tributry streams that were tree lined and windy and very much fun to paddle up and down, as a bonus I didn't have to avoid fishing lines!

I did a time trial this morning on the river, it seemed to go well, I am getting much better at pushing harder in the top more bouncy section. Lines were mostly good, hopefully I can tidy them up further and find a few more seconds in the top two thirds.

Tomorrow morning we move out of the canoe school into some appartments that are right next to the rapid sprint course.. So tomorrow night we have to start cooking for ourselves!  We will visit the Monday street market tomorrow morning to do our fruit and veggy shopping! Fancy me finding a market??

Over the next few days I will refine my lines by doing a little bit of testing with matt, ben and Martin. Hannah brown also tells me she has some sneaky lines to show me... Hopefully I Can find a few more seconds of time to save..

Hope all is well in Australia

Adios amigos 

Mathew

Ps promise I will get some photos up tomorrow..