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Going for gold: the Olympic diary of rower James Chapman (Part VIII)
30 Jun 2008We’ve been back in Canberra for 10 days after a brief break to catch up with family and friends, but most importantly seeing the nearest and dearest WAGs (I’ll be in the doghouse if I don’t say that). The instructions from Richo (coach) and Ricey (conditioner) was to relax and re-charge the batteries (or solar [...]
Going for gold: the Olympic diary of rower James Chapman (Part VII)
9 Jun 2008This is my first entry since the Luzern World Cup. Regret and disappointment are the first emotions I felt after the final in Luzern, where we placed fourth. I regretted the missed opportunity to, firstly impose psychological pressure on our opposition that will be in Beijing, and secondly to win a race at, probably, the [...]
Going for gold: the Olympic diary of rower James Chapman (Part VI)
30 May 2008The breath-taking, cathartic bus trip across the Alps was just the tonic after a rigorous, and sometimes wayward 10-day training camp in the northern Italian town of Varese. Read last week’s installment of the diary The scenic route, via the famous 800-year-old San Gotthard Pass connecting the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland to the northern German-speaking [...]
Going for gold: the Olympic diary of rower James Chapman (Part V)
26 May 2008In this edition, I’ve interviewed Australian men’s eight crewmate Sam Loch, a self-confessed institutionalised 24-year-old from Whale Beach in Sydney who lists protein and lactate buffering amongst his interests. For a bit of background, Sam (or Spock as he’s known around the boat shed) started rowing at school in 1996 and upon completing his high school [...]
Going for gold: the Olympic diary of rower James Chapman (Part IV)
15 May 2008Many of you highly intelligent and in tune Roar readers may already know that the Australian Eight raced the weekend just passed, and won. This is pretty, no, very exciting for our debut. What wasn’t exciting was that I had to sit on the bench whilst my crew mates took on the countries that turned [...]
Going for gold: the Olympic diary of rower James Chapman (Part III)
8 May 2008We’ve been in a whirlwind since arriving in Germany, and not just because we’ve been pumping out some long sessions on the water after a long flight from Australia last weekend. Despite the excitement and sentimentality of rowing on the 1972 Olympic Rowing Course, a 20km session on a 2km course means turning the boat [...]
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