Oman - Ready or Not?

by Pam

The Laser Master Worlds in Oman are rapidly approaching and I was convinced that Doug will not be ready. I was yapping at him and ran through my laundry list of how he’s regularly getting beat by locals, he hasn’t been exercising or doing much sailing, he’s been neglecting a possible injury and how it seemed to me that the trip to Oman was more about seeing old friends than a serious attempt to do well (not that seeing old friends isn't a good enough reason to go).

In our household, sailing has priority and honey do's come later and there just aren’t many good reasons not to go sailing. The sad truth, though, is that I’ve been focused on a new job and have had little time for sailing this year and Doug has been politely down playing his sailing so that I wouldn’t feel so bad. However, since I’m not doing as much sailing, I need to live vicariously through him and he should have been playing it up so the reality of not getting on the water wouldn’t nag at me so much.

So, as I was making my very insightful and profound points about how he’s just not putting forth the effort this year, out come his charts about how much sailing and exercising he’s been doing and how he’s on track. To reassure me, I asked him to chart all of his past and present numbers and how he did. He didn't always keep track of everything but here's what he has.  What do you think? Is he ready?

World's Year	World's Venue	World's Finish	Wind Conditions	Sailing Days	Sailing Hours	Days of Hiking Bench	Days of Cardio	Days of Strength Training
2013	Oman			32*	93*	32*	44*	10*
2012	Brisbane	4	Medium	31	100	21	unknown	unknown
2010	Halifax	6	Windy	46	136	66	68	20
2008	Sydney	12	Medium	20	36	60	51	12
2007	Spain	9	Medium	69	158	91	158	unknown
2006	Korea	1	Light then Windy	52	134	78	155	15
2001	Ireland	8	Medium	47	128	94	110	50
2000	Cancun	3	Medium	33	64	67	56	35
1999	Melbourne	3	Honking	26	68	33	39	21
1998	The Gorge	2	Honking	53	129	85	63	34

* Still in process