Thanks everyone!

Thanks to all of you that wrote your well wishes and decided to follow my blog as I start this adventure.  It is starting to sink in what I am about to embark on.  I talked with people and never realized till the past few days that I leave for Philly in less than 16 days.  

I met this past week with a former coach of mine just to shoot the breeze and talk about the program and my aspirations and where I see myself heading in the future (in addition to a couple beers, comparing notes on coaching and shooting pool).  As I sat there listening it began to sink in the caliber of  athlete that I am going to have to become to accomplish my lofty goals.  He put it matter-of-factly that I am going to have to compete with just experience and my learning curve will be a smidge steep.  I knew this going in but hearing it from someone else always helps. I also talked with him about trying to get my name out there and "discovered".  He assured me that the right people are always watching and they will find me if I work hard and that the best way to to speak up is with my oar.  We also discussed micro goals for the upcoming training cycles.  Now that I am comfortably in the sub 1:40/500 meter split range for a 2K, I need to start focusing on my 6K averages.  (For those that do not know in crew one measurement used is your 500 meter split; how fast you can row 500 meters.  Also there are to types of tests on the indoor rowing machines that are preformed most often 2Km and 6Km.)   My new goal is by 2010 to have my 6K down to sub 20min.  This corresponds to a per 500 split of 1:40 and under.  This is going to be a challenge but do-able.  

On the Job front I am still looking for gainful employment in Philly.  I have been told that the club is going to try and provide some hours for us, but I would still like something a little more concrete.  Thankfully, I have already lined up my Apartment and those funds it is just coming down to working enough to eat.  I am confident that I will find something.  I have put in my application to be a Soda Jerk in the Old City. So I may be doing that in a classic diner get-up complete with bow tie.  

In the future I am going to try and up date this blog as regularly as possible (maybe once a week and when fun stuff happens). But I don't want to bore you all with constant updates of the same old stuff.  I encourage you all to become followers and if you would like I believe there is a way to follow it via email at the bottom of the page.  This will probably be the last blog I post till I move to Philly and get settled in.  Thanks again to everyone.