Week 6

So I got back from Club Nationals were we won overall points trophy at 1 AM in the morning and went to bed. I woke up and went to the gym to do some lifting and stretching. In the evening we had to unload the trailer at the boathouse.

Tuesday morning I got up and went and did a 40 min piece on the stationary bike. That evening was fun cause Tom and I found out that we were going to field a Double (2x, 2people/2 oars each) for Canadian Henley. It was a steady state row just getting use to rowing together.

On Wed. we found a pretty decent set of oars and went for another swing row. In the evening we changed boats to a Blue Hudson. It is better to row but we knew we needed to adjust our positioning.

Thursday was another Steady state piece and drills. Tom and I are coming together, but much prefer to row in a headwind.

Friday Morning we went for an hour and it was a pretty good row except for the 4x of Juniors that nearly hit us. I feel that if you are coaching a squad of middle schoolers you should not leave them to their own devices. Oh well...

That evening we were out again but it was awful Tom and I just didn't have our heads in it so we cut the practice short at a 10K and resolved to hit it hard on Saturday.

Saturday was a great row. We started practicing Starts and those came together really well. We also did 500 meter pieces to start to find our race pace. It was good we move together well and have decided that we are not going to suck at Henley. We did almost 2 hours of rowing and ended with a great cool down that was set and powerful. That afternoon was a party at the boathouse that then moved to one of the rowers houses. It was fun. I left early cause I was working on Sunday which turned into a very long day of moving stuff with the Sultans of Schlep, a Moving Co. in Philly. It is good money, but I know I don't want to make a living moving other peoples crap.