More Transitions A-Comin'

Haven't been writing too much recently... there hasn't been a ton to write about. Rowing's been good, it's nice to have the pressure of making the boat off now and just have the excitement of pulling hard and trying to make the boat go fast. It's getting a lot better, we're getting good rhythm and movement. We did some starts today which were shaky but showed some potential. Once we started to relax and focus on prying the boat more than just flipping out, we started getting out pretty darn quickly and finding the rate fairly easily. That was this afternoon; this morning we did 2500s at 26-30 which were reaaaallly long, but pretty fun because it's a long time to just hammer away. After doing so many 1500s, though, it was pretty killer.

Other than, just been hanging out. Lots of talk and speculation about how the trial boats are going to get funding/do at trials and all that. We're heading down to Princeton on Sunday to train, race the Senior Team, and trial on Thursday. Should be interesting, should be a loooong drive down there... 6 hours in the back seat of a small BMW. Woohoo. Had a barbecue tonight put on by the Hanover rowing club... nice to talk to some folks, have some food, etc.

That's really about all that's been going on. Had a pretty mellow Fourth, just hung out with Dave and Silas, napped, got dinner and beers... it was pretty gray and rainy all day. This evening was the first time it got back to its warm self. Anyways, bedtime, then more rowing. Who woulda thought.