Usually when things in life are going well including pulling sweet splits, having nice line ups, etc etc...karma comes running up the alley and kicks you in the shin.
Something had to happen! And this time it happened to poor Andy DAVIS. After a tough workout on Saturda, which started with a 30min test ergo at rate 20, we went on the water to finish up with 3x10min pieces at higher rates; after a bad first piece, our line up (of people who aren't usually in the boat) pulled it together and was able to do better. Of course by the end of the second piece, Andy's leg had fallen asleep and his lower back wasn't doing so great either. So what's next? Hell, let's do the last piece by 6s. For the first few minutes, it wasn't too bad and we actually were holding the other 8s, but when it came time to up the rates, we fell back; I could only bring it up to a 26 and that was for the last 2 minutes. After that, which I classify that piece as one of the toughest I've had to do, we went in. Oh, but we aren't done here... To dock our boats, we have to arrive at an angle and pull in our oars; as I looked back, the first oar came sliding in and then Andy's also started to until his back seized up, and hit the post, which in the end shifted the shell into the dock and broke the bow off. To end this delightful story, we carried him out of the boat since he could not move.
With hours spent back and forth from the hospital to his house, he finally found out that he had two bulged disks and a tear. This is not good news for him nor the team. He will be doing his best to recover, but you never know what will happen with time.
With that, our first race First Coast Head Race is coming up this weekend.
Go Dolphins!
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