Let's just say I'm exhausted.
This week has probably been the most demanding training week I've ever experienced, not because it was especially hard but because of the amount of meters we laid down as a group to get faster and fix our problems. It started with a long row (40km approx. to Bolles) on a surprisingly flat St. Johns river that almost cost us lunch time. From then on, we worked everyday, long and short, to become faster than the previous weekends had shown. Even though some of us have lived in Florida for a while, the sun was brutal every day and there was no escaping the feeling of energy getting sucked out of you. But we made it.
This week was a lot harder than last year. All of our energy and focus was all poured into rowing and no other distractions, which showed when people were fighting for seats. I hate those stupid regatta shirts that say "Eat, Sleep, Row" but that's all I did with the occasional trip to Wally World. We still had fun though since we had the Pair Championship Race on Friday afternoon. The way we choose the pairs is by the last ergo times. The best pick first and so on. I picked Brian COSMILLO because we had rowed the boat earlier in the year. Our main goal was to beat Bernadas VINGILIS and we did it, then we only fell a length short in the semi final to not move on. The winners were The Sarasota Sissies - Chase ROWE and Jacob STRAUSS. Good job ladies.
And this morning, with the little bit of energy left in us, we raced 2x2k gold medal standard time trial with different conditions. They were good pieces and shows that work has been done. It was a good finish to the week and now we rest until Monday.
Total meters: 180,000
Look at Bernard's tiny infant head ➘
This week has probably been the most demanding training week I've ever experienced, not because it was especially hard but because of the amount of meters we laid down as a group to get faster and fix our problems. It started with a long row (40km approx. to Bolles) on a surprisingly flat St. Johns river that almost cost us lunch time. From then on, we worked everyday, long and short, to become faster than the previous weekends had shown. Even though some of us have lived in Florida for a while, the sun was brutal every day and there was no escaping the feeling of energy getting sucked out of you. But we made it.
This week was a lot harder than last year. All of our energy and focus was all poured into rowing and no other distractions, which showed when people were fighting for seats. I hate those stupid regatta shirts that say "Eat, Sleep, Row" but that's all I did with the occasional trip to Wally World. We still had fun though since we had the Pair Championship Race on Friday afternoon. The way we choose the pairs is by the last ergo times. The best pick first and so on. I picked Brian COSMILLO because we had rowed the boat earlier in the year. Our main goal was to beat Bernadas VINGILIS and we did it, then we only fell a length short in the semi final to not move on. The winners were The Sarasota Sissies - Chase ROWE and Jacob STRAUSS. Good job ladies.
And this morning, with the little bit of energy left in us, we raced 2x2k gold medal standard time trial with different conditions. They were good pieces and shows that work has been done. It was a good finish to the week and now we rest until Monday.
Total meters: 180,000
I think Bernard looking very attractive :-)
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