It's been a while since we've posted. We'll back track soon and update you on Oklahoma City, but for now I'm inspired to write to you about this morning's row.
We are back in Charlottesville, VA for the next week. It's Coach Karen, Eric, Andrew and myself. The boys will be training twice a day in the pair while we're away from the girls. I was incredibly amused this morning as they took to the pair for the first time. Eric was in bow seat (behind Andrew in the picture), which means that he controls the steering. The two had a great row - about 5 miles of hard work.
As they made their way down the course Eric stuck close to the buoys for the whole row. They effectively act as the double yellow line out on the water. As he steered close to them, the best course is a straight line with the buoys a few feet away from the oars at all time. The boys however had a funny way of getting very close to the buoys, so close that Karen and I would gasp when we thought an oar was about to hit, but time and time again - the oars would come gaspingly close to the buoys, and narrowly miss them - literally by centimeters. A couple of times we passed the bigger (8 inch high buoys) and Karen couldn't help but warn Andrew that one was coming - because the bigger buoys create more of a disruption and a little bit of discomfort when they sneak up on you. But after each warning, Andrew's blade would tuck in just behind the buoy, narrowly avoiding it.
Lots of productive work out there. The boys were pressing legs down together and there were moments when the blades were slipping into the water seamlessly. Very exciting to continue to make progress.
More Speed Every Day.
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