Countries around the world submitted their entries for the World Rowing Championships on Monday. Entries became public today; Our competition and overall entries to the competition. We will be racing in a 16 boat field. God bless the men's singles field of 34!!!
Now, I've caught myself looking at this list and slowly dissecting it. First I had to figure out what RSA stands for (South Africa). Then I begin the mind f*&# of stripping through results for the last few years of World Championships and World Cup stops to see margins, finish orders, splits, and more. I even used the fun feature that allows you to show the name of athletes to see how long crews have been rowing together.
All in all, I've come to only a few key conclusions:
1. Adaptive rowing is getting way faster! Winning times were in the mid 3:40s just a few years ago and this year's World Cup yielded high 3:20s for the top crews. (Yea yea, i know wind can influence times by that much, but I stand by my statement)
2. There are a lot of new players entered. There is no way to know what will come out of China, South Africa, or Korea based on recent years results. I wonder if there is a Dark Horse in the mix. (I love Dark Horse stories)
3. I don't have the attention span to really glean anything of true value to my crew. Instead I'm going to put my efforts into channeling my inner competitor and FIRING THEM UP! I'll leave the real thinking to Coach. She's good at that.
I find myself getting increasingly excited, but also slightly nervous. I can't wait to have the girls back and row our line up for a week on the actual race course in Bled. More focused strokes should do us good. I know we're fast and I'm looking forward to racing 6 boats across and pushing our limits.
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