Saturday in Boston

Pretty cold and cloudy this morning as I write this from 'Hotel NESCAC' - crews from Wesleyan and Colby are staying at a hotel past the finish line along with representatives from St.Catherines RC and Prairie Rowing Association. Pretty fantastic to see crews gather from all around the world for a shot at the race course.

Registration was much improved and far simpler than last year - well done Head of the Charles organizers!

Also dropped off Coach Gluckman at the race course for his race with Motley BC and then will head back later on to race with Blue Cheese BC. After last year's three crashes with Harvard Law we hope to have a cleaner run down the course.

On the recruiting stand point we've had some wonderful responses from those who have visited so far and if you are debating about your collegiate choices please don't hesitate to contact us.

Head of the Charles Coming Up

Back on the mic and hope that our faithful Trinity rowing followers can forgive the non-communication on the blog in these past two weeks.

Quick recap: We have been making good progress from the Head of the Riverfront to the Head of the Housatonic and are now aiming towards the Head of the Charles. It's a little bit of an oddity in that we only have one crew entered after last year and were denied a College 4 and College 8 additional entry in the lottery. Tough draw!

A. Incredibly positive recruit visits in these past few weeks.
B. Our new truck has arrived and will be operational next week
C. Have heard back from all of our study abroad students and they are doing amazing things in France, Scotland, Ghana, and Australia - we can't wait to have them back in our boats as well!
D. The water has been spectacular on the Connecticut River.

Tanks today

Split squad practice today - one group in the morning for on the water practice. This afternoon we'll have the other half of the squad in the tanks for video, lifting, and ergometer work.
We're over twenty rowing sessions in and we're starting to make significant progress in the realm of technical and physical development.

On the very near horizon - the Head of the Riverfront on the Connecticut River in East Hartford. It's one of the larger events in the northeast with nearly 500 separate entries. Can't wait to see you there.

Trinity Women's Rowing in the News

A feature story on Carmel and Nadia Zahran '08 in their local paper in Illinois.
http://www.pioneerlocal.com/clarendonhills/sports/highschools/1182890,ch-rowing-092508-s1.article

A story on Amanda Kulik '08 from her local paper in Massachusetts.
http://salemnews.com/pusports/local_story_255005052.html

Racing season is set to begin with the Head of the Riverfront and we hope to see some significant progress from our cadre of younger rowers.

If you have any other news stories please don't hesitate to send them along!

Hartford Hospital Volunteer Work

Friday / Saturday Practice & Do It Day

Watching some the opening day of the NFL season and its fascinating to see the differing levels of success that teams are experiencing. The intensity of organized team activities, training camp, and pre-season games doesn't seem to match up to what we're seeing on the field for many squads. We were on the water on Friday during a pretty windy day and got out before the storm hit on Saturday morning. Both days were incredibly humid and I thought the team looked good. Some of the younger rowers looked a little serious but I hope in time they'll try to relax and keep learning some of the new skills we're asking them to work on in practice.

After Saturday's practice, we got back to campus in time for the beginning of Do-It Day, a campus-wide community service initiative. We had nearly the entire squad including our newest freshmen rowers head over to the Hartford Hospital to plant mums. With such a large group we were able to work quickly and intelligently while getting to know one another better. My hope is that we'll have other opportunities to volunteer in the near future.

Boathouse Opening Day

We had another split squad workout with rowers in the tanks and rowers at the boathouse for a combination of training stimuli. We went over some of the basic movements and training ideas that we'll utilize to improve our fitness over time. There's a feeling of satisfaction that comes from seeing a workout successfully executed (and of excitement generated by the enthusiasm of the rowers for the work) and I'm going to be highly interested in the progress we make in this first cycle of training.

One of the things of which we need to be highly cognizant is an escalation of volume and intensity that does not allow for adequate recovery and adaptation. I'm highly encouraged by the 'attack' that our younger rowers are putting in and tomorrow we'll most likely be indoors based on our new Thursday Common Hour schedule. Impressions of that to come later.