Henley Day 2

Friday June 24th - two rows scheduled (though it's always a little hard when there are group decisions being made). I woke up fairly late and felt pretty jet-lagged - rowed at 10 AM with Colin once again in advance of John Petersen making his way to England. We did three trips of the course. 1st trip - drills & steady state, 2nd trip - drills & steady state, and 3rd trip 4 x 3' - tough choppy rowing at 36 spm...The rating was likely too high but we thought it best to push the envelope early to try and acclimate ourselves to the turnover speed as soon as possible. Visited Sainsbury for a quick readymade sandwich and lucozade (so quintessentially British!).

Had a special guest rower for our trip to Reading through the locks - Petey still hadn't arrived due to work obligations with the DC public schools and so we were able to get in some good long strokes. Found out how much inside arm rowing helped our length of time in the water. The trip only took about 90 minutes total as we hit each lock at exactly the right time. Celebrated that evening at the Three Horseshoes again with the 2011 IRA National Championship Yale Lightweights. Good to see the common threads and developments of the last decade!