rowing

i really miss crew.
it is april, i should be racing every weekend, then getting home sunday night for sunday funday.
i want to race, i want to feel a set boat gliding through the water, i want to feel the adrenaline and grace of 9 people as one, i want to screambowball, i want the feeling of crossing the line first.

i miss 6am practices on the chester watching the sunrise and mist off the river. singing while we de-rig the boat. checking and quadruple checking my boat before a race. calling hands on and walking to launch for a race. funny practices. conversations with my stroke. always telling bow to lightly tap it. reminding the girls to breathe. always doing everything in two. dport. power 10s. cough drops. wednesday morning races with the little boys. running down to the boathouse with the team. wearing 8 layers. the chaos of raceday. the boathouse. and most importantly my girls.

this weekend was knecht, one of my favourite races. i like the site and course, lots of great schools. my boat usually did pretty well, the weather is crazy and it is just a great weekend. the girls did well, the 8 came in second and the 4 came in third, so i am proud of them.

so spent the day working on my paper, i have almost 1000 words written. so i'm happy with my progress so far, i also cleaned the house :) yesterday i spent most of the afternoon in the library reading for the paper, then went over to kara's for some pizza and trashy tv. we are fans of the most trashy show ever, paradise hotel 2. it is hilarious and highly entertaining. it was a fun evening.

busy week ahead with work, papers and visitors. but it should be fun!

so here are a few of my favourite rowing videos...

men's 8 2004 olympics
i remember watching this 4 years ago at 3am, just jumping up and down when they won. i love at the end pete jumping into the stroke's arms.

inches
just love it. and so true, especially in crew. inches do matter.

coxing a race
this guy is pretty intense, he makes me laugh.

another fav
makes me miss spring break and just sends shivers and makes me want to row...

the only one i couldn't find was my favourite one, the world championships one mike used to show all the time, i still get shivers when i think about that race.