Second 6k test piece

Rowers on both men's and women's teams will pull a second 6k piece today. Great day for it, given the daylong steady rain. Good luck!

Look for some MiddCrew boats at the Textile River Regatta this Sunday in Lowell, MA. The men's team will be racing an 8+, 4+, 2 x 2- and 3 x 1x. For directions and info: Textile River Regatta 2010

Boathouse Team Store

Don't forget to order from the Boathouse Middlebury Crew store at:

http://middleburycrew.boathousegear.com/

The store goes offline tomorrow!

Head Race Scrimmage

Joint practice with women and men's squads today.... a head race piece from the south end, with two turns thrown in to lengthen the course (and wake up the coxswains!) Good racing by all the crews.

Distance: 5500 meters
Conditions: Swirling wind. Good water in the first half, then choppy crosswind in the north basin.

M2-: 24:19

W8+: 20:39

M4+: 19:51

M8+: 18:56

"The greater the effort, the greater the glory."
---Pierre Corneille

AP Rowing

Today was an especially exciting day of rowing for the women because we got to the "Woo" drill (a.k.a. the best drill ever) and racing starts. Such a fun practice! Afterward, we (plus Geoff) went out to dinner at Rosie's since we missed dinner at Midd because of the picnic. Yummmm.

Men completed day two of seat racing this morning. While they were in fours, a tired cox Matt Rojas kept calling "all 8" up to the catch. The danger of the bow loader is that coxes can fall asleep pretty easily on lower rating pieces; Matt was in and out of dreams today. Its okay, it's been long week for Matt and Liya. But what's not okay... Rojas hates the new Kaschper shell. How is this possible?

Women's Row

Today we had seat racing.

'Nuff said.

"We don't fear failure, and we don't like the easy path."

--Carlos Dinares

(Dinares is the coach of 4 lightweights who are trying to race (and medal!) in the single, the double, and the quad at the World Championships this fall in New Zealand---- something that has never been done before. His blog at http://3medalchallenge.blogspot.com is has some great ideas about technique, and makes interesting readin.)

The women had an awesome and very loooonnnngggg practice this afternoon. Near the end, Noel made us row at a 40 and then a 10. Exciting stuff. :-) Major props to Meg, our stroke.

Morning Mist

HW 8+

LW 8+

Turning...LW 8+

More Rowing Clips from Tuesday Men's AM Practice

Men's Heavyweight 8+
Men's Heavyweight 8+ Pt.2
Men's Lightweight 8+
Both Men's 8+


 

Tuesday AM practice footage

Footage part 1 from Tuesday AM practice (link to youtube)

Fall Season Underway

The weather cleared for us this saturday after a rainy week, making for a calm and sunny (late) morning practice. Our row for the day: the first nonstop 5-6k piece on the water of the season, south cove to north cove, the length of the lake. A favorite for saturdays, Noel nominated Mike and Harry to pick teams for practice. In terms of strategy, Harry learned the hard way: when there are only 2 coxswains, pick yours last. While we all love Matt Rojas, he can't pull us any faster to the finish line, and as Harry's second pick, he sacrificed a potential power increase in his boat. The novices finshed up their first week on the water today with Scotty and the legendary Cud 8+.

Happy 22nd to Kalie Mix and 20th to Brooks Coe!