The skinny is that we're rowing a ton! Averaging over 30k a day, which is pretty awesome. We've also been erging a bit b/c the way the water is here, when it rains (as it has...A TON) they lock up the dam and our water level actually gets lower... so, we end up dodging rocks and stuff which blows, but hopefully the nice folks who run the dam will allow us to have a bit more of that h2o that we love so much.
We found out today that we're racing at elite nationals... which is awesome, very excited about that, should be some gooood competition - other gms 4x, a usrowing 4x, and a riverside 4x. should be some really fast racing. anyway - excited.
As a sidenote, things in "the white house" which, is literally, the white house we all live in... is going great. the guys here for the camp are awesome, we are this pack of 5 ridiculous, hungry, lightweights who are bro-in and row-in... constantly.
Another side note, the past couple of days we've been rowing one of the only fluidesign quads in the world, which is interesting... We loved the boat the first time we rowed it, but have since found the boat to be very very susceptible to rotational torque, which leads to a wierd flexing of the boat when not all the rowers are in the same lateral plane, if that makes sense. In essence the boat twists. Wierd. The boat has serious speed and low drag but isn't so forgiving.
I'll try to keep you guys posted more frequently. for now... i'm outie.
-pete
Hey Pete, it's Erin. My mom forwarded me the email you sent her with this link. Sounds like you're having a great time! Super awesome! Poke me on facebook or aim (TheMole1188) if you ever wanna chat!
ReplyDelete:) Erin