Day 3
Hey there everyone,
After our wonderful pasta dinner last night, a few of us played a quick game of croquet then went right to bed. We had a tough morning on the river. We took our warm up run to the venue and met up with the Yale Lightweight 8 and did a whole course piece with them at set ratings (30 spm off the line, settle into 26 spm, and finished the peice at a 30). We jumped them off the start and had a healthy lead, but they took a sick move and walked right through us. Even though they won the peice, it turned out to be a successful morning and we took another step further.
We shook hands with the Yale guys and then headed home and ate lunch. When we got home, everyone went their own way. Some slept, some ate, some played croquet. Drew and Ken sat on the computer and worked on this blog, while John, Lombardi, Brad, Matt, and I played some more croquet (it gets addicting).
Everyone met together later on that afternoon for our second practice, which turned out to be harder than the first. Coach Lamb set up our practice with the Cal Frosh 8 (IRA Champs). We did a handful of pieces with them (20 strokes on, 45 sec off, 30 strokes on, 60 sec off) all the way down the course twice. Cal beat us all the way down the course on the first set, then Coach Lamb pulled us aside and gave us some pointers. We then paddled back up river and did the second set, and it was a lot better.
It was a mess on the second set. There were boats all down the course, and the Cal kids started yelling, and we started yelling, it was all in good fun. Finally we barely beat them on the last piece of the day, then shook their hands.
We met with Coach Lamb and he told us how much better we got just by that row. The Cal crew is really good and they should perform well in the regatta. We took another step forward towards the PE Cup.
We headed home to the Coleman household and sat around making a grocery list before dinner (which included arguments and disagreements). Coach Lamb told us we have a long row tomorrow morning, but we have off in the afternoon, on account of some qualifing races down at the venue. We'll all be down there watching and let you know how it goes. Later Days.
Mike Gennaro (4 seat)
3 Comments:
V8+1
Goodluck guys, everyone's holding their breath for you back here in the states..That's a pretty long time holding air in, but yea just remember all the countless 5x15s with rate and even more blasters. All the dizziness, nausea, and chest pains. This is when it all pays off.
This is your time shine.
This site is a great idea. Keep us informed on your workouts and any other experiences you have.
Stay focused now in preparing for your best team performances beginning on June 29th. And enjoy every minute of it!
We miss you and we are very proud of you. I can't wait to join you next week.
Ken Ewell
yo guys, seems like youre doing really well over there...seems alot like a couple years ago when The Prep won the PE, and it sounds like youre setting yourselves up very nicely. I'm trying to make it over to see you guys race, and win, but thats still up in the air. Either way, race hard, AND have fun! Good luck.
Tim Rigler
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