November 04, 2002

race news

Back from the races, no time for a real update. Rudder, rowing with the club in a
men's eight, won first place on Saturday and second on Sunday. At the last minute
I ended up coxing a San Diego men's four, which was especially interesting since I
didn't know the race course and had never steered a bow-coxed boat before. This is
where the cox is sort of reclining in front of the rowers instead of sitting up in
back. You can see ahead much better but can't see what the rowers are doing. The
boat wasn't set up with a cox box (microphoine system either, so I didn't say
anything much during the race, except when I needed them to row harder on one side
to make a turn. I could have steered a better course but must not have screwed up
too badly because we won.

On Sunday I raced my single and came in
second out of two. I wasn't thrilled with my time, but at least I wasn't
embarassed by it. I did this race because it's shorter and last year the water was
much calmer there at Newport than at the Marina del Rey race. This year MdR was
calmer and I think next year I may do that race instead because it's smaller and
more laid back. Or I could be a masochist and do both, I suppose.

I
am still in training, so don't have much time to update here.

Posted by dichroic at November 4, 2002 11:55 AM
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