only a month to go

So it's come down that final countdown ... a month to go until Henley is here and we're duking it out for the Ladies Plate against our other 8, Harvard, Molesey and whoever else shows up to pick a fight with us. At this point we have "selected" crews but of course that will change because, well, let's be honest, it just will. I'm coxing what some people like to call the 2nd 8 or the "B" boat, blah blah. Call it what you want but it's MY 8 and I'm going to make it quick and dominate. They may be young and a little underpowered in comparison to our "1st" 8 and say, Harvard but we will make up for that by the fact that we are a very technical crew. I will reference lightweights here: they aren't as big so to make up for it they (usually) tend to row very technically sound.

We have the Metropolitan Regatta this weekend at Dorney Lake where we'll be racing in the Senior 8+ category but before that we've got some pieces (a 1250m and a 750m) to do vs our "pesky rivals" (to quote the BBC- who had some good commentary this weekend during the 1st World Cup I might add!) to get us fired up. I shall report back after our pieces. Also, one full side of the booms is up and about a third of the other side is in so it's making for some interesting encounters on the reach now. Not long now and every stroke counts. Too bad it's a bank holiday and it's raining ...

PS- shout out to my boyfriend who did really well (11th overall) with his u23 LM4- at the (senior) World Cup in Munich this past weekend. Go JP! xx