Lightweight Eats

We arrived in Princeton earlier this week to blustery weather and choppy water. Yuck! Not ideal for rowing at all. But racing must go on, we thought.

Thursday morning, we arrived at the boathouse and weighed in at 6:15AM, ready for our 8:15AM race time. Conditions were fair, but not ideal. As we rowed up to the start line, I could feel the wind pick up. The warm-up area was challenging to row, but not unmanageable, I thought.

(Note: My boat is two sizes too big, so I've got some great clearance from the water—perfect for rough conditions. My teammate in a smaller boat was less thrilled with the waves crashing over her.)

The men's and women's lightweight singles were bunched up, ready to begin our time trial, anxious and excited. And then the announcement came: racing was cancelled, head home to the dock. I practically surfed back to the dock on the waves—what a blast!

Thursday's racing was postponed and our schedule compressed from four races to two. So this morning, we were at it again. Our time trial went down the course at 10:30AM in mild headwind conditions.

Photo from US Rowing Check out that sweet backsplash. And yes, those are my favorite JL shorts.. ...so happy we don't have to wear a unisuit

I placed 8th among an incredibly competitive field of lightweights. I wish I'd had the opportunity to race through the heats and semi-finals, but my 8th place finish puts me into tomorrow morning's 'B' final.



We're racing incredibly early: 7:14AM EST. Hopefully, we'll have fair conditions (although I can't say I'm not hoping for some wind and waves). See you on the other side!

Results should be posted on the US Rowing website shortly after the race:
http://usrowing.org/NationalTeams/OlympicSeniorNationalTeam/SrNTSelectionEvents/2014NSR1/2014NSR1Results.aspx

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