Lightweight Eats

Although winning Nationals was a great mid-summer confidence boost, I'm back to work chasing my dreams. I spent last weekend in Philadelphia racing at the Independence Day Regatta and celebrating July 4th with friends.

Although it was great experience, and I came away with a 2nd place finish in the lightweight women's single, it was a tough weekend physically and mentally.
The race course is in the middle of a park, which makes it extraordinarily isolated—on Friday, I walked 8 miles round trip to get some coffee and lunch. It was hot and unprotected, with high winds and strong current. Given the circumstances, I'm proud of my performance, but it certainly was not my best.

Going forward, I'd like to re-focus on getting faster. Over the last month, I've gotten a good sense of where I am and where I need to be. It's time to close the gap between those two.

I took Monday and Tuesday of this week off to recover from the whirlwind of racing and traveling. Wednesday, I hit the weight room, and Thursday I complete a tough workout on the ergs.

15' warmup
3x3000m (1k@23, 1k@25, 1k@23)
#1 11:54.6 (1:59.1)
#2 11:58.4 (1:59.7)
#3 11:59.3 (1:59.8)
15' cool down

I would have liked to be in the 1:58's, but for being off the ergs for several months now, it wasn't terrible. I'll definitely be checking back in with that workout over the rest of 2014, and hopefully seeing good gains.

I'm now fully back into the swing of things. This morning, we did a 75' row and this afternoon is an epic weight-lifting session. Tomorrow, I'll duke it out in the single with the rest of the GMS athletes for four by 500 meters.

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