7/8/10

Today was an exciting day.
We started off in yesterday afternoon's "A boat" and "B boat" lineups. Our mission for the day, which began at the ungodly hour of six in the morning, was to hold our own in a scrimmage against the HP girls who are going to Germany. We knew going into this that we were the underdogs, and our game plan was pretty much to just put it all out on the water and hold them as much as we could.
So when the "B boat" not only pulled ahead of the "A boat" but also the HP eight...we were pleasantly surprised, to say the least.
Each piece was five minutes long and broken into chunks by rate. The first two minutes was at a 26, the next a 28 and the final minute was a solid thirty strokes. We went into the first one expecting to do only one if we somehow managed to win (which we did) but afterwards, we still thirsted for more. On the second piece we switched out a couple of girls and ran again, and the same for the third. Both of these pieces ended with us next to the HP boat. In the final piece they pulled ahead by half a boat length, but we still felt rather proud for holding onto them. As we docked, the question on everyone's mind was clear:
"Where's MY ticket to Germany?"
In the afternoon we did three ten minute low rate pressure pieces. We did seat race during the pieces, and like the morning there were also intervals for each piece. (3 minutes at a 22, 2 at a 24, one at a 26 and then back down)It was a solid row on the part of both boats. It's going to be a difficult selection. Whoever makes it into the top eight is going to do so by the skin of thier teeth.
Stay tuned.