Time to enter the Ring!

I have a habit of leaving books lying about the bathroom. On one occasion, when a slightly older, cynical, male friend was visiting, on leaving the bathroom he rather sarcastically asked if I was trying to proposition him. The book I was reading at that time happened to be the Lord of the Rings. Well […]

Horror Flick at Linlithgow

Got up on Sunday morning with the intention of taking Jack to the Ratho Marathon as hosted by Linlithgow Kayak Racing. Jack now having had about 4 k1 sessions in total since getting out of the K2 at Westminster in 2011. The longest being the 7km we paddled on Saturday on a perfectly calm, mirror […]

It has been a strange day

This mornings outing must count as a success in that; 1) We managed to get Jack out of bed for a 6am outing. 2) Cortisone and Private Pike managed a whole session without swimming. 3) Beaujolais managed quite a quick 7km- by his standards. Point 3 was however rather compromised by young Jack absolutely tanking […]

Private Pike starts Basic Training

The lowest of the low. The Rower who starts out on learning how to paddle a K boat. As Oarsmen or Scullers we tend to think we are pretty good at balancing long thin boats. We also think we are pretty fit. But then we step into a K1 or K2. Shortly afterwards, normally almost […]

The next campaign….. to Marlow and beyond

The scrapes and bruises of DW 2012 are healing nicely. A bit like childbirth ( one can only suppose) the pain is forgotten. So onto the next campaign. The plan for the year ahead i.e. until Easter Sunday/ hopefully not Monday 2013 is as follows: 1.) Try to paddle some Hasler Qualifiers. Attempt to get […]

DNF

Marlow about midnight was where it all ended. We were never going to make the morning Tide at Teddington and as a crew made the decision to pack it in. From the perspective of others I am disappointed. Antony has a great record of making Westminster. Antony put so much into making this DW campaign […]

Debits and Credits- what will the final account be?

The time for talking is over. Now it is time to see if we can walk the walk- paddle the distance. Training has been completed. Whether or not it is enough is now irrelevant. It will have to do. It is now well and truly a mental game. My big question for myself is, will […]