Much-needed 1x row [rowing]

[rebeccmeister]

There were 9 rowers signed up for this morning's practice, so I got to be the odd one out and rowed in my 1x. The conditions were perfect. I launched just as the full moon set over Albany (yellow light just to the right of center).



I was able to make it all the way up to the red can buoy north of the Menands Bridge. I didn't have much stopping time aside from this brief moment near the bridge on my way back downriver. Also, it's tricky to take good photos on these dark mornings.



There's rain in the forecast for later in the week, so we've got to savor these mornings when we get them.



It was helpful to be in the 1x this morning. Time to just do my own thing, feel where I need to continue working on improvements to my rowing stroke, not have to put so much effort into leading or coordinating teammates in a team boat.

And now it's time to think about cell division, the topic of the week for General Biology.

Comments

[cmcmck]

Great shots of the bridge!

[threemeninaboat]

Do people row at other times of the day?

[rebeccmeister]

Definitely! We also have practices in the evenings, from 6:30 - 9 pm. For me the trouble is that I'm not good at managing my time during the day so as to be able to make it to evening practices. And they go so late that it is very hard to get up early the next day.

In a lot of places people are strategic about the time of day when they row, because in many places the wind picks up in the afternoons. But all of this depends on the nature of the specific waterway, and how people have organized themselves. The club where I rowed in Berkeley, you could take out a boat basically any time you wanted to...but there wasn't any coaching at all.

[house_wren]

It may be tricky to take good photos on a dark morning, but you have succeeded. The moon one is my favorite...the lights, the reflection, the moon, the wake. Refreshing, really.