Thing the first: Rowing

[rebeccmeister]

It was one of those mornings. I should have gone rowing yesterday morning, but my butt still hurt after rowing 30,000m on Sunday on an erg. Select audience members can relate to how this feels. I also planned to go to the gym Monday, but if Tuesday morning was bad, Monday morning was much, much worse. I know I'll survive the marathon in a week and a half, but it won't be pretty, that's for sure. But that's why we're doing it, because the marathon that REALLY counts is the one on the water in November. I'll get there. Some days are just slightly more painful than others.

Anyway, I did at least make it on the water this morning. It was fairly quiet, since most of the Outlaws have abandoned me for various reasons. There was one guy visiting from Maine, so I helped him put his boat in the water and then got in two not-so-clean laps around the lake. Ugh. Some mornings, I wake up and have a fantastic row. But I'm finding that in the single, I really have to be mentally and physically on top of it to have a good row, much more so than in larger boats. I'm doing better than I used to do, mostly because I'm getting more sleep these days, but it's still challenging.

Comments

[dichroic.livejournal.com]

Kathy and I are taking the double out tomorrow. (We were going yesterday, but rain and lightning intervened.)

[rebeccmeister.livejournal.com]

Well, nuts. Thursdays are the one day when I can't row because I ride bikes instead!

Actually, I'm kind of glad to hear that tuesday morning didn't work out--I woke up, looked at the clock, and went back to bed.