Hello All.
My first trip back on the international rowing scene was not at all like my last one in 2008. Although the trip promised many great things, it was cut short quickly. As you can see from the picture of Terry talking to us after we were knocked out of Henley by the USA – we looked good. To compliment our uniform, Oakley sent us each a pair of racing Radars and each a pair of casual sun glasses. Of all the perks of being an under-payed athlete, having a good relationship with Oakley has to be the best! Thank you Pat! One of the new guys in the boat must have told me every other day of the entire tour just how much he loved his new glasses. It blew him away that the Oakley Radars didn’t fog up on him.
Henley turned out to be a bit of trouble as I got quite ill. A few days before the races started I was hit hard by Campylobacter jejuni, something associated with traveling in Mexico. I was knocked out with blood for diarrhea and yellow bile for vomit. It was wonderful. Somehow I managed to pull through, however, there was one point that I was certain I was having a seizure in the middle of the night. It was just my body shaking from the chills of my high fever.
The city of Lucerne is always a place of peace; even in the bustle of the World Cup regatta. There has not been a year that I have been around the regatta with so many entries though. It seemed like every other event had quarterfinals, which is generally reserved for only the men’s and women’s singles. This is a result of being the last race for three months heading into the late world championships this November. In the 4- we were only two boats away from quarters.
The field was tough, and we were only a few seconds away from making the final. Momentum is such a critical element in events like Lucerne, and we kept having ours interrupted. Over the entire trip we had less than 10 workouts in the line-up that we raced in. Including the races themselves, we boated the line-up less than 20 times the entire trip. The field in the 4- is amazing too, so to have any disadvantage in big trouble. I watched the A-final of the event live on Eurosport, and it was amazing to watch. Next time I will be in it!
Dave
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