Not just wet . . . really wet!

So, it seem it is coach's turn to enter the blog-o-sphere. As I write to you all this evening, we are watching the Olympic trials for swimming and track-and-field. I think I can speak for all of us when I say we are sharing the joy of the US athletes' Olympic spirit.

Perhaps one thing the US Olympic athletes cannot share with us is our wet--really wet--afternoon row. The PM row started off innocuous enough: 82 degrees, humid, but clear. At the turn around point, the sky had darkened. And after another 2000 meters we were in a extreme down pour. Rain droplets must have been 1/4 inch around and soaked with each plop upon the skin. At some point I just started laughing, it was raining so hard I could hardly see.

But what I did see was some greatly improved rowing. The 2x is really coming into their own. They took great ownership of practice, from the first warm up strokes to the great body-mechanical changes they held through all the steady state. I was very proud. And we are entering this week of training in a very good place.