Written by: Kristin
First of all, we really appreciate everyone who has donated to our trip so far! Every time we come home from practice or anywhere we all run to the computer to see if we have any new donations, so we can't thank you enough for the help you are giving!! We are already up to $3,400 with online donations.
So what have we been up to? After racing some fast boats at elite nationals in New Jersey on Sunday, we were exhausted. It was about 90 degrees during our two races and they were less than an hour apart. We learned a lot from the racing and actually went 1.5 seconds faster in our second race after applying what we learned in our first one. Once the trailer was loaded, we got some ice cream (of course), packed into the car with Josh, and headed down to Woodbridge, Virginia.
Upon arrival, Nalini, who calls herself the "rowing mommy," and Doug greeted us with 5 half gallons of ice cream - yess!! We've only been here for 2 and a half days, but we've almost consumed all of that ice cream, in either milkshake form or right out of the carton. But this should not come as a shock to those of you who know us. We got a whole day and a half off of practice, in which Josh bought new shoes and then went for multiple runs (but is having a hard time adjusting to the heat) and Kristin and Lisa explored the local Target (yippee!) and found - surprise, surprise - that the ben and jerry's was on sale.
Practice started up again yesterday afternoon and we are quickly adjusting to the new boat and river. The Occoquan river is almost always glassy flat, which makes for amazing rowing water. We've also been watching the US Swimming Olympic Trials every night on TV. If you haven't been watching, you totally should! It seems like new world records are set every night. Definitely an inspiration, especially because many of the kids competing are years younger than us!
Check back later from more updates!
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