Wrapping Up

Written by: Kristin

It's Wednesday, and by now all 3 of us are back in the US.  We all had such a great trip to Germany and we all learned a lot about what it's like to race internationally.  At the same time, as Lisa said in her post, it was a bittersweet ending to the racing.  Although we got our goal, we were disadvantaged by the wind and realized how much better we would have been if we had just had more time in sculling boats and more time rowing together.  Still, it is such a cool feeling to be sitting at the starting line next to countries like Australia, Italy, and other places halfway across the world from where we usually train.  Not everyone gets to feel it and I am so lucky to have been able to.   

As Lisa explained, we ran into a slight food shortage after the racing ended - not the time you want to have all the stores closed!!  Also, when I finally stopped by the ice cream cart at the race course that I had been scoping out all week for a post-racing treat, they only had a couple of gross-looking flavors left, including one called "blue."  I'm not sure what kind that would be....but i didn't want to risk it so, sadly, i didn't end up getting any.  However, when I arrived back in the US, Margot had 5 different kinds of ice cream waiting for me in the freezer so I'm all set now.  

As we wrap up our blog, I want to thank everyone who has been reading this and following us here as well as those who have donated to our fundraising efforts.  When we asked for support this summer, we got more than we ever thought we would.  We really appreciate the emails, the cheering from home while we were racing abroad, and the generosity of everyone we have been in touch with this summer.  Have a great rest of the summer and stay in touch!