Underdogs
Oh man oh man oh man oh man. We totally destroyed at the regatta today. Every varsity boat (MV8, WV8, MV4, WV4) got first place...beating Great Bridge every time!!! It's so amazing how we suddenly came out of nowhere. Finally our Varsity is nasty. It gave me so much more hope and confidence in crew. Our work is paying off big time and I'm ecstatic. Amy was such an amazing coxswain... besides putting up with all our crap, she managed to stay cool and beast. We had to start twice because at first Hickory hit Saint Pauls and they called everyone back. No biggie. I thought i was going to die after the second start. 20 strokes and I was out of breath and burning inside. Everyone else was too, as I heard afterwards, so I wasn't as out of shape as I had thought. Well, Saint Pauls and Hickory lagged, but we were only barely beating Great Bridge. At 250 meters she (Amy) ordered us to kick it up exactly as she had planned (noticing that Great Bridge kicks it at 200 meters, it was a perfect strategy) Then, 100 meters, we shot off again and left Great Bridge in our wake. People said it was akin to peeling out. I seriously couldn't move afterwards. My legs had locked up from all the pushing and i basically rolled out of the boat. Luckily is was being hot-seated (where another group uses your boat so you don't have to take i out of the water) so nothing bad happened like me dropping the boat. Everyone was pulling so hard core. Man. I love it. Now it's time for some celebratory Hess' pizza. I dont know whats going to happen next, but I dont care. My weekend has thusfar ruled.