SOIREE TOMORROW NIGHT!
so, i 6ked this morning.
it was not good numbers-wise, but it was good in that I did not die. I specifically focused on holding splits that would keep me working hard (obviously), but also not make me breathe more than twice a stroke. Last 6k, I got up to four times a stroke way too early and I feel strongly that this is why I died when all was said and done.
I approached Ellen afterwards to stammer about how I hated the numbers, but I didn't die, and how I had focused on not dying. She assured me that it was okay, that I haven't been able to really work hard in two weeks... so I assume she understands that I really want to (and, under better circumstances, have the capacity to) pull better (and if she doesn't from what I've been saying at her for the past two weeks, she's too dense to be in law school). And I hope I can still be in the boat at New Hampshire -- but even more so at the Fish, which is my last chance to row lightweight in the fall. You know, ever.
Five girls broke 2:10 -- Sarah R, Sarah G, Eve, Maria, and Jamie. Eve and Maria are particularly impressive; I always knew they had it in them but we hadn't seen it yet. Now I'm believing we'll see them really start to shine soon.
I would have been the sixth if I hadn't been sick for the past two weeks.
But I got seven hours of sleep last night, which made me feel better. Tonight... not hoping for so much. It is a Friday night, after all, and I have things to do. Saturday night, though, after the SOIREE TOMORROW NIGHT ZIV COMMONS 8PM 5 BUCKS FREE DESSERTS AND OPEN MIC, is going to be fantastic. I have no commitments on Sunday (except rehearsal at night).
AND, I'm busy arranging Sea of No Cares. It's replaced Boxer as my baby for a while, because I'm really liking this arrangement. (Also, I haven't touched Boxer for a while, and you know how I get afraid of things I've left alone for long periods of time.) I've got most of the verse and chorus; the biggest thing now is detangling these chords. I don't think the girls will like me much, as I've got parts jumping higher and lower than each other all the time and everyone's hanging on notes that are sorta high. Except the altos, who have two notes. Noooomiiiiiii, help!
Time now to get cookin'. I'll make the crepes and the cheesecake filling, but I can't finish either until septicidal awakens and we go shopping.
it was not good numbers-wise, but it was good in that I did not die. I specifically focused on holding splits that would keep me working hard (obviously), but also not make me breathe more than twice a stroke. Last 6k, I got up to four times a stroke way too early and I feel strongly that this is why I died when all was said and done.
I approached Ellen afterwards to stammer about how I hated the numbers, but I didn't die, and how I had focused on not dying. She assured me that it was okay, that I haven't been able to really work hard in two weeks... so I assume she understands that I really want to (and, under better circumstances, have the capacity to) pull better (and if she doesn't from what I've been saying at her for the past two weeks, she's too dense to be in law school). And I hope I can still be in the boat at New Hampshire -- but even more so at the Fish, which is my last chance to row lightweight in the fall. You know, ever.
Five girls broke 2:10 -- Sarah R, Sarah G, Eve, Maria, and Jamie. Eve and Maria are particularly impressive; I always knew they had it in them but we hadn't seen it yet. Now I'm believing we'll see them really start to shine soon.
I would have been the sixth if I hadn't been sick for the past two weeks.
But I got seven hours of sleep last night, which made me feel better. Tonight... not hoping for so much. It is a Friday night, after all, and I have things to do. Saturday night, though, after the SOIREE TOMORROW NIGHT ZIV COMMONS 8PM 5 BUCKS FREE DESSERTS AND OPEN MIC, is going to be fantastic. I have no commitments on Sunday (except rehearsal at night).
AND, I'm busy arranging Sea of No Cares. It's replaced Boxer as my baby for a while, because I'm really liking this arrangement. (Also, I haven't touched Boxer for a while, and you know how I get afraid of things I've left alone for long periods of time.) I've got most of the verse and chorus; the biggest thing now is detangling these chords. I don't think the girls will like me much, as I've got parts jumping higher and lower than each other all the time and everyone's hanging on notes that are sorta high. Except the altos, who have two notes. Noooomiiiiiii, help!
Time now to get cookin'. I'll make the crepes and the cheesecake filling, but I can't finish either until septicidal awakens and we go shopping.