Last weekend was crazy. We went to a regatta which means lots of hard work and waking up way too early. So didn't have time to write my entry last Saturday - Sorry! I do think if I tell you a bit about my weekend, you might better understand, why I had no time at all at hand.
This is what happened:
Thursday: Training and afterwards packing the boats. I'm still not quite familiar with the routine so it took a looong time.
Friday: in the afternoon we drove to Sorø (a danish city where the regatta was held) to unpack the boat trailer and try the water. Very confusing and challenging because my club isn't the only one who thinks it is a good idea to row on the lake before the actual race. So many, many boats! Also, the first thing I did after I began training was to row directly into some willow, right in front of every body. Embarrassing... I got home from Sorø at 9.30 in the evening, made a huge lunch pack and went straight to bed.
Picture: Peter Skafte, www.rofotos.dk
Saturday: Woke up at 5 p.m - yep, no kidding there, I seriously woke up so early. Left my house at 6 o'clock, arrived in Sorø at 7 p.m where I had to wait two hours for my race to begin. I was so nervous I thought I was going to puke. And the race was absolute crab. So basically I woke up when the sun rose just to get my arse kicked viciously four hours later. Great day... And I didn't get home until late in the afternoon, so just yay, yay, yay. Went to bed at 8 a.m, I was so tired.
Sunday: Believe it or not, Sunday I woke up even earlier, at 4.50 p.m. Left my house at half past five, arrived in Sorø half past 6 and rowed my race twenty minutes to eight. In the goddamn morning. To. Fucking. Early. But I did way better this day, even though I didn't qualify for the finals. For the next 8 hours I just wandered around doing nothing until it was time to pack things up and go home. All in all I was home at 8 o'clock in the evening. Totally wasted, with a huge minus on my sleep account but happy. All in all it was a very good experience :)
I am already looking forward to my next regatta in a month,which is even combined with a little training camp. I'll keep you guys updated!
Weekend at last! What we have all been looking forward to all week has finally arrived and it is now time to relax, have a nice time with your friends and family and most important of all sleep. A lot. Or at least, that is what I suspect most people will be doing, because that is not exactly what I am doing. I woke up at 7 am this morning and while I am sitting and writing this I am getting mentally ready for a way too early training session at 9 am. I honestly have no idea why the trainers in my club want us to train so early every goddamn weekend. I mean, who on earth is ready to go train the hell outta you at 9 o'clock in the morning??? As you might have guessed I am not. Even though I always wake up two hours before training I am still not mentally awake and I suspect I look more like a zombie then a person. I think the deal with this early training session is that we can get training over with quickly and afterwards be able to do stuff in the afternoon and evening with our friends and family. I do see the point and it is rather sensible, but honestly the first thing I usually do after a morning training is go home and sleep or do nothing productive at all because I am so tired...
Well, enough of me complaining about the ungodly hour of my training in the weekends, what I really wanted to show you today was this video I found on youtube. It is the Austrian rowing crew just being awesome to even more awesome music. This last week I have watched it very, very many times and every time I see it I can't help think "This is why I row". I mean just look how awesome they are! You can almost feel how the boat moves with every stroke they take, and the perfect water and just how f***ing fantastic rowing is! Okay, I might be a bit too excited, but what the hell, I like it.
Also, I thought this little video might give you an idea of what rowing is, if you were wondering. I mean, before I started rowing I had absolutely no idea what it was, how you did it or what the boats look like. So here you go. And also, all creds for the video goes to the Austrian crew. I wish one day I will be just as good at rowing as these guys are! At the moment I am just trying to stay in the boat and avoid falling in the water but I suppose it will come soon... My tainer told me that I will be a good rower when I have rowed 4000 km. At the moment I have rowed 130 km in total. I have a long way to go...
Okay admitted, while I wrote this, I might have listened to the video... More than once... Actually three times... I should really use my time for more productive things than watching rowing videos on the internet... I should probably train instead, so I can row my 4000 km and be good.
Also, I should probably go now or else I will be terribly late for training.
I hope you all have a lovely weekend, and please drink responsible everybody
