We’re off the water for the winter; but we had a great rowing/racing season this year. Here are some pictures of me racing at this years USRowing National Championships during sprint race season.
Names on Our Singles
World Rowing Masters Regatta 2018
Meg and Our Fleet
Meg rowing her brand-new single for the first time. It’s an early present from me for our 30th wedding anniversary. Where did the time go. Now we have three racing sculls. His and hers singles and, our double. Her boat is named the “Pearl” and my boat is named the “Thirteenth Warrior”. And, of course, the double is the “Mr. Do!”. Here is our fleet laid out during spring training this past weekend in Oak Ridge, TN.
Head of the Hooch 2016
Midwest Masters Sprints
Meg and I did even better at the Midwest Masters Sprints than we did at the Dogwood a few weeks ago. We medaled again and are closing in on our near term performance goals. We’re not “fast” yet; but we’re beating competing boats in both raw and net time. I also medaled in my single. It was a very good day in less than ideal conditions.
Dogwood
Meg and I competed in the Dogwood Regatta our first 1K sprint race since we got our new double. We had our best race ever and got a silver medal in our flight (age group). We have both really improved since our first race at the Midwest Masters two years ago. We still have a plenty of things to work on; but I guess we can’t call ourselves “beginners” anymore.
Head of the Hooch
Meg and I competed in the Head of the Hooch Regatta, our season ending 5K head race, a couple of weekends ago. The “Hooch” is quite an event. There were almost 10 times as many boats entered than the next largest regatta we’ve attended. We’ve never seen a traffic jam of racing sculls before. And the Tennessee River is BIG! We certainly didn’t ever envision ourselves rowing on such a large waterway when we first got started a few years ago. Our new Fluidesign double scull is magnificent and very stable (for a high-performance racing scull). But, I even raced the dilapidated club single I like to row and its kinda tippy. We’ve both come a long way since our first LTR class.
Speakmon Memorial Regatta
Meg and I competed in our first ever 5K head race this past weekend. We’ve done “sprints” before; but this was our first longer race. Rowing almost seven miles on the Scioto river wasn’t as scary as it seemed it would be when we were there for the race in June. We’re definitely a lot more comfortable in the boat than we were last year.