A flying Flute and some other stuff

for the past few weeks I have been sculling again. which is what i intended to do when I ended the UW camp mid July. It just took me longer to get there. i ended up rowing a pair with Abby from PLU and together we formed SPLU. Our mascot was A flying Flute (falcon + Lute) and we were not exactly triumphant but we busted out some crazy practices. Poor Abby was stroking for most of the begining and i was terrifying her. "we're going to miss it by like 6 inches...or two." Then there was that day that we nearly ran into a post but that was totally the fault of the replacement coach. and if it wasnt blaming him was/is very convienant. we had fun. or at least some scary times. to my credit i have never flipped this summer.

when the college program ended the first week of august i transitioned into a sculling class. I dont know why i ever thought this was hard. until i start to make technique changes, and nearly flip. Its been really fun. I'm rowing with a mix of the "middle age" I'm the youngest by probably a decade and a half. i've been in a quad, a double, and mostly a single. working on drills. lots of drills. the coach for the sculling 2 class is amazing and i love going to each class. hopefully this will make me more competitive this racing season.

and i've decided to run a half. because i'm going to finally get the legs i always wanted. or genetics cannot be conquered.