So I have found out that blogging is more difficult than I thought. The first two were easy because there was a lot going on in the first couple of days here, but now that we are in the monotony of race prep, things have kind of slowed down.
Andrew Diebold, the injured member of the light 8 has recovered, so Alex and I have been able to get some good mileage in our pair. We are having some difficulty with the new boat, but we have had some flashes of brilliance as well. The good thing about having an entire week between heats and finals is that you can make significant changes to improve speed.
The draw is up for our heat and it looks to be a very fast one. The Serbian pair is composed of two guys from their Olympic four, so they should be fairly quick. The heat progression is the winner goes directly to the A final and the rest are relegated to the repechage on Wednesday. We didn’t get to go down to the course this morning to watch the light 8 race, but they won fairly easily while understroking the field quite substantially. Their final is on Sunday and it should be a great race for the gold.
For the techno/house music fans out there, Armin Van Buuren was the DJ of the opening ceremonies yesterday at the course. Unfortunately, due to training schedules, I couldn’t get down to the party. According to the light 4, who was on the course during the ceremony, his music was reverberating throughout the Malta Lake facility. I’m probably going to hear it from a certain techno-loving friend for not making it to the show, but rowing takes precedence at Worlds.
The coxed pair also won their heat and are headed to the Sunday A final. Good job to everyone that raced today, and good luck to all of the boats that race tomorrow. Go USA.
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