It's Head Of The Charles season here in Cambridge, Massachusetts! Our fair city can't wait to host the 51st Regatta and we're just a ten day forecast away from seeing all your happy rower faces! We're all a little preoccupied with numbers these days: 1 mile pieces, 6k splits, Charles River flow, and the exact coordinates of where you plan to be on Sunday night. Here are a few from the HOCR office to help you get race ready for next weekend. There's a surprise at the end that helps to explain the title. Just wait for it. 5, 4, 3, 2...
- 300,000: Spectators, spectating
- 10,025: Number of unique athletes, taking to the river
- 9500: Number of steps, recorded on your fitbit, from the Finish Line to Ned Devine's
- 4800: Length, in meters, of the HOCR Course
- 2820.543: Length, in smoots, of the HOCR course
- 2239: Boats a'rowing
- 1996: The 100 Year Storm
- 1985: Was a good year
- 1965: Was the first year
- 776: Clubs represented
- 70: Hyndsight life jackets
- 60 - 80: White Geese a'laying upstream of the BU Bridge
- 50th: Regatta accounting for 1996 weather cancellation #willthereal50thpleasestandup
- 33+: The rate you should be at
- 24: The average rate in the Alumni Eights
- 10: Days left to train
- 3: Former and current Ops Directors’ in the Directors’ Challenge Mixed Quad
- 2: Draft trailers at Reunion Village
- 1.02985: Length, in smoots, of Justin Bieber
- 1: recently engaged Assistant Director
Congratulations to Mason Cox and Amanda Milad! Let the games begin.
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