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Followed the instructions from the Wintech video: Wasn't a mug, bought a Wintech. Bish bosh... silver medal?

I guess we can claim 10s is a Gnat's cock. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ8ul77DkM4)

Both legs of the race were decent performances, a good starting point but still plenty to work on. The first had an aggressive start but we tailed off a bit towards the end, and in the second we undercooked the first half but wound up at the end much better, just combine the faster half of each and we've got a decent race in us. Second on the river isn't too bad, but it's going to take a lot of hard training to be the fastest crew on the river this year.

Uploaded Tuesday 2nd May, 20:10

Our row down was great, moving together nicely. The start was neat, winding up to an aggressive 61 spm, before lengthening to a punchy race pace of 45. Sub 1.00 split*. Smashed the first leg, boom, we're so hench. I can bench press a lot. Had a quick break, down by the lock, to let the engines cool down. With a bit of water on board we set off for the second leg, smashed it again, easy, boom, mooving. Good time overall, smashed the oppo hard, thanks for the ride girls.

*this race report may or may not be accurate.

Uploaded Sunday 30th April, 16:33

There was a bit of a wait at marshalling, so after Ben’s nifty parallel park we had a good pre-race chat, enjoying a bit of chilling in the sun (Easter rowing is lovely isn’t it!) before the first leg of the Head to Head.

Our first leg was splashly and a little rushed, but not much else to report. It didn’t feel like pretty rowing, but nonetheless it wasn’t disastrous.

The next leg felt better, smoother and more controlled. We weren’t given much of a head start on the city crew behind us though, who loomed every closer around each corner. Coming onto the reach, Ben had to concede the racing line, and it became a test to make sure they didn’t cross the finish line first. Although disheartening to be closed down, it made us push that much harder at the end and definitely improved our result (I think we did just about hold them off).

With only 1 ½ outing behind us as a crew, it wasn't a bad start to the term.

Uploaded Sunday 30th April, 22:04