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Having already rowed the course three times in the past week, W1 knew exactly what we had to do as we set off from the boathouse on a mild Sunday afternoon. After a strong row down and our speediest practice pieces yet we reached the typical marshalling chaos, and soon enough it was time to paddle up to the start line. Confident and with our heads in the game we had a powerful and clean start which set the tone for the rest of the race. Keeping the rate high and the splits low we reached the toughest middle minute but spurred on by Phil’s calls and Gripper’s shouting from the bank we pushed through to the railway bridge. Off the bridge we came together and did a final massive push all the way to the end, making it our quickest row to date and finishing as one of the fastest 16 women’s crews on the river, but more importantly doing ourselves proud!

Uploaded Sunday 4th July, 19:40