Nice Long Row

The water was the calmest this morning, the last of our three rows this weekend. There was a nice breeze and minimal chop. Yesterday's wind was stiffer but we managed to do drills going back and forth across our primary route. I took our old digital camera out to get pictures. Unfortunately, the batteries pooped out in no time so I didn't get many shots. Here's the best one of the bucolic view from our shell:


With it being Sunday (slowest start for water skiers), we decided to follow the longest out-and-back route that we have - going to the dam and public access ramp. Our goal was to keep it steady and even and row as long as we could before taking a break.

With our new seating arrangement, Kathleen in the stern and me in the bow, we made good time and weren't nearly as tired as when we did this before more than a month ago. We even added on an additional leg towards the end. I think this kind of row is a good idea to do at least every other weekend. We'll start tracking our times and see how we improve. We do need to work on eliminating the "S's" in our route. Not that I would accuse my rowing partner, but it doesn't seem like a good idea to be looking to the left or right most of the time. And she accuses me of being the sightseer!

All in all, a very successful set of row for Kathleen to get back into the swing of things after having missed several weeks in a row and not able to make many of the Saturday's at CYC.