Grinding into Fall, Trials, and Head of the Charles

After a discussion with Conal, I decided that the best course of action for myself is to abandon my attempt at the 2010 Senior Team Trials and begin preparing for the 2011 season. I have not demonstrated sufficient speed to make a legitimate attempt at the lightweight men's single.

Lindsay Meyer continues her preparation for the open women's single and we on the elite team are all rooting for her and helping her to push in her training. I am very excited to watch her hard work put to use at the Trials in about four weeks.

Sam and I have our sights set on Head of the Charles in late October. We are working hard to build up our power and base and hope to make a drop on the rest of the field - much of which is still preparing for sprint races as we begin our head race training. Lots of endurance weights and moderate distance, moderate intensity power work on the water.

My new boat will be here in about a week. A special thanks to Greg Moga Productions. Without their support, I would not have been able to afford the new shell and oars that I will be using to compete this year.

The Seattle Rowing Center is looking very sharp these days. Conal and Carol have a superb operation in the works and it is impressive how far they have come in so little time. I think we will see a larger than expected contingent of junior athletes joining us this Fall. We have some beautiful new boats already on the racks and more on the way.

I am also very jazzed about preparing the HNA women for their fall season. We on the coaching staff are seeing some very impressive work being put in for the Head of the Charles selection process and other athletes looking further ahead to other races.