Head of the Lake: Intro to Winter

I had and excellent Head of the Lake in the 1x this year; I finished second, my best performance ever. I beat out Meenk and Austin, both of whom had beaten me last year. Meenk finished 5th at Charles too, which leads me to believe that my race performances was not as superb as it felt. I was happy to also finish ahead of Van Bolt, a smaller UW rower who seems to be training at Pocock. Warren North was the only one to finish ahead of me. He continues to lead me in our on-the water encounters, having also beaten me at NSR I and Head of the Lake last season. My internal sense of my own race performance suggests that I had a lot of room for improvement by simply calming down and turning my focus inward. I became frantic during the race and lost a lot of time as I turned my attention to my opponents' performances rather than my own. I must learn to focus better.

Lindsay Meyer finished 10th at the World Championship Regatta. We are all very proud of her and wish her a well-deserved rest as she gathers herself for a return to Stanford in the Spring.

Sam and I now go into winter training until the next NSR I in late April. One of my goals is to make it through all of my workouts this winter and avoid any injuries that may inhibit my training. Already I have some agitation in my shoulder reminiscent of an injury I suffered my third year of college. But I persist. The goal is sub-6:20 by Ergomania and sub-20:12 for my 6k test. I would like to finish somewhere in the B final or better at NSR this year, which to me means breaking 7:15 on the Seattle 2K course. I am very excited for this season.