Ergomania

I won the lightweight division for the 2011 Northwest CRASH-B qualifier. I went 6:28.1, which is not a PR but is a season best. I think I was much better prepared for this test than others; I was more warmed up and had better nutrition and race planning/pacing. I busted out the best sprint I have ever had on a 2K. It was great.

SRC did well as a whole. We won the lightweight collegiate, openweight junior girl, and took second in the open men and open women events. My Holy Names girls made a strong showing and took 3rd in the lightweight junior girls event with a number of PRs in both the openweight and lightweight events.

We just bagged a bunch or Rowperfects for the boathouse and Carlos Dinares is moving in to provide coaching to masters in the Seattle Area. Folks around here should get excited as Carlos is a quality technical coach with access to tremendous resources. Seattle U has also moved into the boathouse. The club is doing an excellent job of diversifying its revenue sources without expanding costs.

I am getting pretty pumped for our opening Spring regatta in Victoria in a month as well as for more erg testing. The goal is 6:23 or fast this season.