This morning we were greeted by the a cool and cloudy sky, as well as the news that today is the day where we are planning on accomplishing three workouts.
The first workout of the day was another cat four workout, with the planned activity being 8km of leapfrog alternating between rates of 22 and 26. For some reason, Dr Dan and Matt decided that the best setup for this workout would be to put two mixed women’s quads out with me in the single to make a three boat leapfrog setup. For anyone who knows the difference between a single and a quad (in both length and speed), meant that I got to have a lot more ‘fun’ (as Volker would put it) than the quads. Thought, really I shouldn’t complain, it was a good workout, though to be able to stay with them at the lower rate and pass in a reasonably short period of time, the rate may have slipped up towards the 24-25 and 34ish range.
We all seem to be finding that most of the boats we borrow seem to be inclined to move towards starboard. Fortunately, I have come up with a potential reason behind this phenomenon. In this area, many people are quite interested in NASCAR racing. In NASCAR, the cars exclusively turn left, as they drive in a circle for 3 hours or so and it’s really exciting to watch them crash, uh, I mean the awesomeness of the racing. The figuring is that the boats are designed like the cars, to always turn in one direction.
After the usual lunchtime smorgasbord, we went back to the hotel for a quick 40 minute reprieve. For many of us that turned into a quick 40 minute nap, this was a nice mid day break. The strength training circuit was the second workout of the day, this proved to be a rather painful 60 or 70 minutes of our time. It’s truly amazing how difficult lifting up your own body weight can sometimes seem. Not helping the situation was the ‘improvised’ pull up bar that had a completely acceptable bend to it while you did a pull up, not to mention the risk of having a rather large concrete block dropped on you at the same time. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger right? Unless it crushes your rib cage.
A quick 30 minute break and we were at it again, on the water for the afternoon cat six row. That row proved to be . . . superb, to say the least. The sun decided to come out and honor us with very nice evening light. As well, the wind came right down, so the majority of the row was on glass flat waters, which were completely undisturbed. There were some great strokes had.
Now, tonight we did not have a pre-arranged meal at the all you can eat cafeteria, so some of us ended up at the Olive Garden, while others joined Dan and Matt’s second man date of the trip (uh oh) and went out to find some sushi. I went to the Olive Garden and we haven’t heard from the others yet, so I can’t speculate on the sushi. The Olive Garden was quite enjoyable, and our server, George, promised to read our blog. So hopefully he will/did. We found something we hadn’t encountered before, you can get drinks in a doggy bag (or maybe a doggy bowl?) if you want a re-fill when you leave, even of water. That was something we found to be very interesting, and perhaps a wee bit entertaining.
Three workouts again tomorrow, so hope for the best!
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