Monday morning started out with a nice surprise, an ultra sunny, yet still a little brisk morning. In general, spirits were noticeably higher around the ATC, until Dr Dan decided to announce the morning’s workout. We took out almost the same boats as yesterday, with the idea of people being able to work harder in a boat they are comfortable in. The actual workout consisted of 2x4km time trial style, open rate. Overall, it was a well run workout given that some crews are not too experienced skullers and none of us are very familiar with this course. At least a few good strokes were had by all, and we had Rob put himself in the lead for the dolphin award – he was later ousted from this position by Mr Boui.
The men’s quad managed to get themselves thoroughly wet throughout the duration of the workout. They might possibly also have been beaten by at least one of the women’s quad. I’m not completely sure on this one, but rumors are circulating.
Although we all pulled harder this morning, we were all much more ‘controlled’ at the all you can eat lunch buffet. Generally at lunch the team sits together at a large table. However, at this lunch Dan and Matt decided to have a man date at a separate table.
After a quick reprieve at the hotel, we went back to the course for a nice steady state row. For this row, we decided to abandon the 2km course and head along the river. We rowed about 7.5km up the winding river until we decided to turn around. This proved to be a very nice place to row, with wide sweeping turns and upscale housing along the shoreline. The temperature was very nice allowing for warmth in shorts and t-shirts, but not excessive heat.
A few of us went on a pre dinner run, specifically Jill, Claudia, Beth, Matt and I. However we accidentally left Matt behind about 5 minutes into the run. After we left Matt we decided to turn off the main drag onto a side street, a good idea in theory to avoid all the traffic. In reality, not so much a good idea due to the neighborhood we accidentally turned into. It was the kind of area which would make EOA back in London
The most intense competition of the day occurred at dinner, when Matt decided to show up at the dinner table with a fairly aesthetically pleasing and fairly American sized ice cream cone. Five minutes later, Dr Dan showed up at the table with a ‘perfect’ looking ice cream cone, and upon sitting down says “one upped!” to Matt; who then decided to go and refill his cone. Gauntlets were thrown.
Currently, an after dinner Wal-Mart run in taking place. It is beyond me what supplies from there are needed - except Guns and Beer obviously, but I’m sure it will prove to be a wild adventure.
Another one of our fun Georgian adventures, today occurred in our room when ‘somebody’ (#blamethenovices) managed to break the toilet – and no he didn’t jam it, somehow the back managed to get broken, so that when flushed water would be poured into the bowl at such a rate as to cause the toilet to fill up to the point of spilling over the top. Fortunately, the front desk decided to promptly fix the problem.
We have been learning some truly spectacular things about the cultural differences between Canada and southern Ontario
That’s all for today from the ATC, except for the current Dolphin award tally. Also, see the pictures below.
Dolphin award points tally:
1) Andrew Boui - 2
2) Rob - 1
3) Everyone else - 0
A view from the Boathouse in the evening. (Photo courtesy of Jill M)
Jill M and Sara R after a cat VI in the 2x (photo courtesy of Jill M)
Matt and Dan on a man date at lunch
A wider scale, lower quality image of the rowing club in the morning.
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