Late night up writing my lab report due tomorrow.
Two mornings ago, I was already at the boathouse at this time.
Ridiculous.
My neighbor just left for crew practice. The sun's rising! Aahhh! Bedtime.
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Friday, October 30, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
Ready all ... Row!
6:40am practice this morning.
We had a new coxswain - a grad student from the US who had coxed back in New Jersey in high school.
SCORE.
Oddly enough, despite his unfamiliarity with our abnormally narrow course (and our consequent running into things), I felt right at home and suddenly much more natural/comfortable this practice. Maybe it was the extra half hour of sleep, or more likely, it was being back in my familiar world of crew terminology again.
Oh
'let it run,'
'hold water,'
'ready all - row,'
... how I have missed you.
I hadn't even noticed until today that the English coxswains never said "even pressure" after asking port/starboard --excuse me, stroke-side and bow-side-- to add pressure and bring us around a turn .. I can't think of what they do say, but it's not that, cause when I heard seemingly insignificant phrases like even pressure through the speakers today, I was just so happy ...
p.s. I saw Jon Garrity (another CME '11) and Rane Nolan (MIT '09, varsity heavyweight men's crew) pass by in their college boats this morning! It's so odd to see people I know/people on my own MIT team go by in other college/team boats ...
We had a new coxswain - a grad student from the US who had coxed back in New Jersey in high school.
SCORE.
Oddly enough, despite his unfamiliarity with our abnormally narrow course (and our consequent running into things), I felt right at home and suddenly much more natural/comfortable this practice. Maybe it was the extra half hour of sleep, or more likely, it was being back in my familiar world of crew terminology again.
Oh
'let it run,'
'hold water,'
'ready all - row,'
... how I have missed you.
I hadn't even noticed until today that the English coxswains never said "even pressure" after asking port/starboard --excuse me, stroke-side and bow-side-- to add pressure and bring us around a turn .. I can't think of what they do say, but it's not that, cause when I heard seemingly insignificant phrases like even pressure through the speakers today, I was just so happy ...
p.s. I saw Jon Garrity (another CME '11) and Rane Nolan (MIT '09, varsity heavyweight men's crew) pass by in their college boats this morning! It's so odd to see people I know/people on my own MIT team go by in other college/team boats ...
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
It feels good ...
to be working out regularly again.
it hurts so gooood.
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context:
pre-2009 - 18 months of continuous serious rowing/erging
January - intense 2-a-days Florida crew training
February - break arm, stopped all physical activity (including walking briskly)
Feb-May - healing, no physical activity
Jun-Sept - interned in China, tried to go on runs a few times, but it's impossible in those bustling streets and the air isn't fun to breathe
September - upon returning home and during one week at MIT, worked out a few times/days, then came down with some icky virus
So. After an 8-month hiatus of pretty much anything physically strenuous, it's great to be back on that train again.
it hurts so gooood.
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context:
pre-2009 - 18 months of continuous serious rowing/erging
January - intense 2-a-days Florida crew training
February - break arm, stopped all physical activity (including walking briskly)
Feb-May - healing, no physical activity
Jun-Sept - interned in China, tried to go on runs a few times, but it's impossible in those bustling streets and the air isn't fun to breathe
September - upon returning home and during one week at MIT, worked out a few times/days, then came down with some icky virus
So. After an 8-month hiatus of pretty much anything physically strenuous, it's great to be back on that train again.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Morning, chaps.
Just finished my first morning rowing outing.
The last 4 hours were crew-related ...
5:30am - get up, get dressed
6:15am - leave college, bike to boathouse
6:30am - everyone meets at boathouse
6:53am - take the boats out, practice
8:10am - dock, stretch, etc
8:40am - get back to college, breakfast in dining hall
9:00am - go back to room, shower
9:30am - finally sitting down at the computer, clean, refreshed, tired
... eek.
The last 4 hours were crew-related ...
5:30am - get up, get dressed
6:15am - leave college, bike to boathouse
6:30am - everyone meets at boathouse
6:53am - take the boats out, practice
8:10am - dock, stretch, etc
8:40am - get back to college, breakfast in dining hall
9:00am - go back to room, shower
9:30am - finally sitting down at the computer, clean, refreshed, tired
... eek.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Set at 8.
Today I had my first outing for King's Boat Club (i.e. crew)!
We were set at 8.
(a lot of the time. more than expected, at least.)
Totally out of shape; haven't really done much of anything physical since mid-February accident. Hopefully will get into the groove and suit up soon. Lack of post-practice stretching bad for muscles, but I should remember to do them on my own, at least. Found the erg room at King's and it's a tiny tiny little cellar room in the basement underneath some stairwell in a corner, that you get to by going through two meeting rooms and down an obscure set of stairs. WHAT. I wish Cambridge would compile money from its 30+ colleges and build a freakin' university athletics center. Benefit/Cost >> 1. It's odd that the colleges here are so independent.
Got off on a random tangent. Mostly wanted to comment that I'd had my first "outing" for crew today (i.e. practice, not a picnic) and smirk at some funny terminology.
outing = practice
easy there = wane'nuff/let it run
bow-side = starboard
stroke-side = port
(regardless of which side the boat is rigged)
front-stop = catch
back-stop = finish
take off the run = hold water
We have 3 weekday practices at 6:30am and 1 weekend practice in the afternoon. I'm getting up on Monday at 5:30am to bike over to the boathouse in time. fml?
We were set at 8.
(a lot of the time. more than expected, at least.)
Totally out of shape; haven't really done much of anything physical since mid-February accident. Hopefully will get into the groove and suit up soon. Lack of post-practice stretching bad for muscles, but I should remember to do them on my own, at least. Found the erg room at King's and it's a tiny tiny little cellar room in the basement underneath some stairwell in a corner, that you get to by going through two meeting rooms and down an obscure set of stairs. WHAT. I wish Cambridge would compile money from its 30+ colleges and build a freakin' university athletics center. Benefit/Cost >> 1. It's odd that the colleges here are so independent.
Got off on a random tangent. Mostly wanted to comment that I'd had my first "outing" for crew today (i.e. practice, not a picnic) and smirk at some funny terminology.
outing = practice
easy there = wane'nuff/let it run
bow-side = starboard
stroke-side = port
(regardless of which side the boat is rigged)
front-stop = catch
back-stop = finish
take off the run = hold water
We have 3 weekday practices at 6:30am and 1 weekend practice in the afternoon. I'm getting up on Monday at 5:30am to bike over to the boathouse in time. fml?
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