Good Morning

Yesterday's row on the Willamette was one of the best I've had with Station L. To begin the weather was really good. The temp was in the mid-40's, and the sky was broken clouds. So when the sun came up it illuminated the clouds and shone through a bit. I was part of a mixed 8 rowing in Blind Faith, the club's new boat. We rowed pretty well together. Part of the reason for this was that we had a good stroke, Devin. He has a strong, clean catch. He puts the blade into the water aggressively and cleanly and then starts the drive. It was good to row with him because he was giving me a good example of something I am trying to work on. The other reason the row was good, other than that it seemed like we were together, was that we had a good cox, Kate. She has a really good presence in the boat. She knows the right things to say, and when she says something, I feel like it's not just one of those things that she's saying because she has heard it from someone else, but that she knows what it means and is saying it for a purpose. She was good.

In related news, I think getting up on Tuesday and Thursday, which I was able to do, really messed up my brain balance. I've been feeling up since about Thursday. So we will see where that goes. On top of it, Daylight Savings Time starts this week to the detriment of all early a.m. rowers. So instead of getting up at 4:30 a.m., I'll be getting up at 3:30, effectively.

I also just got two rowing books from the library that I'm excited to read. Maybe I'll go do that now.