For all of those 14 million of you out there that watch the Boat Race, could I just point out - you got the wrong day! Why watch just two boats trundling down the Thames, with the only bit of excitement being when they hit their blades (oars to you novices), or even better, sink! When, a week prior to that (today infact), you could watch 400 boats doing the same thing (but obviously with far more chance of them hitting blades or each other!!). I have just cycled down to the river to watch and it's such an amazing thing to see - 400 boats, 3600 people racing, and lots of shouting from every bridge along the way - such a great atmosphere.
So on Monday I am off to Seville for training camp - and this really is what it says on the tin - training camp. No sight-seeing, no late night tapas bars, no bull-fighting (well a couple of the
girls normally fall out at some stage!), and hopefully I will return fitter, stronger and a little lighter - it has to be said that the food in the Sports Centre where we stay is not the best, so losing weight may just happen naturally, let's hope so.
1 comment:
I'm slightly envious of your training camp in Seville. Would be so lovely to have an uninterrupted week of rowing, but the rubbish food and three-times-a-day training makes me tired just at the thought.
May you not end up in a bull fight.
Maeve
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