Spring Break 2010 - Eat, Sleep, Row.

Yesterday we went for one last row, packed the trailer, and headed home. The weather had cleared and the water flattened up for us to give us a good send off, although I think that a lot of people could have done without the mud. When non-rowers thinks of crew, it probably seems so dignified and classy. Real rowers know that there is a lot of dirt, mud, geese poop, sweat, blood, oil, and potentially polluted water involved. But we love it anyway.

In order to accommodate the 22 rowers that traveled with us to Tennessee, we had two 8's, four 4's, one double, one single, and two launches (with motors) on board the trailer with a lot of odds and ends. Thanks to our Trailer Maststress, Christine Magee and the imaginative engineering of Coach Jim Grose, everything fit and arrived home safe and sound late on Saturday night at the boathouse.

The week was full of a lot of great rowing and great memories. I may have mentioned this before, but I laughed so hard that I almost cried many times this week. I learned a lot of new things related to coaching and teamwork, but also about life. On the lighter side, I learned that it is physically possible to get a piece of toast stuck up your nose (and then blow it out), that there are many midwesterners studying abroad in Vienna with thick accents (dontcha knough?), Olympians are confused when you ask them for an autograph in a TN gym (although gracious), oar locks don't work very well when they are backwards, it is possible for a fresh water fish to grow to the size of a large goose, the best way to recuperate from a hard day is to sit in a $4000 Brookstone massage chair, I'm a "nice lady," a bus can have the air conditioner and the heat running at the same time, don't publicly advertise that you have a jacuzzi bathtub in your hotel room when the pool is closed, electric lighting is not natural in a cave, if you tell someone to do something for good luck they may go a little too far, and much more. What was your favorite or funniest Spring Break memory? Don't forget to post it in the comment section. Also, I need photos to post this week on the blog, please send me some at rgebely@gmail.com!






We did a lot of eating, a lot of sleeping, and a lot of rowing. Throw in some Frisbee, team bonding, and checking out other teams and that is the summary of our Spring Break.