It was a beautiful day for the festival. I think we
did pretty well - after the first two 500 meter races we qualified for the
final. I'm not sure how we did there. Then because we did well enough in the
first two, we were eligible for the 2000 meter race - 4 times the distance of
our usual races. I was so tired by then but I really wanted to experience the
race. It was great - very exciting, where the boats (I think there were 7 of
them) left the dock 15 seconds apart, one at a time.
Then there is this
complicated thing about the lane you're in and when you can pass and it turns
into kind of chaos with boats almost colliding. The race is out, back, out,
back so each turn becomes and challenge and so much depends on your having a
good steerer - we have a great one. I took the picture of people waiting
because you spend a lot of time doing that. One of the team members' husbands
took the picture of the race.
It got hot in the afternoon sun, but other than that it
was a perfect day on the water.
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