Today was my first day of rowing with the experienced rowers. It was both stressful and (type 2) fun. I did catch one big crab, and many small ones, but I also had a few perfect rows where I felt the boat moving beneath me as I slid perfectly up on my seat.
We started with a circle of introductions. Most of the rowers had been rowing for years, but some had been rowing for a shorter amount of time. All of them were pretty chill and reasonable. Our boat was all women, who were very nice. Our cox was Lizzie, and she was like "like in Lizzie Bordon." I actually remembered her name after that.
We started by rowing to the Tufts dock, which I thought was far until we got our drill for the way back - 20 minutes, with 4 sets of 4 minutes at 20 and 1 minute at 24 (I have no idea what the numbers mean, but also it doesn't really matter. I know something will change, and I just follow the person in front of me). I was pretty sure that we did 5 sets instead of 4, and someone else said the same thing, so I think I'm correct about that. It was definitely the hardest rowing workout yet. I really wanted to stop rowing, but I couldn't because there were all the other people in the boat counting on me.
According to my watch, we went 9.8 km and my heart rate was in zone 3, and even up to zone 4. It's such a good workout! After we finished the boat was feeling pretty heavy, and then this guy came over to help, and suddenly it got a lot lighter :) There was a really pretty sunset, and then I came home and ate popsicles to rehydrate. We row again tomorrow, so we will see if it's any less stressful.
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