henley 2006

here are some photos from a very memorable henley weekend which included: head injuries, equipment problems, our coach doing a slip and slide on the dock, our coxie taking flight, and my all-time favourite: the "fly and die" race, or as i now like to think of it, the "row and barf". no shiny medals to show off (henley only gives out golds) but we did manage two team PRs (A4+ 3:40:11 down from 3:59 @ Ontarios and the 8+ 3:34 down from 4:05 @ Ontarios !!), and i was reminded once again just how amazing are the women with whom i row.
rigging the nascopie. one would think that racing a boat named after a famous Hudson's Bay Co. freighter would be a bad thing, but surprisingly, it's not. it used to belong to some very fast german men.

pre-practice snack (note all the coolers; we eat a lot!)

the A4+, masters of the "row and barf"

the C4+, the "vintage boat"

me and shani, very tired. shani wore braids that day to see if she'd get ID'd at the dock.

dr. katetacular and me, also very tired (we hadn't had our 2 post-race cups of coffee yet!)

three very important women in my life: the physio on our crew, my dissertation supervisor (yes, i row with my supervisor!) and my coach

the cheesecake shot (not our legs; we're eating it!); the fingers held up are supposed to be our time for our 8+ race, but stroke and i forgot about the whole mirror-image deal, so instead of reading 3:34, it reads 4:33. ack.