Well it has been a while since I posted. partly because of the snow and christmas but also because there was a little doubt for a while as to whether we would actually be doing the race this year since I managed to fracture my elbow the week before christmas. Anyhow the arm seems to be mending, the swelling has gone down and we risked our first paddle this evening and it went fine.
Its the first time we have paddled in anything other than glass flat water. There was certainly some flow on the river tonight and we had one heartstopping moment when I thought we might be going in but thankfully we stayed upright.
I also go to test out my new christmas socks (sealskinz) and they really truly are waterproof. The jetty where we put the boat in was flooded so we had to walk in the water to get in and although my socks were squelching my feet remained totally dry and warm. Amazing!
We are going out again on sunday but havent decided whether we are doing the club time trial or our own thing? In the meantime the rower is getting nightly use and I have the blisters to prove it. Tonight was the first paddle where I really did feel like I could have carried on so the rower must be doing something.
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