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Another unsuccessful regatta this past weekend at the Meredith Bay Regatta.

The negatives were that I came in 11th out of 13 rowers in the Masters Single event and again, my butt was handed to my by a myriad of midweight and heavyweight rowers. Here are the official results.

But there are some positives out of this past weekend. My official time of 18:13.11 for 2.5 miles isn’t too bad if you extend the average of that out for three miles, the actual head race length. Compared to other lightweights in the mix, I didn’t do so bad, especially considering it was raining during the race. (I couldn’t tell if that was sweat or acid rain burning my eyes as I chugged along the lake.) And as Randye would say, I did beat two other rowers!

On a side note, here are the official results from last week’s Coastweeks Regatta in Mystic, Conn.

So, it was back to the gym today–I didn’t feel up to water time–and beat my previous time on the erg for 5,000 meters. I pulled a time of 20:15.7 with 2:01.5 splits. This week, I’m prepared to give it three hard days on the water, taper on Friday, take the day off on Saturday and return to the water for the Textile River Regatta, sponsored by my club, the MRRA in Lowell, Mass.