Choppy Water and Ergs

My pre-breakfast routine usually includes a short before stretching, and today was the first time it's been anything but "excrutiatingly" perfect weather. Actually, it was just a bit breezy, but the tail wind's effect on the course resulted in pretty gnarly whitecaps that forced a course closure until 10:15am. We arrived at 7:45 and watched conditions before calling it a day and catching the 10am shuttle back. The course was technically open, but the water looked just as ugly. The planned workout was a controlled rate 2k, which we instead did on the ergs back at the hotel in the pool room - not quite as pleasant (or cool) as rowing outdoors, but overall this was expected given normal springtime weather, and I'm glad this is only the first day of conditions-related land training.

On a side note, motorsports appear very popular in NZ, and with countless auto dealers around the hotel, I can't help but notice they're all very appealing to the male 18-34 demographic. Most cars have at least 2 extra cylinders than their size would suggest, and there are turbos and superchargers all over the place. Even the station wagons are cool, as Brian models in the photo of the www.wetandforget.co.nz car (it's a household exterior moss remover, like garage doors - I'm sure many of you had your mind on gutters:).

Because of the early return to the hotel, I didn't catch the opening ceremony. Racing starts tomorrow, and we'll stick around after our morning row to watch some heats. Conditions could be pretty similar tomorrow, so practice and racing should be interesting to say the least.

Later!