Even though spring season officially starts in February, it never really feels like spring season until after spring break, when we're out on the Charles every morning and have races every weekend. This past weekend was our second race of the season - the first being against Washington College at the end of spring break.
Almost all of our races are on Saturdays, but this weekend our race was on Sunday so we got to have a Saturday practice! Saturday practices are some of the best - you get to sleep in, it's already light outside, and we live the dream at team brunch afterwards! And then, of course, it’s off to the library to attack the homework - no naps for these ladies (well, um, that’s the plan at least).
Sunday was race day, and the bus left at a very nice (and late!) 7:30. We headed out to Worcester, where it was a typical cool day out on the Quinsig. Of course the water looked flat and beautiful when we first arrived, and then turned into a headwind (typical). All four of our boats raced for our first spring away race of the season. After racing, we met with the friends and family who had come out to support us and feed us with some of the most delicious regatta food ever! Yum.
Our boats finished pretty strong in all 4 of our races yesterday (V8, 3/6; 2V8 4/6; V4 4/5; N8 2/6) , but we’re looking forward to having two weeks to ramp it up and come back with a vengeance! We’re really thankful for all of the support from our awesome family and friends (especially some super cute 4-legged super-fans), and we can’t to see you all in two weeks after some hard work on the Charles!
Carly Abarbanel '12 & Susan Laves '12
