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Post by magnuson on May 10, 2008 12:36:30 GMT -5
Anyone up for a 5 o'clock outing? My daughter Anne will be our cox!
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Post by Thom on May 10, 2008 17:06:14 GMT -5
I have checked with my other half and I am "go" for Monday @ 5!
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Post by alanbrandenburg on May 10, 2008 19:07:08 GMT -5
That works for me!
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Post by Thom on May 10, 2008 21:47:03 GMT -5
5 *p*m, right Mike? ;-)
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Post by dawnbrady on May 11, 2008 12:54:55 GMT -5
5 sounds good to me. Thom, 5a is actually not unrealistic. Back in the day, I rowed at 6a on the water, and our morning SlackErg crew has always started at 6a here at the rec.
I checked the weather for tomorrow, and it is supposed to be sunny with a high of 69F, so hopefully we'll have good conditions.
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Post by Thom on May 11, 2008 15:36:01 GMT -5
What -- you thought I was kidding? ;-)
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Post by magnuson on May 11, 2008 16:36:13 GMT -5
Should be a nice outing! 5 p.m. Alan, do you have a 6th-grade size life-vest for our 6th-grade cox?
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Post by Alan on May 11, 2008 19:19:25 GMT -5
Yes I do.
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Post by dawnbrady on May 12, 2008 7:42:02 GMT -5
Hey, I was there at 5a! Where was everyone? ;D
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Post by magnuson on May 12, 2008 7:53:58 GMT -5
So we're all-systems-go for tonight at 5. I'm picking up my daughter at 4 and will try to be out there a little early, to give her an idea of what she's getting in to.
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Post by Alan on May 12, 2008 21:09:16 GMT -5
That was a damn good practice and was fun and hard. I have a hard time believing that it was only our second time out. Moving the boat up and down the lake was a good feeling as was the ability to steer. Three cheers for the Coxswain! It is a nice crew to belong. However this should no be interpreted as being closed communion. If you want to row, please sound off and show up at a practice. We can run a least a couple of practices a week if we have people who want to row.
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Post by Thom on May 12, 2008 21:57:23 GMT -5
Hip, hip, hooray for our cox! Thank you, thank you, thank you to Annie, Mike!
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Post by Thom on May 12, 2008 23:10:19 GMT -5
And I second everything else from the Admiral -- great fun it was and a good workout, too. Better every time, mates! As the crow flies from the beach to the Spillway looks to be about 2,000m. So the bends here and there as the boat goes looks like it's probably 2K with ease each way. See map: www.siu.edu/~tmitch/images/MapLittleGrassyLake.gifwith beach and Spillway marked. Photo from the bow: www.siu.edu/~tmitch/images/img_0836Q.jpg(If anyone wants a larger image, LMK.) |
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Post by magnuson on May 13, 2008 8:46:48 GMT -5
Indeed, that was a great, great time. A dream come true, really. It was so much fun moving the boat down the lake. And Annie reports that she had a blast and is willing to cox the boat all day, all summer.
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