I took a trip down to San Diego to visit my brother and the Cornell Crew Team for the San Diego Classic. The last time they competed in this race was over 30 years ago so it was definitely a big race filled with lots of good rivalries and competitors.

Day 139: Thursday was all about getting their boat set up. Obviously they didn’t travel across the country with their 65 ft boats and 13 foot oars so they had to borrow some from teams/clubs here (not sure exactly where from). After adjusting the foot straps, oar handles and sliders, they had a practice out on the water doing a few heavy pieces (3 x 10 hard strokes, etc) and got the feel for rowing in salt water. A good solid sweat after a long flight across the country. Great seeing Alex and all of his teammates.

Day 140: Team Friday posted two posts last week so they were excused (and traveling). I seemed to have designated very popular and in high demand team leaders for each day since they all seem to travel so much. Anyways, the fellas had a morning workout on the water again to get used to the new boat and prepare for the next days race. After a bite to eat, we had a pretty good game of volleyball on Mission Beach. Spotted: WAO dry fits.

Day 141: Today was a pretty good day for Cornell Crew. They had their first race this morning against schools from all over the country (including Harvard, Stanford, Navy, Oklahoma and tons/ if not all the UC-something schools). They needed to come in top three of their heat in order to move onto the finals for tomorrow. Harvard is a strong team this year but Cornell put up a good fight and only lost by less than 6 seconds. Navy had a powerful last 500 meter surge and put about 3 seconds on Cornell as well. But they qualified and that was all that really mattered. I think they are ready for tomorrow after an excellent steak dinner at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse in Downtown San Diego.

Best of luck to my brother and all of the Cornell Varsity and JV team. Go Red. BMA.

I can’t wait to hear about the days’ festivities of the We Are One Event in Baltimore. I’m sure it was an awesome turnout.

Lots of pictures from this weekend will be posted next weekend (or perhaps on Wednesday when Alex posts). I didn’t bring the connecting USB camera cord to upload the pictures from this weekend. My bad.

Lastly, be sure to sign up and pledge a particular day to work out on the website. The WAO365 team has some breakdown of the challenge to explain in more detail but pledging a day is a piece of cake on the website thanks to Marena. Can’t wait to see what team gets the most members.

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Nick

Today was our final practice in Ithaca before we fly to San Diego for our first races of the season. We did some practice starts, a few race-pace pieces in preparation for the upcoming weekend. Nick is going to drive down from L.A. to spend a few days with me and the team and I’m pretty pumped to get to hang out with him.

In non-rowing related athletics, I was lucky enough to go to the Sweet 16 NCAA Tournament games in Boston last week with my Dad, sister (Granite Girl Lauren) and her husband Lil’ Timmy.

More to come next week-

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-Alex

Well, I am back traveling again and at the mercy of hotel fitness centers.  Luckily the Newark Hilton is pretty good!!   I did a combination of cardio and weights today. It was a decent work out however doesn’t compare to last week when my husband and I went spring skiing at Loon Mountain in NH.  It was a beautiful 80 degree day in Lincoln.   We were literally skiing in tee shirts and shorts.  Tim was even shirtless on the chairlift at one point.  I got sunburned!

We are very fortunate to be able to relish in New Hampshire’s out door playground but we must remember the men and women in our military.  Hopeful that someday they will also be able to enjoy the simple pleasure’s Mother Nature has to offer on a spring day in March.

Xoxo

Granite Girls

Hey 365ers, happy Monday!  From what I gather the temperatures were unseasonably warm everywhere but here in LA this past weekend, so I hope everyone was able to make the most of it.

After several weeks of excitement, my life has gotten back to a certain level of normalcy and I’ve been able to ease back into my standard workout routine.

Been getting in lots of running and a decent amount of cross training, which has left me feeling quite fit and strong.  I went out for a nice little 5k as the sun was setting tonight, which made for a very pleasant end to the day.  Eleven weeks til my marathon and I’m feeling good!

Best of luck to the Baltimore 365ers this weekend!  The event should be a smash hit!

See y’all next week!

-Derek

P.S. Sorry I still don’t have any pictures up.  I did take some this past weekend but they’re on my roommate’s camera.  Perhaps next week.

The Baltimore Team is extremely excited about the upcoming kick-off event this Saturday. We have a 3-4 mile group jog planned around the inner harbor starting at 10am.  We’re expecting a sunny day in the 60s.  You can’t ask for better weather in March when you get to run around this:

That evening, Mother’s Bar and Grill is hosting us for a 3 hour full open bar (minus the top shelf).  If you haven’t purchased your ticket yet, head to weareone365baltimore.eventbrite.com.

The Baltimore team got an excellent Sunday workout in as well.  Drew Vogt, Graham Becker, and Dan Foltin played soccer this afternoon and came out on top, each scoring at least 1 goal in the contest.  Must have been the dry-fits.

Additionally, Chris Diller and I hit the Merritt to get a lift in.  Our regular pick-up basketball game has been postponed the last few weeks due to construction at the school we play at, so we decided to change up our cardio workout.  Erich Raschid joined us later in the afternoon to play a few games a raquetball.  Not only was it a great workout, it was a lot of fun too.

As always, enjoy the week.  Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday.

-Team Baltimore

Down in Nashville for my soon to be brother-in-law’s bachelor party. Gotta say, this city is pretty sweet. Definitely not lacking on the music side. Weather has been crazy with Tornado warnings to 80 degrees and sunny so thats definitely been an interesting part of the trip. In between one of the rain spouts, two of the groomsmen and myself got a 6.5 mile run in around the city. We checked out downtown then went over to the Vanderbilt area. Great to get out for one of my longer runs in a while. Short but sweet today. Hope you’re all having an awesome weekend.

Be sure to Make the Pledge, join a team and sign up for the day that you want to take part of the challenge.

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NIck

Happy Friday!!

Today was beautiful in Minneapolis!  I was fortunate enough to get out for a run and squeeze in a yoga class.  Had a little trouble this run- headache and super hot (my body isn’t used to warm weather running quite yet!)  Got through the 4ish miles though in pretty good time but I definitely need to amp up my training.

It was great to be able to do yoga after my run so that I could relax a bit.  My muscles were definitely sore from my workouts this week but in a good way.  This class was great though because we would hold each pose for longer than normal to the point where my muscles just felt exhausted at the end.  I love that feeling and its a great way to start the weekend!

Sorry for the late post

Today was a 2.5 mile run.  Great weather in Hudson Ohio to get out and exercise.  I got caught up watching the march madness games tonight and forgot to get the post in earlier.  (not pleased with the final shot by Wisconsin).

I am still running a one man show out here.  It is only me running on Thursdays, but I am trying to get a group together once summer begins.

-Tim