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.

AR. NF. NR.

Nick