Happy Fourth of July!

Happy Birthday to DK!

Congratulations to lil’ Nicky for the 5-mile road race win (for the 6th consecutive year…) in just around 27:00.

Still out in Seattle training for the U23 World Championships. Only a few more practices in the USA and today had two solid race pieces. We fly out to Lithuania this coming Friday and everyone is very excited to go and race.

4- and the 8+ with our brand-new American Flag shirts.

4-, 8+ and 4+

Hope everyone is enjoying their holiday and having some great workouts!

Special shout out to GGKar – the bride! Hope your wedding week has been a great one!

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-Alex

Still rowing out in Seattle, WA with the U23 National Team. The weather has been unbelievable and we’re closing in on 2 weeks until the World Championships start in Trakai, Lithuania.

The straight four (4-) rowing on Lake Washington with Mount Rainier in the background.The 4- and the 8+ rowing this morning with the mountain in the background. Lining up for some 1000 meter pieces.

Three Cornell rowers on the team (Jim, Me, and Gardner).

Hope everyone is having some great workouts and enjoying the mid-Summer weather.

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-Alex

More info on the U23 National Team & Donation page:

http://natrowing.donorpages.com/Under23NationalTeam/U23MensStraight4/

Out in Seattle at the University of Washington for the U23 National Team Selection Camp. Staying busy rowing just under 40k a day, living with a great family, hoping to make the team. Hope everyone has been having some great workouts!

Gardner, Jim and myself on the docks. (On not cloudy days, you can see the Cascades in the background)Walking up into the boathouse.Inside the boathouse.

The cut where UW rows.

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-Alex

This coming weekend is our Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges Sprints League Championship in Worcester, MA. We have been doing tune-up rows this entire in preparation and the whole boat is getting ready for Sunday.
Final Exams started this week so I apologize for the short post but hope everyone has been having some great warmer weather workouts.

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-Alex

Coming off of a great weekend here in Ithaca (as Nick posted about) with the Carnegie Cup races against Yale and Princeton, we have been back on the water even though we were surprised on Monday with a few inches of snow. Today we did a new workout which was 17 strokes “on” or at race-pace, then 5 strokes “off” or paddling. We repeated this sequence for 2500 meters.

Once we came off the water, our “Wall of Honor” recipients were announced. The “Wall” is a giant board in the Varsity Lifting Center on campus that has every varsity sport listed with its honorees last name’s. The categories we are judged/scored on are:

1) Maximum Back Squat

2) Maximum Power Clean

3) Vertical Jump

4) 2000 m Erg Test Score

5) 500 m Erg Test Score

6) Body Fat Percentage

Starting in August, the competition for getting your name on the “Wall” runs throughout the entire Fall, Winter and Spring.

It was a fun practice and I had everyone huddle up afterwards for a team picture:

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-Alex