Saturday September 2 (back)

Race Day.   Today we all do a series of races consisting of a 500m, 1000m and a 500m.  It is a break down of the full 2000 meter race. 

Bryan "gumby"  demonstrates his moves to the other stretchers.  See Morgan of the one leg.

Henry and I row the Pair.  In the second shot you can see what great catches Henry and I have.  Almost perfect timing, not.  Click on the images to see larger photos.

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In the first shot you can see the eight approach the start as the women's eight spins.  The boys put the grunt down on their start.

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Derek races through the thousand just ahead of Fiona and Tracy while Phil and Henry row up to the start.  All boats were very fast, around 100% of the gold medal standard.

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The locals put on a special day for us at the track.  We had a wonderful afternoon with lunch and some socializing until the racing started.  Then we all just lost our money.  Mike, Bryan, Matt, Tom, Phil and Morgan get ready for the next horse race.

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You can see many horses in this picture but you won't see either Vivid #6  or my money cause both were at the back of the pack.

I am not sure Tracy likes getting her picture taken.

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