It's the end of a long first day for Team USA. Everyone arrived safe and sound this morning at 7am. After a quick trip to our accommodations at the Royal Holloway for breakfast and check-in, we made our first run to the course. Our boats arrived moments before the team so everyone set to work unwrapping, rigging and even painting. There was a fair amount of sightseeing too-- it isn't often you get to visit one of the finest rowing courses in the world!
Back to the Dorm for lunch and the briefest of pauses before everyone loaded back up for the course. By this time everyone was starting to drag a bit :) but the prospect of getting the first row in galvanized the squad and on to the course they went. It was a succinct row, but a successful one and shortly thereafter the gang made their way home for the last trip of the day- a bit of dinner and off to bed.
The team did a great job today and nobody grumbled or complained. We got a tremendous amount done. The coaches deserve extra credit for skipping lunch and rigging straight through the day. It means that tomorrow we'll be ready to get to some serious rowing and really get settled in. That is, after we do a bit of sightseeing. In lieu of London we're opting for a trip to Windsor in the morning. The kids will be able to take a tour of the castle, do a bit of shopping on the high street or perhaps take a boat tour on the Thames. It should be a great way to really drive home that we are in a foreign land- and one that is overflowing with history and culture. After all, it is the birthplace of modern rowing (amongst other things).
So far so good!
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