Okay, not too long before wind down. for the great race in Cambridge. So gotta hit it. Today got to the lake at 10….big mistake. Wind howling. Go out anyway…scare myself half to death. Row for an hour but almost...
THOREAU CLUB TALK…CONCORD MASS
There apparently is a very fancy health club in Concord, outside Boston, called the Thoreau Club. What Henry T. himself would have made of health clubs, I have no idea, but this one is a beaut. Among the things...
OFF TO CAMBRIDGE…LAST TEST RACE
I told my son, Tim, today that I wished I were in better shape for the Head of The Charles and he just started to laugh. "At your age, for heaven’s sake, the entire point is doing it at...
OLD BOYS IN THE RAIN
The weather forecast for this boat race in Vermont was for heavy rain, wind and cold. I was sensibly thinking of saying the hell with it when I made the mistake of mentioning it to a local pal who...
KEDGES WORK
I call trips like my jaunt up to the Green Mountain Head in Putney last weekend a "kedge". The term is described in thebooks but it roughly means a motivating trip or purchase of some damn thing that gets you...
