Winter league, leg 3

Quite a lot like the Winter league, leg 2 but in March. And rainier.

Not to keep you in suspense, the results were...

Div Crew            Class   #       Leg 1 Leg 2 Leg 3 Total Place
301 Cantabs M1      IM1     1301    08:58 08:59 09:05 27:02 1
401 Cantabs M2      IM1     1401    09:19 09:25 09:39 28:23 2
403 Cantabs Hills R IM2     1402    09:23 09:26 09:43 28:32 3
302 IofEly/Robs     IM1 4X  1305    09:34 09:31 09:29 28:34 4
404 Cambridge '99   IM3     1403    09:49 09:34 09:40 29:03 5
101 City            IM3     1201    09:36 10:00 09:39 29:15 6

...at the top: no change there. Coming down to us lot:

406 City            Nov     1408    10:28 10:22 10:19 31:09 16
207 X-Press Legends Nov     1215    10:14 10:42 10:23 31:19 18
104 St Radegund     Nov     1156    10:20 10:47 10:20 31:27 19
105 Chesterton      Nov     1106    10:27 11:04 10:44 32:15 28

So our third leg was better than our second, but not up to our first. Overall, 4th. Not a bad result by any means, though a touch disappointing after our good start. I think the one big lesson I'd draw from this is that just churning up and down the river once or twice a week in the darkness isn't enough to improve. What we really lacked were daytime outings, coached, to keep our edge. And, furthermore, that when we are in the dark alone we all need to keep thinking, and doing our best to refine our own technique. That is a lesson for next year, but also for the coming season. Let's not forget it!

Continuing, the Ladies VIII and IV, and me bringing up the rear in Joy:

342 Chesterton      WNov    1323    12:41 13:48 13:02 39:31
149 Chesterton      WNov 4+ 1123    12:52 13:46 13:14 39:52
251 Chesterton      Nov 1X  1244    13:52 13:54 14:02 41:48

The VIII in div 3 got the rainy end of the stick by quite a long way (apparently div 4 was worse, with snow). Here they are on the reach:



I was the last of the novice scullers... though I did beat one IM3 sculler (called, by curious coincidence, Connolly (no relation)). Dave R commented that I needed to be able to up the rating, and this sounds like good advice.

Lastly but not leastly, here are the ladies IV: