All race reports for James Strawson

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Event: Marlow Regatta 2010 - Senior
Posted as: J. Strawson
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The other heats had posted slightly quicker times than ours (although conditions were varying) so we expected this to be a tough race. Three of the five crews (a sixth crew had scratched) would go through to the final.

Once again our start was fast, and we were doing well in the first 30 strokes, placing us in 2nd or 3rd place. We then took our stride/ surge and settled onto race rhythm. From this point on, other crews started to move our ahead of us.

We raced well and aggressively, but never quite found a good groove to come through with. Our pushes were effective; according to Natasha, when we pushed, we closed on the other crews, but our base pace wasn't fast enough.

Once again, we wound for the finish but with less effectiveness than the other crews, including LMBC.