Hi all

So now we are coming to the end of the 5th week and the 2nd to last  winter series. We had two 2km races on Friday which went alright but  we have done better. We got the 3rd best junior prognostic but we  hoped for better. Today's racing went way better at we did a way better time 6.32 so tomorrow we are wanting to get into the 6.20s.For all those who got the wrong idea about lactate testing ( Martin )  I’ll explain. You row on an erg at certain pace for 6min and then you have a minute off and then they take blood from your ear and test how much lactate  is in your blood. You then do another 6min at a faster pace and then they take another sample. You keep doing this until you get certain  level and then you stop. I had to stop after doing 7 lots of 6min. It  was around the average time for guys. So I hope that clears things up.

Last week we had a few niggles with crew injuries but I think they are  finally sorted out which will be good seeing as next we stepping up the trainings. Well that's all for now so you will just have to wait until next week.

Cheers Nigel