Steady as She Goes, Vegemite Edition

On Wednesday, we woke up for a nice breakfast of cereal and toast and left to run to the race course a little before 9:00. We did a steady state row with some skill drills mixed in throughout the three laps. It was long but it went well.
After practice we came back to the house and ate some lunch. Afterwards, we started an intense singles tournament of croquet with two heats and a final. Vince McLaughlin won with a strong finish.
We returned to the river again arounf 4:00 for what we were told was going to be another steady state row. It ended up being 2 laps down the course at 90% power and 26 strokes per minute. There also happened to be a 25 mph headwind. After that, we gratefully ate a delicious dinner of pasta, salad, and bread. 

After dinner, we broke out a second croquet set and played a rather massive game in which several of us conspired against Vince and Kevin, the early leaders. After the highly contested victory of Lombardi and Scanlon, Coach Fife came back from the store with snacks, drinks, and most importantly, Vegemite. Vegemite is a curious edible spread that created a tradition on the Henley 2005 trip called the Vegemite Challenge. It involves a rower ingesting a massive spoonful of the stuff (tooth marks on the spoon required), chewing for one full minute, swallowing, and not drinking anything for another full minute. Our contestants were Kyle and Vince; both succeeded but not without a struggle. They described Vegemite as containing a mixture of clay and gasoline, and Kyle should be a couple pounds lighter as a result of the experience. After many laughs, we went upstairs and called it a night.

Love,

The Prep V8