Every year on the 3rd Sunday in September crews from all over the UK converse on Lincoln for the Boston Marathon. A 31 mile rowing race down the river Wytham in Lincolnshire. It’s the longest flat water rowing race in the UK and a race that I completed in a single scull last year.
Due to lack of fitness this year I was ready to cox (steer and shout) X-Press rowing club’s womens’ crew to what we hoped would have been a course record. In fact with the commitment that they had put into training I am 100% sure that with the conditions we had we would smash the old record.
I had everything planned out and to save weight I had a SURVIVA JAK for each of them encase the weather turned bad!
Unfortunately, for the first time in the history of the event the Boston Marathon was called off due to excessive weed growing in the river. Although it was a shame, it shows that things beyond your control can and often do happen.
So we came up with a back up plan and on what was going to be race day we decided to have a slightly later start and row to the pub and back with a nice stop for lunch.
And the best part about that was that I didn’t have to watch my weight any more and I could have a lovely burger!
Thanks girls! Let’s hope that it’ll be on next year and we can smash the record!
