cold toes

I'm feeling pretty lucky at the moment; it seems like the snow has hit the whole of the United Kingdom apart from the Berkshire area. So, we had about a centimeter and a half that stuck around for maybe two days but apart from that, zilch!  That is not to say it's not been incredibly cold with temperatures of -4 celcius at 8am.  But at least we don't have to trudge through feet of snow and worry about crashing our cars on the way to and from the boat club.

We've been doing a few more ergos than usual, but the river is still flowing, whereas the lake at Caversham is frozen over so we have been lucky to be able to get on the water and I've had some freezing cold outings!  ...The kind where you wear two pairs of socks, plus ski socks and waterproof socks, two pairs of leggings, an all-in-one rowing unisuit, sports bra, short sleeved technical top, two long sleeved technical tops, a splash jacket, ear warmers, cap, pogies and a neck warmer. And you're still cold!  The river is beautiful in winter though, almost makes up for it ;)

Training is going well at the moment, really enjoying it and looking forward to trials in ten days time, up in Boston, Lincs.  Funny how they hold the Great Britain team trials up in Boston, obesity capital of the UK! 

We had our Reading University Boat Club Christmas dinner at the Crowne Plaza on Monday night.  Great fun but the food was a bit ridiculous; very small portions beautifully presented but did nobody tell them that this was a rowing dinner?! I was hungry when I went to bed and starving when I woke up in the morning! Eating is just about one of the best parts of being a rower. For me anyway, I have always loved to eat! Three sessions a day though makes sure that it doesnt all go to my hips.  Today we had 16km on the river in our singles, a UT2 session (aerobic) followed by 4 x's 500m on the ergo at your 2km pb split +4, +2, on pace and quicker than pace, and then weights and core circuit.  Oh and then work this afternoon! Keeps me busy :)