Back to where I started … on my 60th

Or, “A beautiful day ‘in’ the gym”!
Today I took our fastest rowing shell back to the lake where we first rowed. The reason: We have had so much rain lately — recall yesterday's post was a mushroom — that the nearer lake's nearer dock is under 18" of water and it's a bit complicated to launch such a long craft with oars. So back to Little Grassy Lake with the Calvin Coffey 26' single. Loc: 37°37'32.47" N, 89°08'40.71" W

"Celebrating" my 60th birthday, I rowed 12,400m (7.7 miles). :)

1 year ago (“Cirsium vulgare (Bull thistle)”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2015-08-22
2 years ago (“ETSOOI Clark’s Ice Cream & Yogurt”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-08-22
3 years ago (“*This* is why I pushed the button: Another new-to-me skipper!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-08-22
4 years ago (“56”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-08-22
5 years ago (“Double-nickels”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-08-22

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NK Speed Coach GPS numbers (because this is who I am, MaryBeth!) with 100m lows and highs—
• 4,323m in 25:43.8 = 2:58.5/500m [2:35.2,3:51.6]; 20.0 spm [17.1,24.0]
• 3,553m in 17:53.5 = 2:31.0/500m [2:20.5,2:43.0]; 22.0 spm [21.3,24.4]
• 4,524m in 22:35.4 = 2:30.1/500m [2:22.6,2:40.0]; 24.0 spm [22.7,24.8]

[Simply Amanda]

Happy Birthday!!!!Beautiful. Did you do crew? Have you read Boys in the Boat? It's fabulous.

[Thom Mitchell]

@alophoto No, I didn't do crew. :( I discovered the indoor rower at age 45, then sweep rowing (in a "coxed four") and sculling in my fifties. Yes, I've read _Boys in the Boat_! Great period piece. If you have a PBS station, look for "The Boys of '36." It's about that U. of Washington crew that won in Berlin in 1936.

[Emma78]

Fabulous reflection of the sky!

[Danette Thompson]

Terrific reflections!

[Kathryn]

Great clouds.