Rowing To Bal Harbor
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20 February 2011
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Uhhmmm, the weather is once again perfect, sunny, beautiful, warm, with calm flat water and a lazy Manatee gliding by the dock this morning ...
We had Coach Phillip this morning and Lady Victoria as our coxie (she's a GLRF member (and a judge) so watch it!). Phillip steered the crews north, through the bridge and along the inland water ways, past Normandy Shores and Biscayne Point (we're in Biscayne Bay proper at this point), and into the waterway that led to fancy schmancy Bal Harbour.
He had us practicing on our clean releases, using the famous Francisco "uno" drills. Square blade release, count uno and feather and catch and repeat and then Uno plus, which is the same drill with blades squared at the release and through to hands away, pause and feather.
Saw some amazing homes along the shoreline with matching massive pleasure craft docked at the waterfronts ... incredible. We had great water once we got off Biscayne Bay and no boat traffic. Some really sweet rowing!!!
On the way back, we took a short cut canal that bisected Normandy Shores which is so pictureque, just the rowing shells gliding silently through the narrow channels of water.
Phillip took it up a notch, calling for three (1) minute pieces one following the other immediately to practice ratio shift: 21-24-27 rating. Did that twice and back to the boathouse. Some blisters are starting to make themselves known among some of the rowers.
Lunch was on our own. I found a deli offering chicken stew with rice and beans and plantains and a soda for $3.49 ... they definitely feed you well here. Headed south on a bike since our afternoon was off the water and admired the yachts and boat lining Indian Creek Drive for the Miami Boat Show. There is something definitely liberating about biking in the warm sun with your shirt off along the waterfront with crowds of people walking by ...
Mike said to meet him at 13th street on the beach. Had no problem finding the rainbow flags and the closely knit group of gay and lesbian sunbathers ... talk about some nice eye candy. It seems like everyone got the same idea and hit the gym for the last 6 months ... then changed out of my slutwear and back on the bike (shirtless of course) to round the tip of Miami Beach and watch the cruise ships set sail in the late afternoon sun. Found a guy with long dirty blond hair practicing his body flips off of park benches. He was smooth, ripped, lean, and ... flawless and as I watched, he kept pulling his close fitting, hip hugging board shots down a bit at the waist/hip after every double back flip twist, as if he wanted to make sure I enjoyed the show ...
It is amazing how comfortable everyone is admiring each other. I enjoyed some of the looks from the straight guys on my bike.
Then we gathered at Brando and John's new place in South Beach for a scratch social for all the rowers tonight. Wow, talk about nice digs and just three blocks from Lincoln Mall, what a great location.
We had Coach Phillip this morning and Lady Victoria as our coxie (she's a GLRF member (and a judge) so watch it!). Phillip steered the crews north, through the bridge and along the inland water ways, past Normandy Shores and Biscayne Point (we're in Biscayne Bay proper at this point), and into the waterway that led to fancy schmancy Bal Harbour.
He had us practicing on our clean releases, using the famous Francisco "uno" drills. Square blade release, count uno and feather and catch and repeat and then Uno plus, which is the same drill with blades squared at the release and through to hands away, pause and feather.
Saw some amazing homes along the shoreline with matching massive pleasure craft docked at the waterfronts ... incredible. We had great water once we got off Biscayne Bay and no boat traffic. Some really sweet rowing!!!
On the way back, we took a short cut canal that bisected Normandy Shores which is so pictureque, just the rowing shells gliding silently through the narrow channels of water.
Phillip took it up a notch, calling for three (1) minute pieces one following the other immediately to practice ratio shift: 21-24-27 rating. Did that twice and back to the boathouse. Some blisters are starting to make themselves known among some of the rowers.
Lunch was on our own. I found a deli offering chicken stew with rice and beans and plantains and a soda for $3.49 ... they definitely feed you well here. Headed south on a bike since our afternoon was off the water and admired the yachts and boat lining Indian Creek Drive for the Miami Boat Show. There is something definitely liberating about biking in the warm sun with your shirt off along the waterfront with crowds of people walking by ...
Mike said to meet him at 13th street on the beach. Had no problem finding the rainbow flags and the closely knit group of gay and lesbian sunbathers ... talk about some nice eye candy. It seems like everyone got the same idea and hit the gym for the last 6 months ... then changed out of my slutwear and back on the bike (shirtless of course) to round the tip of Miami Beach and watch the cruise ships set sail in the late afternoon sun. Found a guy with long dirty blond hair practicing his body flips off of park benches. He was smooth, ripped, lean, and ... flawless and as I watched, he kept pulling his close fitting, hip hugging board shots down a bit at the waist/hip after every double back flip twist, as if he wanted to make sure I enjoyed the show ...
It is amazing how comfortable everyone is admiring each other. I enjoyed some of the looks from the straight guys on my bike.Then we gathered at Brando and John's new place in South Beach for a scratch social for all the rowers tonight. Wow, talk about nice digs and just three blocks from Lincoln Mall, what a great location.
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