It’s 2k test week for the Eddie’s women and what better way to end it than with two back-to-back 2k races up and down the Cam in the first race of City’s Big Weekend: Spring Head-to-Head.
The weather was glorious, and the crew were in high spirits as they paddled to marshaling. Abandoned by their own bank party (who had in typical Eddie’s fashion, gone to the pub), the lovely Clare W3’s bank party assisted the girls at Marshaling in return for some raspberries and fruit pastels. After a brief lounge in the sun, the girls pushed off and started paddling to the start, chasing Magdalene W2. By the railway bridge the Eagles were at race pace, with a choppy 2 minutes on the split and cruising at a brisk rate 30 which they maintained throughout the race. Despite waiting at the start to give Magdalene a bigger head start, the Eagles caught their prey by the A14 bridge with a speedy 08:09 on the clock, 30s faster than January’s Winter Head-to-Head. After a short rest and a spin at Baitsbite Lock, the girls headed off again on the second leg of the race, giving Magdalene an even bigger head start this time to not get impeded. The girls adjusted their race plan to settle at rate 28 but it was clear that they just had too much gas, and so upped to a more comfortable rate 30. By the reach the Eagles had caught Magdalene and managed a cheeky overtake yet were then impeded by an X-Press boat and were stuck in their wake until the finish line. Despite this, the girls still pulled a time of 08:43, nearly 20 seconds faster than January. The girls ended the day coming second in their category of six, behind Trinity Hall. An improvement of 48 seconds and a place up the podium since Lent. Once the boat was away the girl’s celebrated their success in the Fort St. George (as is customary) discussing their race plan for the City Sprint Regatta the next day. An excellent start to the term. Congratulations women! Let’s bring this energy into Sprints tomorrow.
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