Fifth Week offered some respite from the by now tedious diet of long ergs, with two tests on the rowing machine - 2000 metres at rate 26 and 30 minutes at rate 20. After so many 12 kilometre sessions on the ergos, the 2k comes as something of a blessed relief - or so one might think until the 500 metre mark.
The ergos were highly encouraging all round - for many, this was their first ever 30 minute test (a mental challenge as much as it is a physical one) - and everyone in the squad stepped up to the mark. Unfortunately, some members of the squad did not perform as well as they would have liked, but all those who took the option to re-test improved on their scores second time round. Reviewing the results, it's clear that the training is working. Comparing the scores from 3 weeks into Michaelmas training with those laid down at rate 28 by the First Eight before Torpids last year, our erg times work out at roughly 10-15 seconds per man quicker - or more than the difference between bumping and being bumped. Ergs, proverbially, do not float however. Time to get back on the water.
Julian Bubb-Humfryes
Men's Captain
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