What have I been doing? Rowing. Stroke, stroke, another stroke, stroke, stroke, another stroke, ...
The long version is available too. It's a rather large file to download.
This is how your body looks like after many many hours in the boat:
Getting up in the morning can be hard, but the reward is very often a nice row on beautiful water and view of the sunrise. This is how rowing looks from the rowers perspective, unfortunately on a cloudy morning.
The first week of 2014, I spent at Mangakino with my friends from the Aucland Rowing Club: 6 days of rowing, 3 rows a day.
During the camp, every rower has to row naked passed the camp, at least once. New this year was the naked coaching:
O ja, wat zat er in de doos? Duvel? Nee, maar wel: duvelglazen!
Samen met wat lekker bier, en chips speciaal opgestuurd vanuit Jabbeke, en het feestje is compleet:
O ja, al het roeien helpt wel degelijk. My first win ever!