All this RBC-HPG stuff is great, but these are my people.

Jim

Russ

My lovely wife, Alexis. (Hi, HONEY!!!)

Aleks, the most serious man on the River

This photo taken one second before the previous one.

The OG Chris

Special guest appearance from the 1992 US Olympic Single, Greg

Cicely

And recently temporarily retired from residency, Gevvie.

A US Heavyweight Single Sculler in stripes. Well done, Kevin!

Jen and Jillian are bringing back the light pair, first time on the program since 2003.




Hash, Jim, Chris, Syndey and Keara for company.


The Keisters in the launch.

Working them hard

But a good time was had by all.

Linda and her army taking control of the basin.

Chris heading through Weeks

Not bad. Not bad at all.

Bob and the fog

Afternoon storm dissipating in the distance.

AB all smiles this afternoon.

Not sure what's more impressive, the clouds, or Tom's ability to stand pretty still for the length of this two minute exposure.

Filipi charging forth into the week. I am going to follow at a much more leisurely pace.

Scatter plot of an HPG practice. Nine exposures, combined in camera. AS if having 10 boats across wasn't chaotic enough.

Clouds running around Longfellow.

Riding around the basin with the US Lighweight Double, Mary and Emily

Basin was a bit temperamental

Mary on the drive

Emily flying the Potomac colors

Entering Mass Ave

Bending some oars

Heading for Longfellow

Thanks to Matt Madigan for the ride along. Glad to help get you into the launch this weekend.

Chris and Mac last week.

Sky looked a tiny bit ominous on Wednesday night

Not a bad way to start the morning, if I do say so myself.

Better get those stripes painted, because you are going to Worlds! Pretty amazing, given that Kevin routinely started his afternoon workouts at 7pm, spent some of the summer being injured, and didn't own a speed coach until after NSR I.

Also congratulations to Hillary and Christine in the LW4X

And Jillian and Jen in the LW2-

Sam in the LM4X

ALL the stripes!

Playing around the backyard.

Ilana getting ready for Canley

The Charles River apple orchard

Jen and Jillian putting the final touches on their trials prep.

Pre dawn in the basin.

Linda putting the quad through the paces a few days before trials (and the Pan Mass Challenge).

Sneaking into the basin.

Dan and the gang heading BACK to UBC at sunrise.

Took a bit of a detour on my row on Wednesday. Well worth the trip.

I think this shadowy outline belongs to Mssrs Barat and Marx.

Sun rising behind MIT's Pierce Boathouse. Never noticed that from this angle, the salt and pepper shakers are directly behind it.

Early bird catches the worm, and far fewer wakes. Greg putting in the work early on Sunday morning.

Pre-pieces survey of the basin was successful.