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Duncan Free writes his blog about the post-race celebrations.

Celebration

What a week. Its been such a great time here….obviously. Winning that race was such a relief and what seemed to be a great weight off the shoulders, particularly with the preparation we had with Drew's back. In the 8 days of the regatta, apart from the heat, semi and final…we got to have one row of 4km. As I stated in my last post, a little unorthodox but who says you have to be in the boat everyday??

We knew Canada were going to go out quick and we knew if we were with them at the 1000m mark, we'd go well. For those that didn't see the race, that's exactly what happened.

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Duncan Free is blogging on his own website.   He reflects on the journey he and Drew Ginn have taken to get them to the Olympic Games.

Unorthodox

Well, our whole time together rowing the pair in the last 3 years with Drew living 1700km away in Melbourne and me on the Gold Coast has been quite unorthodox…..some things never change.

We had our semi today which saw a good outcome with a good win. I guess what we did different this time was that in our three days off after our heat on Saturday, we got to row 4km together on one occasion. The rest of our training was done on an ergo for me and a stationary bike for Drew. This wasn't by choice.

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Duncan keeps his blog up to date with news after his first day of racing.  There are some photos too on the site. 

Heat in the heat and humidity

Well, its always good to get the first row of the regatta out of the way, get the cobwebs out of the system, size up the opposition, and puff and breath a bit. Today we did that in our heat and it was probably the most humid day so far since we've been in Beijing. Now that we've been here about 8 days we are now pretty much adapted so it wasn't too bad. Still the most uncomfortable conditions I've rowed in though!! (more…)

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