6 months training wasted in the first 2 minutes? - # 56

This is the Start Line for the Boat Race seen from Putney Bridge. It will be so crowded on the day that there will hardly be any room for anyone to take pictures. The best way to watch the race is on TV! Sometimes a bad start spoils things for the losers. This race can be lost in the first moments, but they still have to row their hearts out right to the end. http://www.theboatrace.org/

Joy overwhelming - # 55

On the far side you can see the red/yellow/black post that marks the finishing line, just before Chiswick Bridge, of the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. These days the river is full of racing crews practicing for the coming season. What will be the outcome of this season for the "Racing Eight" in the picture? http://www.theboatrace.org/

C - (PD) = J - # 54

C (Commitment) minus P (Pain) multiplied by D (Depression) equals J (Joy).

This picture is taken at viewing point 13 (http://www.theboatrace.org/article/introduction/thecourse) on the Oxford and Cambridge Boat race course. In the distance is Barnes Bridge.

On 7 April, if you find a place to stand here among the many hundreds, you will see two racing "Eights" surging towards you, followed by a swarm of referee and marshaling boats.

We are almost at the 4 Mile point in the race. The winning post is in sight (for the coxswain but not, of course, for the oarsmen). They will be in pain and near exhaustion, but the crew in front will feel a joyful positive. The one behind will be close to total depression and despair. For them the result can only be negative.