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/