This interview was posted on www.row2k.com last week: Two time Olympian Scott Frandsen of the Canadian M2- is in the midst of a comeback to rowing following his retirement following his silver medal in Beijing. This week’s row2k Interview talks with him about his most memorable races, the pair’s final in Bled, and what he [...]
Our final didn’t go as planned… at all. We are still trying to pin down what happened or why things didn’t click in the race, but the simple fact is that we weren’t able to replicate the speed that we had shown in training in the lead up to the world champs. Its frustrating to [...]
The semi final went well today – we finished 2nd so made it into the final and guaranteed a qualification spot for the pair in the London Olympics. While qualifying has been a bit of an afterthought for us at this regatta, it is not something to be taken lightly. Dave and I had to [...]
The wait is almost over! After what has felt like an eternity, our semi-final is tomorrow. I think we have done a good job of keeping our minds and bodies in race mode while also relaxing during the long break between the heat and semi. That being said, we are both definitely looking forward to [...]
Our heat went well today. Not our best rowing… but given the conditions, we are pleased to come away with the win. Slight cross wind and lots of wakes from the TV and official motorboats – hopefully those will calm down as the week goes on and there is more time in between each race. [...]
Hi everyone. As I mentioned in my last post, the draw for our heat came out last night and it was as we had expected. It looks like FISA has used the result from Lucerne to seed the heats here and having finished third, we have been matched up with the 6th place crew – [...]
Only 12 days to go until our first race in Slovenia. I’m currently on a flight over to Italy for our pre-worlds training camp – we will spend 7 days in Erba to adjust to the time difference and touch up on our race prep work before moving to Bled to race. I know that [...]
Back in Canada now and I’ve had a lot of time to reflect on our performance in Lucerne. Dave and I joked about giving ourselves a letter grade for the final and the regatta as a whole and I think that I’d give us an A-. Good, but not the best that we can do. [...]
Lucerne has not disappointed. Having built it up in my mind, and in recent posts, I thought that it might not meet expectations, but the city and regatta site are exactly as I remember them. We have had the odd flash of lightening (and a rain/hail storm) but in general, the weather conditions have been [...]
After a weekend of racing in Amsterdam, we arrived in Erba (a little Italian town just north of Milan) late Sunday night and it is exactly how I remembered it. It has to be tough to be a lightweight during our training camps here because the food is just incredible – I honestly feel for [...]