00:00 - 00:03 | It's the 23rd of March 2017 |
00:03 - 00:05 | Time for the Schools' Head Of the River Race |
00:05 - 00:08 | We're on the way to the River Thames in London |
00:08 - 00:12 | The water looks beautiful |
00:12 - 00:15 | No waves, a light breeze, perfect conditions |
00:17 - 00:19 | The weather forecast must be wrong |
00:19 - 00:21 | As you can see, there are no waves, so don't worry |
00:24 - 00:27 | Competitors, coaches, the Tide is yet to change |
00:27 - 00:30 | And there are going to be enormous waves |
00:31 - 00:33 | We will have to shorten the course if conditions get worse |
00:33 - 00:36 | Racing will be between Chiswick Bridge and the Band Stand |
00:53 - 00:59 | Those who were involved in this decision stay, everyone else leave now! |
01:13 - 01:15 | What the fuck is going on? |
01:15 - 01:17 | SHORR is a 4.2 miles race |
01:18 - 01:23 | What do you think who you are? |
01:25 - 01:28 | This is outrageous! |
01:28 - 01:31 | Why would we do so much endurance training for a 5 minute race!? |
01:31 - 01:34 | 7 months of mileage just for a race 1 mile long |
01:34 - 01:37 | Just look on the webiste! 4.2 miles it says! |
01:37 - 01:40 | And now they tell us as we are getting race kit on... |
01:40 - 01:42 | Sir, nobody can change the weather conditions. |
01:42 - 01:46 | 10 minutes before the race is meant to start! |
01:46 - 01:48 | Sir, why don't you go to church and accuse God of this storm. |
01:48 - 01:52 | I am not complaining about the weather! |
01:53 - 01:54 | I am complaining about your stupid decision! |
01:56 - 01:57 | This is not a race for children! |
01:57 - 02:00 | Everyone who enters at SHORR will expect to race in rough water |
02:00 - 02:03 | I have paid money to race from Chiswick to Putney... |
02:04 - 02:08 | ... not just to the Band Stand! |
02:08 - 02:13 | This is not fair! |
02:14 - 02:16 | We prepared specifically for these conditions... |
02:17 - 02:21 | ... and now we don't even get to race the whole course! |
02:27 - 02:29 | I am absolutely furious! |
02:30 - 02:34 | Never has SHORR been SHORRter than NSR! |
02:34 - 02:36 | Never did we have to come all this way just for a sprint race. |
02:41 - 02:42 | We haven't even practiced high rates yet. |
02:43 - 02:47 | All we did is rate 20 steady state... |
02:48 - 02:53 | ... and how much we did of that! |
02:54 - 02:56 | Hours! |
02:56 - 02:59 | The few bursts at 30 don't count. |
03:00 - 03:02 | Why don't we just race at rate 20!? |
03:04 - 03:07 | Don't worry, the waves won't allow for high rates anyway. |
03:14 - 03:16 | We're probably going to sink anyway. |
03:19 - 03:23 | Look at Hampton, how much protection they put on their boat. |
03:25 - 03:26 | We barely have any shield in the bows. |
03:31 - 03:33 | We can still win this! |
03:40 - 03:46 | Just fight the conditions. |
03:46 - 03:49 | As Pete always said: Expect the unexpected. |
03:53 - 03:56 | Let's do this boys! |