Word: headed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Head of the Charles regatta is rooted in the desire to break up the monotony of fall training. The intercollegiate rowing season takes place primarily in the spring with 2000 meter sprint competitions. But rowing programs begin their training in the late summer, focusing on building an athletic base. Waiting for the spring, crews row on the water and indoors on ergometers; they run and weight train...
...Cambridge Boat Club members D'Arcy MacMahon, Howard McIntyre and Jack Vincent, along with Harvard University sculling instructor Ernest Arlett organized a fall race to complement their training. Hailing from England, Arlett proposed a "head of the river" race, similar in format to races taking place across the Atlantic...
...Head style racing is typically held over a three-mile course, where boats are given staggered starts and race against the clock. Boats are allowed to pass one another, and in fact, rowers are required to yield to faster boats behind them...
...This year is the 35th running of the Head of the Charles, and will include about 6,500 athletes in 20 different events. About 300,000 spectators are expected...
Each of our reactions to the day is different but we are all shocked. Sure the row was bad, but was it that bad? Over and over in my head I keep asking: "What did I do wrong? What could I have done?" I think Harry Parker put it best when he said it was a case of the whole being less than the sum of its parts. I guess that happens sometimes. But this race is over, and the Head's in two weeks...