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...Aqueduct in late April, he ran third, behind Angle Light and Sham. Nobody will ever be sure what went wrong that day. Turcotte is inclined to blame himself. Giving the horse his final speed work four days before the race, Turcotte sent him a mile in 1.42%. A fair workout for most horses-but a heavy eater like Secretariat needs to extend himself between races to keep in top condition, and it might have been better if they had gone faster...
Brayton pitched six innings of shut-out ball to pick up his sixth win against a single loss this season. Sandy Weissent and Norm Walsh also got into the game as pitching coach Bob Lincoln gave most of his staff a good workout in preparation for this weekend's NCAA District I playoff action...
Dartmouth is a solid team, with good strength in the running events. The Big Green is exceptional in the sprints and has two 4:10 milers who should give Crimson standouts Ric Rojas and John Quirk a heady workout...
...aesthetically pleasing sport. I derived great pleasure from some of the visual scenes which were come upon while rowing along the Charles (the river can be beautiful at times, believe it or not). There was also a large element of aesthetic pleasure in the physical fatigue after a tough workout; in the conditioning that was maintained by pushing your body to the limits of its endurance. The exhilaration after winning a race was an untouchable moment--all the tension and anxiety which had built up beforehand was released, and there was time to savor the moment of victory...
There was a price to pay to achieve the benefits of crew, however, and for me it was very much a mental one. The anxiety about a tough workout carried over into aspects of life outside of crew. It was hard to leave tension behind at the boathouse. I was particularly bothered by the fact that I was missing out on something, that the committment to crew limited possibilities for growth in other areas...