5/22 - T - IRAs 9

1a, 60'. 12568m, 2:23.3 ave. 140 HR. Hands hurt quite a bit. Not a whole lot of focus out there this morning. I'm sure I had quite a lot of rush. Things just didn't feel very solid. Possibly because I was riding in lots of ghost wake a few times. Possibly because my heart wasn't really in it this morning. I have to launch earlier. The freaking bugs were ridiculous out there once it got past 7 o'clock. Not very set and hands weren't doing things together or equally. Rigged up my oars today. 289 overall, 89 inboard. I'm ready to get out there and use them but I'm going to wait until they're painted and then move them over to the other house. The Empacher pair is from New York, Rochester I think. It's Sam's boss'. Talk about great connections.