W1 IV+ Radegund Mile 2013

Radegund Mile is renowned for being the most prestigious event of the rowing year, and after coming home victorious in the Women's IV category last year W1 were determined to show the field what we were made of. For this special event the glory four reunited, with the wonderful addition of Beth as our cox. 

With only a handful of IVs in the mix, and as we have actually been able to have a trial run beforehand this year, we felt fairly confident and prepared. We had a strong start, and after a perfect corner fom Beth around Ditton we motored down the reach for a good solid row which felt powerful and together.

It was only after we finished that we found out that the yellow fire had come out in force with the Clare IV being composed completely of blues and blondie rowers. Fairly inevitably, Clare won with Wolfson 2nd (not sure where they came from!) and we came third out of eight womens IVs. However, we did manage to smash our time from last year by 12 seconds which we were very happy with. The hard work in the gym seems to be translating into power on the water.

With a strong race under our belt in week one it looks like it will be an exciting term for W1!