On the Scene: Regatta on the Charles

Photo of Rowers on the Charles River in Boston from the BU Bridge.

Currently on the scene: Hundreds of rowers in boats currently cutting through the surface of the glassy, Saturday morning surface of the Charles River in Boston, MA.

The rowers--ranging from Boston University alumni to Olympic class rowers--are all in town for the 51st annual Head of the Charles Regatta. Each crew is dressed in uniform, whether that be Breast-Cancer-Awareness pink, neon green, or solid black.

Flocks of people are gathered above the river on the BU Bridge, squinting in the Saturday morning sun at the rowers--each crew perfectly in sync--no matter if that crew is two people or eight. Bulging arms circling around and around, calf muscles straining back and forth, tight core muscles tightening and releasing--all in one fluid motion.

 They make it look so easy, as if only to mock the sedentary spectators above, as if only to say, what are you doing with your Saturday morning...?
 

For more info about what the Head of the Charles Regatta:
http://www.hocr.org/the-regatta/2014-regatta-news/


*This blog was written on the scene (Saturday morning), but I couldn't post until now because of a faulty phone connection.