Week 13 - University Boat Race

With the rowers out of sight after only a few seconds, the race over very quickly and the whole bank area of the river overcrowded with pompous tools, you have to question if it's worth it... Yet a surprisingly good time was had by all.

This week I headed down to the bank of the Thames to catch the annual Oxford-Cambridge University Boat Race.

We started off the day in the pub where I was able to glean some of the history and rules of the race from the TV commentary, which was useful having never followed the race before. 
Starting at Putney Bridge and ending at Chiswick Bridge the course is 4 miles and 374 feet and can be seen below:

From the line ups coupled with my expert rowing knowledge it seemed obvious to me that Oxford were likely to win the race with the bigger guys in the team, and they did!

We ended up the day as we started - in the pub. The race ending up being a good excuse to meet up with friends and a fun and different distraction whilst out.