Quad Experience

For the first week or two of practice, I was skeptical if this sport was an appropriate fit for me, primarily because I had no idea of what to expect. Over the next 3 months of practicing I began to fall into place among the other athletes and to my surprise my coaches placed me in the fastest boat: the quad. Consequently, since this boat was also the most competitive boat, my placement in the quad was always being reevaluated to ensure that it had the fastest athletes in it. Receiving the news that I was in the quad swelled my ego, as it would any fifteen-year-old boy, to the point that the idea that a teammate might get faster than me was unheard-of.