Session with the coxless 4 Olympic gold winners

Rode in with B. Quick strength at lunch then attended great afternoon session with the blue ribbon event coxless 4 gold medal winners.

It was excellent. 2 from public / private schools (George, Stan) and 2 from normal ones (Mo and Alex). I get so much out of these sessions.

Some amazing stats:

-  Jurgen Grobler - the infamous coach has won every single Olympics in the 4s since Munich in 1972.  WTF. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Gr%C3%B6bler
- Mo is a Muslim and through Ramadan trained 3 sessions a day.  He is a hero
- Mo, my fav, is the only one to be selected for 2020
- Alex the only won to have won 2 golds
- Mo's comments which most resonated with me: ' the definition  of stupidity is doing the same things and expecting different results'
- They also spoke at length at how they were in direct comp until the 4 were selected then all of a sudden had to become a team
- The pressure was insane
- Did not think I would like the Eaton boy Stan but he came across very well.  A smart cooky and spoke very well about Brexit and their team dynamic.
-  About their sessions: these guys work as hard as anyone with no financial rewards.

Inspiring stuff.

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