“Going out in really rough conditions since I was a junior to avoid doing ergs, that helped. When you can get a bit of a run going on the boat when it's really rough, it does feel really good that you can actually get it to sit up and move. I'm not sure that I'd say it was fun. I was pinballing down between the two lanes, so it was a bit all over the place. I probably rowed a few extra metres on the way down. But it was a good race. All the long sessions paid off when the race is that long.”