Team 1 Vs. Team 2 - the toss of the coin

Amidst scenes of great drama, we did the toss of the coin a couple of nights ago to see who would be skiffing and who would be running which legs of the Thames.

Lets be honest, there are a lot of legs that no one really cares about which ones they do but three were a bit contentious:

1) Who would lead us out of Lechlade at the start
2) Who would bring us home into Putney
3) And which poor sods would have the misfortune to have to run the longest stretch of the river - 6.5 miles between Benson & Cleeve locks (through Wallingford on Day 2)

And by some ridiculous misfortune, Matt and I seem to have got the short straw not once, not twice, but thrice!

I am still struggling to get to terms with the fact that, as the person who has worked out the distances and times, surely i should have been able to rig this so that i didn't get stitched up quite as much as i have, but no, it seems not.

Dissappointing to say the least...

So there you have it, Ben & Qin leading us out and bringing us home in the boat and Matt & Simon running, sweating heavily and out of breath (lets hope not at Lechlade at least)