Sunday the 26th, race day. Training up until now had to pay off... or else it would be a short day ineed. The trek over to Penrith (the Olympic Regatta Centre) wasn't so bad - a nice cruise down the M4. Only took about 40 minutes in the end - a fair distance, but less than I expected.
Got there a couple of hours before the first race and found where the rest of the team were sitting. The company took over a whole area (well all of the various companies had their respective areas), so the team was easy to spot.
A nice day out in the end. People everywhere. Quite the event. Not only were there simply races, there were also a couple of announcers - chatting away all day: calling races, delivering results, and having general light hearted chat. Thoroughly enjoyable.
Fast forward to the results then. Came first in the pool stage and therefore qualified for the semi-final (1st, 2nd, then 1st in the three individual heats). We managed to get a fairly competetive time of 52.48 seconds, whereas the leaders of the tourament thus far pushed past the line at just under 51 seconds.
Unfortunately for us, it wasn't to be. We got snapped in the semis. We had a bunch of support from the announcers, yet that wasn't enough to help us over. We were royally screwed. The drummer that we borrowed was hopeless - just kept banging the drums at random intervals. Dumbass.
So anyways, i've had my first review - and i've only been at work for a month. Intense. Kind of scary, really. Didn't know what to expect first up. In the end it was quite fulfilling. Got to have a good chat at where I am and where i'd like to go - and where I was thinking was on par with both of my superiors. Mad. Maybe they were being nice to be, as it was my first review - lol. Time will tell, time will tell.
Anyways, busy week ahead of me. Arg.
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