THE ERA OF POLARIZATION “This was the same Canadian double that raced in Lucerne and Casitas. I still have the time splits note Jack gave me after the workout. It was a great confidence builder just before leaving for Boston. I was hoping it would be enough to keep John away from the single. No such luck.”7222 Biglow: “After the winter, Paul Enquist and I came back to Boston, and we did really well. This was when Harry had the Olympic Sculling Camp, and he had all these doubles that had been working out with him all fall and all winter, and Paul and I came back and beat them all. We were the fastest double. It was great. Easter, 1984 Biglow: “I had not been training in the single at all because of my back, and then we did a singles race. It was down in the Charles River Basin. It was kind of choppy, and I usually don’t do well in choppy water. “Joe Bouscaren was there, and Tiff was there. We started off, and Boom! Those guys are out. Joe was really quick off the line, and Tiff was quick off the line, too. They’re both fast twitch guys, but at the Mass. Ave. Bridge where it got rougher and rougher, I was catching up! I moved through them both just after M.I.T., and I won! It blew my mind. I had no idea. Where did this come from? How could I have gotten fast again? “Then I thought to myself at the finish line, ‘It’s April 22nd, Easter Sunday!’ I’m not especially religious, but I was thinking, ‘Well, someone has risen again.’ “That was another humbling experience for me.”7223 Wood: “I have a very vivid recollection of that race. It’s funny. I remember racing Joe. I don’t even remember John being 7222 Enquist, op. cit., 2010 7223 Biglow, op. cit. Harry Parker Singles Race, Easter Sunday, 1984 Charles River Basin As they passed the MIT boathouse, John Biglow (in white, far lane) rolled through Tiff Wood (near lane) and Joe Bouscaren (middle lane). there. I got Joe at the very end, and I was sure that I had gotten him, and he didn’t believe me, sort of thing, until Harry in the launch confirmed it.”7224 Enquist: “After the stair workouts combined with the high quality rowing workouts, I was not surprised when John rowed away from everyone on Easter 7224 Wood, personal conversation, 2009 2017
