I did not race in 2007 due to a back injury.
I made a low key return to the sport in a Churchill alumni VIII in the Head of the Cam on 3 May. Our time of 11'04" left us in 58th place, 4" adrift of the alumnae, who won their category. To add injury to insult, the outsides of my thighs were catching each stroke on two small metal brackets on the inside of Sir Winston, with colourful and ultimately painful consequences. Despite all that, it was good to be out on the river.