Rowing teams move into place on the Tennessee River.
IF YOU GOWhat: Head of the Hooch Rowing RegattaWhere: Ross’s LandingWhen: Today, 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.Cost: FreeInformation: www.headofthehooch.org
Thirteen-year-old Marin Parisi’s hands are covered in blisters – proof that she spends three hours a day, five days a week practicing with her Sarasota, Fla., rowing team.
But she shrugs the blisters away; she still loves rowing.
“Right when you are trying to pass a boat and you have to fight for that spot, it’s really tough and it’s really intense,” she said. “But the minute you come through the finish line and you know you had a good row — that’s like the best feeling in the world.”
Marin raced in Chattanooga on Saturday during the Head of the Hooch Rowing Regatta, which attracts nearly 15,000 rowers, spectators and support personnel from all over the world.