article_snippet.sent: On next Saturday, at the 161st Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race, the women's crews will battle the same Thames course as the men, who will follow an hour later.
article_snippet.sent: ’ Melissa Wilson (left) and Caroline Reid of Cambridge Women's boat crew at Thames Rowing Club in London .
article_snippet.sent: Wilson, a third year English literature student and Reid, in her fifth year of veterinary medicine, rise at 5.30am each day for training, gym work and lectures, then it’s back out on the river in the afternoon.
article_snippet.sent: Cambridge Women's Boat Crew including Wilson (front) rowing the Thames .
article_snippet.sent: Reid, Claire Watkins and Wilson prepare ahead of the Boat Race next Saturday .
article_snippet.sent: Until this year, the women’s race was held a week before the men’s at Henley.
highlights_snippet.sent: Boat Race set to take place on the River Thames next Saturday .