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Saturday, February 14th, 2009
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I was wondering if any of you perchance knew of any somewhat cheap brands of stable, high-durability shells, not for racing, but training purposes... particularly important would be ability to resist sun damage (which I hear can be a problem in some cases). Obviously, this doesn't need to be anywhere near as light or well-engineered as, say, a Resolute, but basics are mandatory (vertical-adjustable oarlocks, lateral- and angular-adjustable foot-stretcher, interchangeable seat, easily obtainable replacement parts)... further, how does one go about actually purchasing and collecting the boat? What would expected cost be? I'd research it myself, but the only brand I know of by name is Resolute. Needless to say, that's out of my price range.
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
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What do you guys think about when you're rowing? It's probably not a good idea to completely zone out during pieces, but when I think too much about rowing, I start getting sloppy.
Also - Is anyone else racing at the Tampa Mayor's Cup this weekend?
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Hey, guys, me again (I'll use correct grammar this time, I've learned from my mistakes haha)
One of my all time favorite quotes is one that helped me in crew a lot. When I first started crew, I was HORRIBLE, I was the novice always rushing the slide, always offsetting the boat and looking all around even during races. But I loved the sport so I stuck with it. My team has a hot pink boat called the "One in eight" and its a brand new Resolute. we raise money by selling one in eight merchandise and it goes to breast cancer fundations. (its called the one in eight because one in eight women wel get breast cancer) anywho, my coach only put the best 8 rowers in that boat. and boy did I want a seat. I would have done anything. But I was awful!! so what was i going to do? I worked my ass of thats what I did. and it was the hardest, most physically and emotionally demanding thing I've ever experienced (it still is!) after my 3rd season of being dissapointed and feeling very discouraged, 2 seat could not make it to mass publics ..our biggest race of the season. and geuss who my coach picked to fll her place...me!! and I've been in that boat for every race ever since..not because im guarenteed a seat, because we all know, even though crew is the greates TEAM sport, competion for individual seats can get pretty intense. but because i worked for it. and man did that feel good. anyway, this quote from Theodore Roosevelt helped me through it all and I thought anyone who is ever in my situation, just read this...
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”
- Emma
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I geuss everything is a game of sprints. Sprints of 2000 meters. You bring your boat up to the the starting line and you hear "all crews forward to race" next you hear "ready all" and this is when you realize in not even a second you will be throwing you life into the water through your ore. You're putting all your hope and trust into the 7 other girls around you. Hoping they want this as bad as you. And if they dont., you're screwed. If that girl infrontof you has the least bit of doubt that you wil get 1st place....you won't. Because they won't pull as hard as they would if they had faith in the other girls around them. And you can't make them do it. You can pep talk them, you can show them movies you can say prayrs but you can't make them pull as hard as you want them to. They have to know that you are right there with them feeling the same thing, taking the same breaths, seeing the same ores moving through the water. All together you row, all togther you win, and if you donlt work together, you fall apart together. ...."Row!" you're off. Your coxwain is already screaming. The start is the most important part other than the sprint...you're ahead of three boats. Time to pass the suckers in 2nd place early in the game " power 10 to pass these assholes" yells your cox. You pull, and you can't believe you're already getting tired. You finsihs your poer 10 and are neck in neck for second place. You start to realize how bad you really want this. You go under the bridge markg the 1000 meter mark. The finish line is 1000 meters away.your arms begin to hurt and you ease up on the prssure, the cox sees this and yells at you to pick it up before that boat passes us.. Your arms are throbbing. You begin breathing un controllably and get light headed. Your leg muscles are shaking with pain. "Fast hands away! Square up early! I know this sucks girls I believe in you! Row! Fucking row!" your toes are cramping from keeping the boat balanced by pointing your toes. Your lungs hurt from the cold air rushing in and out of your lungs. "Who's in!" yells the cox and every in the boat screams "I'M IN!" and this is when you remember you're not the only one in this boat. You realize that if they want this as much as you, you need to pull for them. So you pull. The blisters open on your hands and the cool air puts an uncomfortable breeze over the raw skin and your plalms. 300 meters left. This is the sprint, where you pull ahead. No matter how tired you are, you pull the hardest here. This sprint is for every time someone told you you were too fat. Or too short. Or not good enough. Or for everytime you lost or everytime you though you couldn't make it. For every time you didn't fit into that dress or everytime someone ever made you feel shitty, or ditched you. Or everytime a boy made you feel not worth it. You are you are, you think to yourself. And you pull harder youlve never wanted anything more than to shove it in everyones face that for once you could do it, for once you were good enough, you were better than someone at something.. Last 100 meters, you're screaming between each stroke. This is more pain then you've ever felt at once all over your body. 50 meters left. All or nothing you hear the cox say. 30 meters left. You have 4 strokes untill the finish line. 10 meters left. You're dead, but somehow still rowing. You finish. You catch your breath and curl up in your pain. You didn't win. And no matter how hard you row, you won't always win. But you work on it. You have to grow as a team. You're never the only one in te boat. Losing isn't bad. It never is, it just means that when you win....it'll feel even better.
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
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Anyone else competing in the Women's Eights Head of the River on the Tideway (London) on Saturday?
I'm Bow in the Bradford-on-Avon crew, this is the first year my club has entered a crew into the race so we're all really excited.
The course is 4 & 1/4 miles, race is at 10am, it's going to be a long hard slog but it should be great fun.
We're boating from London RC, over 250 crews are entered so it'll be madness!
Anyone else going (competing or spectating)?
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Hi rowers,
I have started a dedicated blog to record all of my erg training, to build a resource for free erg training advice and information, and to publicise my erg coaching. Take a look and see what you think:
http://thepeteplan.wordpress.com/
The content will be updated as I go along, so there will be lots of information built up there that could assist you in meeting your training goals.
Thanks for looking!
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
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I'm finishing up The Inferno unit in my AP Lit class sometime soon and it looks like our project for this book is to make an inferno of our own. Of course, I decided on a crew inferno, but I'm looking for ideas.
So. Does anyone have any crew-related "sins"/pet peeves that they'd like to share?
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Friday, January 11th, 2008
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Yesterday a tornado touched down in Vancouver, Washington, and, while no one was hurt, the Vancouver Lake Crew boathouse was utterly destroyed. They lost 18 ergs, all but 3 of 50 boats, and launches; hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of equipment.
Here is a brief article from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer about the tornado:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wa_vancouver_tornado.html
and a link to the VLC website:
http://www.vancouverlakecrew.com
They need all the help they can get and are accepting donations of money, boats, ergs, etc., so please pass this on to your rowing clubs or anyone you think might be able to help.
x-posted at ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) ergfreaks
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Monday, October 22nd, 2007
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I had my first row yesterday...
The coach told me, though, that they need a permanent cox, not a rower (there's more than enough of those to go around, he said)...and I got some weird looks when I was actually HAPPY about that. So, this is fine for me, but I need some advice...what makes a practice effective? (We row for two hours...it's just a small club, but we do compete in regional regattas, and eventually, I want to move on to a larger club, so I want to use this experience to learn as much as I can, skill-wise. It's really rather low-key, so I think that will be good, too, as I've never done this before. All I know is what I've read, which is a lot.)
Is there merit in listening to recordings at this point? Reading the books? (Aside from actually DOING it and putting the theoretical knowledge--i.e. what I've learned from reading--into practice.)
And, a couple of guys in the club made some pretty pointed comments about me coxing (I'm a female...), that "you NEED to learn how to row",and I explained that I have every intention of doing so--at least, definitely getting better than I am, as my strength isn't quite what it should be, but this session ends on the 11th of next month, so I will have until May to get up to par. I'm planning on keeping up with running, and joining a gym, so I can use the ergs, and is there any sort of lifting I should do? Obviously, I don't want to bulk up, but I want to be able to row well enough that they'll understand that _I_ understand what they're dealing with.
Sorry for all the questions. Thanks, though, for any input. If you want, you can e-mail or IMme...andieconners@neo.rr.com; IM: Yahoo=joliebird/AIM=joliebird06
--Andie
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Saturday, October 20th, 2007
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I have my first row tomorrow morning. I'm wondering....what should I eat beforehand? I'm trying to cut my weight, so...
Any suggestions/advice will be totally appreciated.
--Andie
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
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I'm starting with a rowing club this weekend. I have never actually ROWED in my life, but follow the sport avidly. So, anyhow...I have a few questions...
(1) What should I wear? I asked the guy at the club, and he said, "No loose clothing"...which I could have figured out on my own. I have nothing currently that's appropriate, so I need to go pick up a few things before Sunday. He also said to "layer" (again, obvious)...
What do you guys reccommend?
(2) I am going to train to coxe. :) I have been looking at the basic calls and stuff...so,I'm doing my research,definitely. What MAKES a good coxe? Looking for opinions and suggestions. (By the summer, I hope to be competing, so I want to be GOOD! LOL)
(3) We practise once a week. What would be a good workout to do on the other days? Running? Lifting? Other stuff? I don't want to, obviously, let everything go hang on the days that we don't practise.
(4) Shoes. He said I could wear sneakers, because there's a "clog" on the footstretcher. Would that be okay, or should I get something else?
Thanks!
-Andie
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Sunday, September 16th, 2007
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Friday, September 14th, 2007
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Thought you guys would enjoy this.
This would be some people from our crew team.
we're so sad... lol
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Sunday, August 12th, 2007
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Hi! I'm fairly new, both to this community and to rowing (this is my first year - I row for my school). I was wondering if there is anyone here who is from Australia? Also, I am currently rowing in 6 seat, after being moved from 2. What is the most likely reason for this? (and is there any way I can get back to 2 seat?)
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
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Hello all,
I was wondering if I could get helpful calls regarding the following:
-Body swing (lack thereof, so something to increase it)
-Sluggish connection (to enhance boatspeed, enforce connection)
-Rush in the top quarter, then hesitating at the catch to make up for the reverse ratio dynamic.
Thanks!
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Anyone row at either WCCs or WIRAs this weekend? If so, which team did you row for and how did your races go?
I was in the Santa Clara women's novice 4+ on Saturday, and we, well, came in DFL for both heats. I blame the fact that we'd only been rowing in that lineup for a day and a half. I had previously been in the women's second 8+, but had been switched to the 4+ at the last second.
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Thursday, April 26th, 2007
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Has anyone heard back from the dev/selection camps yet?
If so, what one are you attending?
Good Luck/Congrats!!!
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alright, so this morning at practice I was out in a 4+, and as we were warming up, there was a sudden thunk and it was obvious we had hit something, so everyone immediately turned to see what 2's oar had struck, of course thinking that we had hit a buoy or something... and saw this dazed looking bird struggling to take flight. Oops. We're not going to blame the coxswain for this, because the bird should have moved. I've heard stories of other people hitting birds (or in the case of my brother, one landed on his blade while he was sitting easy), but they've always flown away before any boat I'm in gets close. So I was wondering if anyone here had ever hit a bird (or other animal)?
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Saturday, April 14th, 2007
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Ok here's the deal...
i was stroking a four yesterday (i'm JV) and it consisted of a coxswain who has now coxed for two seasons and two novice girls in 3 and 2 seat with a JV girl in bow. We were rowing in one of our best fours.
Well we were getting towards the dock and the coxswain calls out for one of the novices to take a stroke but she must've heard wrong because she then took 3 strokes and we docked...By docked I mean bow seat was now actually ON the dock.
My coach of course shit a brick and we now cannot race this boat for the rest of the season because of the gaping hole that is now in the hull of the boat :( So I'm telling you this now because I'm wondering...Ultimately, whose fault is it? I'm kinda partial on it being both the coxswain's AND coach's fault since I have no clue why she put two novices in a boat that one of the few good ones we have (we're a poor club). I just feel so bad for our coxswain because she feels very keenly about these things and this season hasn't been going well for her since people have been badmouthing her coxing skills and begging our coaches to not let her cox. I think thats ridiculous because how are you going to learn more about coxing if you aren't given the chance? Jeebus...
Any and all answers would be appreciated
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Wednesday, April 11th, 2007
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pas·sion    /'pæ??n/ [pash-uhn] –noun
1. any powerful or compelling feeling or emotion saying that rowing is my "passion" would undoubtedly be the biggest understatement i could come up with.
i eat, sleep, and breathe rowing.
it captivates my entire life, in the sense that no matter where i go or what i do, the sound of the blades slicing through the water always enters my mind. that noise soon combines with the sliding of eight seats and the coxwain's voice, creating an orchestra in my head.
when i'm rowing a race, everything around me just stops. i'm in this zone that i can't even begin to explain. i stare right above monica's head and keep my back straight, pivoting at my hips as i take a stroke. i feel weakness and exhaustion tugging, pulling at me, but NEVER do i let those feelings overcome me. NEVER do i take a weak stroke or pause to catch my long-gone breath. NEVER do i row "hard" - i row as hard as my body will and will not allow. i enter that point of no return; that time in which physically, and mentally, i'm completely drained of all of my strength, but somehow i find a way to give everything i've got and more. a non-rower will never be able to understand why we live for that feeling of incredible exhaustion and a body-numbing pain that takes over, but we do.
coming up to the last 500 meters of a race, i scream each time i take a stroke. pretty soon, the whole boat echos with screams, grunts, and moans that show how much pain we truly are in. our stroke rating sky-rockets and we go in for our sprint. we're about to collapse but we know that if we falter the slightest bit, we'll ruin the amazing pace and speed we've gained with the previous 1000 meters. we're no longer bow-to-bow with the neighboring boat -- we're gaining 3 seats on them. 4 seats, 5 seats, 6 seats ... before we know it, we're bow-to-stern and we're still gaining speed. we've got open water on them and there's no thought in our mind to take easier strokes, even though we're winning. the fog horn sounds and our fellow teammates on shore are chanting, "S-E-B, S-E-B!" we look at each other in the boat and cry. we scream. we shout. we smile. we feel the most intense sensation of happiness that none of us have EVER felt in our entire lives. i feel no more pain. i feel no more tiredness. all i feel is complete and total bliss. once we're off the water, we run and jump on coach brad. none of us have changed the smiles plastered on our faces. i smile just writing about it.
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Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
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Ok so the first varsity race is this saturday and the four that I am in has only been out on the water ONCE, due to weather and shizz. I'm stroking, about 5 feet tall (tried coxing but that didn't really work out), been rowing for 6 seasons now, just to give you a little synopsis.
I want to know what a good ratio is for the race which is a 1k so that doesn't give you a lot of time to settle into a slower ratio. So tips and suggestions would be greatly appreciated :)
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okay, so I've been rowing for 9 years, 6 in middle/high school and 3 in college. The past three years I've been on Long Island and rowing out of a boathouse with no dock (yay for beach launching), so in the spring season we can't start water practices until the water is free of ice and the air temp is above 35 F in the morning when we practice. As the majority of my rowing career was in Seattle (where you can pretty much row all year), I'm not really sure how the early spring season works for other teams where it is too cold to row. I know there are races in Philly this weekend, yet my team only started water practices this week.
So I want to know when other teams are getting on the water and what type of water (river, bay, lake, etc) you're rowing on and if you're in a similar situation to my team, what types of workouts do you do while you're stuck on land?
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Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
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Hey all,
I have some questions about rowing lightweight. I've never tried before (never imagined I'd be this light) but it's now my goal for the spring.
( details, concerns, and questions )
Thanks!
xposted: theboathouse, ergfreaks
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Thursday, March 1st, 2007
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I have my first erg race (considering that I couldn't go to the other two because of the Musical) this Saturday. I've been pulling better than I ever have before, and I think I have a decent chance of top twenty...
However, this would only be if I raced lightweight. Problem is, I have water weight to lose, and about four pounds of it. I know that it is water weight, since a day or so ago I was at 132, and now I'm at 136. Since weigh in is really early, I know that I'm not going to eat or drink anything and maybe even do a sweat run the day of the race to lose an extra pound or two.
I'm only 5,1 so being in open would kill me. Are there any other tricks to getting your weight down?
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Hi everyone,
About 2 weeks ago I pinched a nerve in my hip and because of that I wasn't able to practice/workout/do anything for two full weeks. I just got back on the erg this week and I have lost a lot of the fitness I have been working to get since September so obviously I'm really upset. My team did a 2K today and pretty much everyone got a PR. Our next 2K is going to be the Tuesday during spring break (March 13). This means I have about 12 days to get myself in 2K shape if I want to race at our scrimmage on the 18th. I'm guessing I need to pull about a 7:25 to have a shot at racing. Any advice as to some good workouts I can be adding to my team workouts?
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Monday, February 26th, 2007
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okay guys.
I have an erg race on saturday (march 3) so i need some surefire ways to bring down my time. nothing special or spectacualr, but maybe a solid race plan that doesnt fail. i havent been able to practice due to an insane amount of snow making me unable to lave my house, but i know i'll pull around a 7:50ish. and i need some workouts you guys use to really get it down by march 18. i have an ID camp for the jr womens selection camp and i need to be around a 7:30 by then. help me out guys.
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Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
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Friday, February 2nd, 2007
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I need some help, maybe a diagnosis. I have always had trouble on the erg. I was terrible on the erg in college, which was ok because I went to a college with a rather uncompetitive crew program. Now I'm 31 and I'm really trying to get my time down. I think I am getting better, slowly. At the very least I'm becoming more comfortable and confident on the erg, which is something. I'm learning how to hold splits and pace myself- this is an accomplishment!
But I'm concerned about the difference between my 500m, 2k, and longer pieces. It all started when my coach sent out workouts, and said to do two 500m pieces all out to get an idea of what our 100% pressure splits should be like. I did these pieces, and averaged 1:59.9 (1:57.2 and 2:02.7). So according to my coach, I should be able to hold a 2:05 for 10 minutes and a 2:08 for 20 minutes. Problem: I can barely hold a 2:08 for a 2k. I'm doing erg sprints tomorrow, and seriously, my goal is to break 2:30, and I'm not sure I will. My 10 and 20 minute pieces are significantly slower.
Is my coach unrealistic, or am I special? You could say "push yourself harder," but I've tried that, and I just end up not being able to finish. I think I must have really really bad cardio endurance, with a reasonable level of strength. Or maybe I'm powerful but have no muscular endurance? I don't really know the vocabulary here, but I feel like I'm different.. I'm not your average out of shape 30-something. Or am I? I've been erging a lot lately.. when am I going to get better at this? How long will it take? I'm sort of sick of being embarrassed by my sad little erg time.
If it helps any, I'm 5'10" and 160 lbs. And female.
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So..any last tips for losing that small bit of weight to make weigh-ins? I think I weigh like 131 or 130.7 or something close to 130. But then again, I weigh-in in the afternoon. The thing is, if I don't make weigh-in, I'll just row in open weight, and that's fine. But for the last couple of years, I've always been 12th or 13th in lightweight [not much, considering for the last couple of years, I've been pulling 8:30's or so]. This year, I'm much faster than last year. I'm always slower in the winter than I am in the spring, but last year, I pulled an 8:37 and this year, I'm aiming for an 8:24, which would definitely put me in top 10.
suggestions are welcome.
in other news, i also want to be able to break 8 this year. i feel as if it's really possible now. if i'm pulling an 8:26 right now, in the winter, i should be able to drastically drop my time by the end of spring season. i'm in winter training right now, so there's a lot of steady state but also sprint pieces, and i work out with my dad on weekends, so that puts me at working out 6x a week. think i can do it?
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Wednesday, January 31st, 2007
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hey guys.
i'm a senior in high school and i've been rowing for four years and my 2k time is terrible: 8:38.
the problem is, i know i can do better, but i start to freak myself out right before i get on the erg and then i do worse than how i'm supposed to do.
i do listen to music, and my friends try to ease me but it just doesn't seem to work.
any suggestions/advice on how i can not have a nervous breakdown before my 2k [and get a pb] on feb. 11th so i don't make a fool of myself in front of the other teams? hahaha, thanksss.
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Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007
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Okay guys. I know that not many people post here anymore, but i needed to get this all out.
Okay. So i pull a 7:28.4, im 5'11, and 165. I've gone to development camp the past three years (last year i went to selection camp, but i didnt make it, so i went to dev camp...again). And now its time for me to choose colleges. and i dont know what to do. I applied to Marist Colege in poughkeepsie new york, Syracuse university and i guess im going to apply to WSU. I was already accepted to Marist, but i dont know if i want to go there... their team isnt exactly the kind of team Im looking for. Syracuse, on the other hand, is exactly what i dream of. but its like 45k a year, and i could only get 28k in financial aid. Now, i CAN get a full athletic scholarship to SU, IF i can get my 2k down to a 7:30 by march... but i took the fall off, like i always do. so now im probably up around a 7:50. i need help. im so depressed about all this. its totally discouraging, especially b/c i really want to make the jr national team this year, and steve hargis is saying that i need to get my 2k down NOW too.
do you guys have any advice about getting scholarship money, or maybe on how to get my 2k down fast ?
help me out guys.
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Thursday, January 18th, 2007
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Hi friends,
For those of you who may not yet have seen it or read about it on Row2k, I wanted to let you know about the launch of Row Coach Media.
The site is masterminded and operated by former US National team coxswain and former University of Washington coach Sean Mulligan, with the help of US National team coach Matt Imes. The two developed the concept of the site to be somewhat like "a Facebook for rowers" but also as a legitimate means of communication between national team athletes and the rowing community at-large.
The site features National team blogs, photographs, forums and media-sharing (podcasts, audio, and soon video) and is free and open for anyone to join.
Hope to see you there!
--![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) mssaturdaynight
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Thursday, November 2nd, 2006
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so, every once and a while, there will be a practice where everything is perfect. When it's neither too cold or too hot, the water is glass, the sun is out (or if you practice in the morning, there's a beautiful sunrise), and everything just clicks together.
this morning was not one of those practices.
the team I'm on doesn't have a dock, so we beach launch every day. and this morning was one of those days where it was so windy and the waves were coming so fast we almost didn't make it off the beach (not to mention the sideways rain). and I have to say, sometimes I enjoy days like today more than the perfect practices. The water may be crap, the weather miserable, and you end up soaked to the skin before you've been on the water 10 minutes, but if you look past all of that, it can be so much fun.
I know a few of the girls in my boat this morning felt the same way, but stroke and the cox were both miserable, and taking it out on the rest of us. So I was just wondering how other people felt about the days were the conditions are miserable, do you have fun with it, or do you get grouchy and upset?
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Tuesday, September 26th, 2006
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I have just joined my highschool's rowing team. There are 9 girl novices, making eight rowers and one coxwain, a perfect number. Anyway, I missed a practice where they did a 20-minute peice on the ergs to decide who would be the cox and who would row and where in our first race: The Head of the Ohio. Since I missed it, our coach put me in bow because I have good technique, but I have to take the test by myself at the boathouse. Any suggestions on how to get my split down? The best split was 2:19 and the worst was 2:49. I don't want to be coxwain, but I'm not good at erging. The lowest I've ever gotten my split was 2:36 and that was on a 3-minute warmup. Any tips?
Nice idea for a community by the way!
Ok. My split was 2:36.7 and I went 3830 meters... not bad for a novice on her first time, right?
Ok. So I did better than 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 7th seat... and yet I'm still bow. My coach says that it's because I have good technique. I say it's because I'm short. But yet, I'm taller than 2nd and 3rd seat... hmmm. Plus, I'm not even a starboard. I'm a port! I want to try 4th seat....
Thanks for the tips! I broke it into 5 minute segments and just pulled my hardest for the first and last ones, and in the middle I was up around a 2:45... well... I'll do better next time.
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Sunday, September 3rd, 2006
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Hello everyone :)
I'm Lucy, new to this community, but not new to the sport.
I used to row about five years ago but life became too busy, I had too much school work and then uni came along so unfortunately I gave up the sport. Anyway, I've now decided to take up the blades again and I'm joining a local club. Today was my first outing there, really weird to get back on the water but great, I can't wait to be sculling regularly!
Just had a look through to see what comms there are on lj for rowers and scullers and found this one, it's great to see there's an active community that isn't all about crazy fad diets and excercise regimes and actually about the sport :)
So ... umm hey, I'm Lucy, I'm 22 and live in the UK, Wiltshire to be more precise and I'd love to make some friends who are into the sport as none of my friends row!
See you guys around :)
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Friday, September 1st, 2006
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Seeing that article about China's (questionable) coxswain selection procedures reminded me of something else...didn't Sir Steve have a reality show based on trying to get eight non-rowers into Henley last year? Does anyone else remember that? Am I going out of my mind?
In the event that I haven't completely lost it, does anyone know what happened to that boat? I didn't see any mention of it in the coverage of the regatta this year.
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Hi everyone
I have a question that I was hoping some of you could help me with.
I'm going to be senior in highschool this september and I'm starting to apply to colleges. I want to get in touch with some of the coaches but I really dont know how to do that. Should I email them or write them a letter or call them? And what should I say?
I'd be really greatful if someone could help me.
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Wednesday, August 30th, 2006
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Interesting article from yesterday's Wall Street Journal on a Chinese reality TV show that will pick coxswains for the Chinese Olympic team. Interesting..
China's New Reality Show
Goes for the Gold
By MEI FONG
August 29, 2006; Page B1
BEIJING -- Wanting to be a millionaire is so turn of
the century. Now, a Chinese game show plans to pose an
even more exclusive question: Who wants to be an
Olympian?
( Read more... ) cross posted to my journal
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Friday, August 25th, 2006
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PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION TO SAVE THE ANACOSTIA BOATHOUSE.
http://www.petitiononline.com/acbadc/petition.html
The Anacostia site is the ONLY other site in the DC area other than Sandy Run that has the potential for a 6 lane course. If it doesn't exist anymore, you can expect MUCH longer regattas at Sandy Run and MANY more teams and athletes competing there. They will likely have to eliminate heats and finals at most if not all regattas. They may have to eliminate events altogether to accommodate all of the teams that will come to Sandy Run.
Either the teams that are currently housed in Anacostia will dissolve (which would cause students like you who LOVE rowing to be without a team to row with) or they will have to move into already OVERCROWDED boathouses. Think of the lines to get off water at Sandy Run.
Bottom line is this: If DC Council decides to tear down the Anacostia Boathouse, the effects will be felt by ALL rowing programs in this area, and beyond.
Please leave appropriate comments in the space designated.
http://www.petitiononline.com/acbadc/petition.html
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Monday, August 14th, 2006
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hey fellow crewbies...
im taking a year sabatical from my beloved sport for other issues. Its my senior year and - somehow - i have all this extra time. I will be doing crew in college, but I want to know if anyone knows some good conditioning exercises?
I got about a year of conditioning and I want to use it to my advantage. I also have an erg at home. any suggestions?
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Wednesday, July 5th, 2006
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I don't know if this is something that's already been posted about on this community, so I apologize if I'm mimicking somebody...
The "Inches" video is back! Not on the original website, but some kind soul has put the video on YouTube here for our viewing pleasure. I've also found a program, Video Downloader, which allows you to download videos on sites to your computer.
Has it really been two years since the Athens Olympics? My god, how time flies...
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Wednesday, June 28th, 2006
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Independence Day Regatta:
Because of river conditions (see below), we've decided to cancel all juniors races and all racing on Friday. Non-junior heats on Friday will be moved to Saturday. We are working on a revised two day regatta schedule. There is the distinct possibility the entire regatta will be cancelled. Stay tuned.
http://www.boathouserow.org/rega06/idr06.html
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Saturday, June 24th, 2006
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Survey question:
If you were watching a video of rowing, what music would you want to hear in the background? I'm working on a recruiting video for my old high school team, and while I know what I would want to hear, that's not necessarily the best thing.
Hip hop suggestions would be especially welcome, since I'm not too well-versed with that.
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Does anyone have any course info about this regatta? I can't find diddlysquat online. Happy Summer!
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ok, I've be rowing for quite a while (9 years) but I've never had to deal with an injury before.
I row for my college team and want to keep training over the summer, however, I've broken several fingers and can't do anything with my left hand. Anyone have any advice on how I can stay in shape while my hand is healing?
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My neighbor has a friend who's willing to sell me a used Sargent and Burton single for $300. There are several cracks in the hull, mostly around water level, but all of them are superficial (seem to be just the paint) and the guy says the boat doesn't leak. That assessment had to be made years ago, though, judging by the amount of dust on the thing. We think the body is made of fiberglass, not wood. The footstretchers date it as having seen a few years: they've got wood bases and leather tops and laces. The topdecks, instead of fiberglass, are covered with some sort of heavy plastic. It's definitely made for racing (or at least not learning), it's 20-something feet long and narrow enough for a light- or midweight.
I'd be using this boat to learn to scull (have done sweep for 3 years) this summer and have no high expectations from it. It probably wouldn't see much speed and could hopefully be stored indoors in a boathouse.
Questions: does anyone know anything about Sargent and Burton?
How easy would the cracks in the hull be to repair?
(and for my curiosity's sake, any ideas how they could have come about?)
If they need to be repaired from the inside, could we remove the plastic topdeck to do it? How easy would it be to: remove the topdeck, put the same one back on, find a new plastic topdeck, put that on the boat? (The stern one has a hole in it and would need to be replaced -- or at least duct taped -- anyway.)
Based on the limited amount of info I can give, cause I only saw the thing for about 20 minutes last night, would it be feasible and reasonable to get it to use for one summer?
Thanks for any info you have!
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Wednesday, May 24th, 2006
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Alright. So I'm having a little problem with the whole... rowing thing.
I was in the boat that qualified for nationals from my club (our girls v8,) so we've still been having practice... but I recently got seat raced out. Now, this was done fair and square, so I know that I deserved it. However, there is still an "opportunity" for me to get back in the boat... whatever that means. (I don't know whether it's a "well, someone could break a leg" or a "we're seat racing again" opportunity.)
So I guess my question is ...how do I become more efficient on the water? I know that I'm strong. (5'9", 150 lbs, 7:35.1 2k about a month ago) And I used to think that I could move a boat well... apparently I can't. I'm a freshman, and this is only my first varsity season, but still... I really don't get it. People are saying that it'll come with more time rowing, but I really don't want to wait. I'm stubborn and competitive, and I would really just like to get better now.
Anyone else have this issue/any suggestions?
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hey everyone, i was wondering if anyone on here is going to dev camp (junior national team development camp) this summer. theres a list of people going, but is anyone here going? im going to be a jr. b.... again
-Stephanie
x-posted
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As many of you know, junior nationals are in ohio in about 3 weeks.
This weekend was the southwest championships, pretty much the fastest junior league in the country.
For the past few years, the winner of this race is the winner of nationals as well (for example, the womens V8 from oakland strokes, and the saint ignatius mens V8). It was definitely an amazing weekend of rowing....
I go to Saint Ignatius but row for pacific rowing club...and let me tell you...Lake merced (which both teams share) has done us well.
Saint Ignatius' mens V8 won with a time of 5:50 (i think)
Oakland Strokes' womens V8 took the gold, as well as most of the other womens events. haha
MJV8- Saint Ignatius
M3V8- Saint Ignatius
MLt 8- Pacific Rowing
MLt 4- Pacific Rowing
MV4- Pacific Rowing
It's picture heavy!
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excited.
cheerful.
ecstatic.
amused.
exhausted.
pensive.
tenacious.
frustrated.
tired.
sore.
distressed.
contemplative.
artistic.
bouncy.
content.
gonna be mad if it cancelled!.