Author Topic: Cross Training: Rowing (Read 228417 times)

chrisbainbridge · « **Reply #1025 on:** 16 April, 2017, 10:47:23 pm »

You can roll open kayaks bracing with your knees. I suspect it is as much to do with the problem of oars on both sides which makes the resistance too high. I could never manage an open boat but know many who can.

simonp · « **Reply #1026 on:** 27 April, 2017, 09:46:19 pm »

Tonight's first: coxing an 8. Bossed it.

simonp · « **Reply #1027 on:** 11 May, 2017, 11:25:14 pm »

Had go to the rowing club for another reason, so did the erg session while I was there.

250, 500, 750, 1000, 750, 500, 250

Got my HR to 191 during the second 750. First time over 190 this year.

mike · « **Reply #1028 on:** 22 May, 2017, 05:16:54 pm »

Quote from: simonp on 11 May, 2017, 11:25:14 pm

Had go to the rowing club for another reason, so did the erg session while I was there.

250, 500, 750, 1000, 750, 500, 250

Got my HR to 191 during the second 750. First time over 190 this year.

Nice. We have one called a widow(er) maker which we do about 3 times a year.

1 x 1000 r 26 @ 2k+5
2 x 500 r28 @ 2k
4 x 250 r30 @ 2k-5
8 x 125 r32 @ 2k-10
4 x 250 r30 @ 2k-5
2 x 500 r28 @ 2k
1 x 1000 r26 @ whatever you've got left..

you do it in pairs, so you rest while they erg.

simonp · « **Reply #1029 on:** 22 May, 2017, 05:38:10 pm »

That looks grim.

I should have held back as it was two days before the Bryan Chapman. Average pace over them all was 1:51.

What was worse was discovering after the Bryan Chapman (which I found unusually tough this year) we had seat racing for Monmouth Regatta on the Tuesday. I did 6x~250m pieces in a 4. I must have been down quite a lot on power but the end result was all three of us fighting for the bow-side seats came out roughly the same. (Stroke side had no competition). In the end it was decided we'd all race across the weekend.

Sunday crew going out tomorrow and we will be working on short r28-30 pieces and race starts.

simonp · « **Reply #1030 on:** 30 May, 2017, 11:23:42 pm »

Monmouth sprint.

DSC_1231-(ZF-3505-57354-1-001) by SimonP2006, on Flickr

We were just ahead at 500m, but the finish line was at 750m, sadly.

simonp · « **Reply #1031 on:** 06 June, 2017, 04:31:55 pm »

1K test this lunchtime. 3:25.5. That's a PB.

simonp · « **Reply #1032 on:** 11 June, 2017, 09:36:25 am »

1K time looks like it will be enough. 2nd fastest on bow side for the 4 at Llandaff.

simonp · « **Reply #1033 on:** 13 June, 2017, 11:01:39 pm »

Tonight was in an 8. It was the best outing in an 8 yet.

simonp · « **Reply #1034 on:** 02 July, 2017, 01:01:46 pm »

Taking it all a bit too seriously. Yesterday we had 3 seat injured so the rest of us did 10km erg and then I trained at home on the kickr for an hour. Then today on the water at 8.30am for a session in the 4 with 3 back in, and then coxing a women's 4. Just had breakfast and trying to pick between more cardio or a weights session later. Racing next weekend, we should get two more water sessions in hopefully.

simonp · « **Reply #1035 on:** 04 July, 2017, 10:14:15 pm »

Practice in our 4 for llandaff this evening. Racing the other 4. After first race coach said to our boat "I was told there was no A and B boat. Well that's clearly not true, you're the A crew".

mike · « **Reply #1036 on:** 05 July, 2017, 10:45:31 am »

addictive, isnt it?

here's the 8 I've been coaching: https://youtu.be/oi32huMQR_k

simonp · « **Reply #1037 on:** 05 July, 2017, 12:20:36 pm »

Looks good.

We will also be racing an 8 at Llandaff. The 8 has been going well - we've improved a lot since the last time I raced in an 8, which was more than a year ago. Would like to see some video of the 8. There's video of last night's races - that won't look so pretty.

simonp · « **Reply #1038 on:** 09 July, 2017, 03:53:54 pm »

Made the final of the 500m today which we lost.

simonp · « **Reply #1039 on:** 09 July, 2017, 07:55:31 pm »

Semifinal win: https://youtu.be/VzapzmK9sN4

mike · « **Reply #1040 on:** 12 July, 2017, 11:00:39 am »

Quote from: simonp on 09 July, 2017, 07:55:31 pm

Semifinal win: https://youtu.be/VzapzmK9sN4

Nice! is that you at stroke?

simonp · « **Reply #1041 on:** 12 July, 2017, 04:15:18 pm »

Quote from: mike on 12 July, 2017, 11:00:39 am

Quote from: simonp on 09 July, 2017, 07:55:31 pm
Semifinal win: https://youtu.be/VzapzmK9sN4

Nice! is that you at stroke?

I'm at bow.

mike · « **Reply #1042 on:** 26 July, 2017, 09:14:16 am »

last week was the Cambridge town bumps, I was in a 'coaches boat' (reasonable technique for about a minute then it all goes badly wrong). This is us paddling home just after getting a bump, I'm at 5, so the fourth face from the left.

IMG_5810

bumps rules here https://thetab.com/uk/cambridge/2013/02/27/a-guide-to-lent-bumps-15650 - it's bonkers. We went up 3.

(JJ of this parish was in a much faster boat who had actually been training for it..)

simonp · « **Reply #1043 on:** 26 July, 2017, 10:24:24 am »

Looks like a nicely balanced boat.

We raced in a 4 and an 8 at Bewdley. Gave our "performance men" 4 a hell of a scare in the IM3 4+ final. We had a winner previous drawn against us in the semi but it wasn't taken so only 3 boats in the event. We led from the start but lost by half a length. If we'd been tidier in the middle of the race we might have won.

tonyh · « **Reply #1044 on:** 26 July, 2017, 11:18:58 am »

Quote from: simonp on 26 July, 2017, 10:24:24 am

Looks like a nicely balanced boat.

Certainly does. And it's got the relaxed glow of success, with the running of the boat feeling easy and perfect. Greenery noted too.

simonp · « **Reply #1045 on:** 12 August, 2017, 04:53:48 pm »

Hangover cure: taking a 4 out. (Squad social last night). As we're racing 4+ and 8+ at Oxford next weekend we did a couple of race starts as well as some long pieces.

tonyh · « **Reply #1046 on:** 12 August, 2017, 05:59:01 pm »

Desperate methods of cure! Sounds like you'll be good for the racing though.

simonp · « **Reply #1047 on:** 22 August, 2017, 09:15:49 pm »

So my DNF on LEL made me feel unfit.

Tonight I randomly decided to do a 1K test as I got down early for our race prep water session.

3:20.8. So that's almost a 5s PB. Not unfit. Just differently fit. Given I had a poor night's sleep to boot.

simonp · « **Reply #1048 on:** 27 August, 2017, 06:56:21 pm »

Finally won a point. Racing IM3 4+ at Gloucester regatta. Only one of our crew had a point so three novices in our boat. We rowed through both crews we faced, having worse starts and coming back to win by a clear length.

tonyh · « **Reply #1049 on:** 27 August, 2017, 07:10:03 pm »