Official time 59.17 as started my Garmin just before the official start. Great weather for the event, cool but also sunny. Started the day up at 5am and picked up by teammates Steve and Kevin. Travelled to Saltash to meet rest of the crew and to launch the borrowed gig Rhos as Maladron was havingContinue reading “Sunday 3rd March 2024: Three Rivers Race at organised by Caradon Gig Club at Saltash Sailing Club”
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Saturday 2nd March 2024: Preview of Three Rivers Race in Saltash sailing club tomorrow.
Looking forward to the Three Rivers Row tomorrow run by Caradon Gig Club. This 10km of 6 mile race will be tough due to poor training over the weeks due to a virus, chest infection and poor weather for rowing 🚣🏿 on the water
Friday 1st March 2024: Couple of warm up C2 RowErg virtual rows followed by a WattBike virtual ride session
Two warm up virtual rows before doing the following Tour de WattBike flat training session This was an flat fitness Tour de WattBike training ride after several weeks recovering from a virus. Other information sent by WattBike with further stats on the ride
Saturday 24th February 2024: PNPGC mixed/mens training row for 3 rivers race next Sunday
A good training 5km session practicing strong 💪 power rowing at a good pace over 28 rpm. Also practicing starts and buoy turns. Cox: Julie 6: Jim, 5: Kevin, 4: Steve, 3:James, 2: Jem, 1: me. We also had some training partners 🐬 joining us which was nice 😊. See video clips below. Afterwards wentContinue reading “Saturday 24th February 2024: PNPGC mixed/mens training row for 3 rivers race next Sunday”
Friday 23rd February 2024: Two C2 RowErg sessions
Two quick virtual rows after some time getting over a chest infection and rib pain to get ready for tomorrow’s training row
Sunday 18th February 2024: PNPGC men’s row
Back on water after two weeks recovering from chest infection which cleared up with antibiotics Cox: Wendy, 6: Jim, 5 Julie, 4: Steve, 3: Trevor, 2: Me, 1: James. Good strong 6km fast row in choppy waters. Ribs painful but OK to row with painkillers 💊.
Saturday 4th February 2024: PNPGC mixed Three rivers crew training row
PNPGC -Three Rivers crew training cox: Julie 6: Cara, 5: Kevin, 4:,Steve, 3: Trevor, 2:Kerry, 1: Me – Wendy was a passenger. Lots of power stroke training via Pyramids and starts .
Thursday 1st February 2024: 3km virtual training row on C2 RowErg
C2 RowErg training session. after a warm up row did a 3km at a slow stroke rate of around 20 with pace at 2.08/500m and an overall time of 12min 49secs. Need to get this to 12.00 or 2.00/500m and up the stroke rate to around 24 and go for a longer 5km.
Tuesday 30th January 2024: C2 RowErg virtual training row
Did a quick C2 RowErg session with a warm up 500m row as above followed by a 3km row session trying to keep to a 20 stroke per minute. Need to work on this to reduce the time for 500m to under 2minutes and increase stroke rate to around 24.
Saturday 27th January 2024: Scillies team row plus virtual RowErg on Thursday 25th January 2024
Training row for the Scillies team mainly in the harbour but went out into the lumpy seas. Did a lot of training with a cox from Porthleven. Number of drills to improve stroke timing, starts and buoy turns. Cox: Jim -,6:Jem, 5:Julie 4:Steve 3:Trevor 2:Tina 1:me. Good session Thursday 25th January 2024 : Training C2,RowErgContinue reading “Saturday 27th January 2024: Scillies team row plus virtual RowErg on Thursday 25th January 2024”
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