Author Archives: CAMTRIER

Monday 25th September: Quick WattBike virtual ride around Zwift’s London route, weights and gig row

Quick WattBike virtual training ride around Zwifts London route which reminded me of last weekend as part of the Thames we rowed around in Westminster is displayed on the map where I cycled around virtually. Followed this with a strength session with weights and then by a 5km gig row on choppy seas as below:Continue reading “Monday 25th September: Quick WattBike virtual ride around Zwift’s London route, weights and gig row”

Friday 15th September 2023: Travel to London for the London Great River Race (GRR)

Steve picked me up with Sarah and we drove to London and met with some of the crew at a service station on the way. It took 4 hours to get to Exeter as the traffic was horrendous on A30. We decided to go on on the M5 and onto the A30/303 route but thisContinue reading “Friday 15th September 2023: Travel to London for the London Great River Race (GRR)”

Tuesday 13th September 2023: PNPGC vigorous row

Last quick fast gig row before the London Great River Race. Cox: Wendy/Julie 6: Steve, 5: Ian (Guest from Bermuda), 4: Trevor, 3: Felix, 2: Alison, 1: Me. This was a fast row with a lot of training for buoy turns and race starts. Really nice row with Ian from Bermuda 🇧🇲 who rows inContinue reading “Tuesday 13th September 2023: PNPGC vigorous row”

Saturday 16th September: London Great River Race (GRR) Day

Up at 5.00 am and had a great breakfast prepared by the Scouts and got ready for the race and went to get the the coach to Millwall from the campsite in Richmond at 07.30 am and we arrived at the start at Millwall docks. We had to move our gig and get it readyContinue reading “Saturday 16th September: London Great River Race (GRR) Day”

Monday 12th September 2023: PNPGC Great River Race training Session

Good training row for the Great River Race Row. Nice evening and reasonably calm seas. Also did some race starts and practiced several change over of crew with Alison and Sarah. Cox: Wendy, 6: Jemima, 5: Julie, 4: Steve, 3: Trevor, 2: Alison, 1: Me and Sarah as passenger and rowed in 5 and 2.Continue reading “Monday 12th September 2023: PNPGC Great River Race training Session”