Nice hilly WattBike virtual ride on Harrogate Zwift course. Good one to improve fitness of cycling 🚴♂️ on hills also for gig rowing especially on the quads. Quiet course for fellow cyclists on this one compared to other courses on Zwift. This was followed by a brief strength training session.
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Wednesday 28th June 2023: Morning Pilates Session
Morning Pilates session to improve flexibility and posture to improve tension in hips and back.
Monday 26th June 2023: PNPGC Mixed Men’s Training session
Evening row from Sandy Cove in Newlyn. Lots of race training. Cox : Julie, 6 Steve, 5 Me, 4 Jonny, 3 Grant 2 Trevor 1 Mikey with Jenny who was a rower from Henley on holiday and wanted to experience gig rowing 🚣♀️. She swoped with Trevor half way. Cool evening compared to previous nightsContinue reading “Monday 26th June 2023: PNPGC Mixed Men’s Training session”
Friday 23rd June 2023: Quick Blast on WattBike on the ROUVY Wanaka course
Quick virtual WattBike ride round the virtual ROUVY Challenge Wanaka in New Zealand. This was after a bit of strength training in the gym. Nice change from rowing 🚣♀️
Thursday 22nd June 2023: PNPGC Men’s Mixed Team to Mousehole from Sandy Cove
Lovely evening row as sun was going down. Went from Sandy Cove in Newlyn to Mousehole. Fun 🤩 row out and raced coming back. Lots of race practice, singing a few sea shanties with fun 🤩 and laughter 😂 . Cox: Julie, 6: Jane, 5: Me, 4: Jonny, 3: Trevor, 2: Alison, 1: Kerry. WentContinue reading “Thursday 22nd June 2023: PNPGC Men’s Mixed Team to Mousehole from Sandy Cove”
Monday 19th June 2023: PNPGC Men’s Crew training
Men’s Crew evening training session practicing sprinting, technique improvement and buoy turns in preparation for the Deveron Regatta. Julie : Cox, 6: Jonny 5: me, 4;Trevor, 3: Steve, 2: Mickey, 1: SteveM. Changed positions halfway through training. Good practice to swop from bow to stroke. Afterwards went for a couple of beers 🍻 in theContinue reading “Monday 19th June 2023: PNPGC Men’s Crew training”
Thursday 16th June 2023: PNPGC Race Night
1st Race with Morladron against Fortitude. I was in Morladron in seat number 2 with Julie as cox and Steve / Tina as part of crew. Three races which we won all 3. After this the crews changed and I went into Fortitude with Steve C, Steve M and Trevor. In the second race againstContinue reading “Thursday 16th June 2023: PNPGC Race Night”
Wednesday 14th June 2023: Pilates session at Gulval Village Hall
Started regular hour Pilates postural stretching session to improve posture and flexibility. Very stiff on some of the stretches and Pilates moves but hope this improves as progress in weekly sessions.
Wednesday 14th June 2023: PNPGC Men’s Training crew
Good evening row in sunny 😎 conditions with calm seas ideal for training. Practiced race starts, buoy turns and powering up from 60% upwards to get the boat moving. Also technique improvement Cox: Julie, 6: me, 5: Kevin, 4: Jonny, 3: Steve C, 2: Mikey, 1: Steve M.
Sunday 11th June 2023: Social row with our Burnham friends and organisers of this Regatta
After a heavy night day and night hitting the sack at 1 am, Julie Steve Jemima and me were kindly invited by our friends Burnham for a social row from their jetty near the sailing club down the mud flaps and along the beach. It was a relief 😅 to go straight into there twoContinue reading “Sunday 11th June 2023: Social row with our Burnham friends and organisers of this Regatta”