Friday 28th April 2023: First day of racing at the 2023 World Gig Rowing Championships

Day one of gig racing at the 2023 world ๐ŸŒ gig rowing ๐Ÿšฃโ€โ™€๏ธ championships on St Mary’s in Scillies. The womans and mens vets & supervets races took place in the afternoon. Two races St Agnes and Nut Rock that are 2.94km and 2.1km respectively as shown below After breakfast in the tunnel helped CoverackContinue reading “Friday 28th April 2023: First day of racing at the 2023 World Gig Rowing Championships”

Thursday 27th April 2023: Day 2 camping on Scillies before the gig racing

After a sleep ๐Ÿ˜ด in the bijou tent waking to foggy and mizzly day. This turned into torrential ๐ŸŒง๏ธ. Took refuge in the kitchen area which started to flood outside. Felt sorry for teams arriving and having to put their tents up. Andy and Pete, my Coverack SV team mates who are also camping arrivedContinue reading “Thursday 27th April 2023: Day 2 camping on Scillies before the gig racing”

Wednesday 26th April 2023: Scillonian Ferry to St Maryโ€™s in Scillies for 32 World Gig Rowing Championship

Took Late morning Scillonian Ferry from Penzance to St Mary’s for the Scillies World ๐ŸŒŽ Gig Rowing Championships. Set up the bijou tent lent to me from my Buddy Graham at Garrison campsite . Also helped Pat from Mounts Bay put her tent up. In the evening went down to town to get a pizzaContinue reading “Wednesday 26th April 2023: Scillonian Ferry to St Maryโ€™s in Scillies for 32 World Gig Rowing Championship”

Sunday 23th April 2023: PNPGC Long endurance row to Mousehole and towards Lamorna and back in

A nice endurance ๐Ÿ’ช row from Penzance harbour into Mousehole harbour and then towards Lamorna and back. Cox: Julie, 6: Jemima, 5:,Emma, 4: Me, 3: Steve, 2:Alison, 1: Sarah. Calm in the bay and a bit choppy after Mousehole. Great row in preparation for Scillies.

Thursday 20th April 2023: Quick interval training blast on Ergrow machine

imputed the above interesting magnificent seven interval into the PM5. However missed out the rest period after 400m, so pace a little out but pleased ๐Ÿ˜ƒ as times are coming down to below 2min/500m in places. Last 100 m in particular due to better technique on the machine.

Tuesday 18th April 2023: CGC Supervets Scillies Team Gig Row

Nice gig training gig row with CGC Supervets team with a fill in for Martin with Pete’s son. Cox : Tim, 6: Ted, 5: Jon, 4: Gary, 3: Pete, 2: Me, 1: Andy. Lovely sunny day with a slight easterly wind. Rowed out of the Falmouth harbour into more choppy seas. Then did two fullContinue reading “Tuesday 18th April 2023: CGC Supervets Scillies Team Gig Row”

Friday 14th April 2023: Two Concept2-RowErg interval sessions with strength fitness session

Nice couple of Concept2 RowErg training sessions of just over 2600m. Bringing the times down with better breathing ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ. Can’t wait to get back on the water ๐Ÿšฃโ€โ™€๏ธ tomorrow morning as weather looks better for a good crew row. Followed this session with several strength ๐Ÿ’ช exercises with dumbbells and barbell weights for legs, core,Continue reading “Friday 14th April 2023: Two Concept2-RowErg interval sessions with strength fitness session”