Journey of a recreational vet triathlete, GigRower & adventure sport enthusiast and amateur photographer
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.
Morning Pilates session to improve flexibility and posture to improve tension in hips and back.
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 nights and great for racing.
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 🚣♀️
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. Went for a drink 🍻 afterwards at the Fisherman’s Arms in Newlyn with Alison, Jonny, Kerry, Trevor and Jayne.
Stop-off at Mousehole harbour
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 the Dock in Penzance with Trevor and Steve
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 against Maladron we won the first and lost second. Good night training practicing racing and buoy turns in both in the six crew gig and the four crew gig. Beautiful sunny 😎 evening and reasonably calm seas.
Afterwards had a few drinks 🍺 in Penzance sailing club.
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.
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.
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 two plastic boats from the Jetty as it saved us getting muddy again. This was followed by bacon butties and a beer before heading home to Cornwall and Penzance . Thankyou Burnham gig club for making us so welcome.
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