Good mixed men over 5km training row session in a beautiful evening with sun and very calm waters making it great to home technique adjustments for length of stroke as well as practicing race starts and racing. Cox; Julie 6: Steve 5: Me 4: Trevor 3: Grant 2: Claire 1: Mikey/Kerry shots of crew andContinue reading “Tuesday 25th July 2023: Evening PNPGC mixed men Training row”
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Sunday 23th July; PNPGC GRR race crew endurance training
A long Endurance Great River Race (GRR) crew training row of over 21 km / 13 miles from Penzance Harbour to Praa sands circling the Mount and back. Very choppy seas and cloudy ☁️. Cox: Wendy, 6: Jem, 5: Julie, 4: Steve, 3: Trevor. 2: Alison, 1: me. Quite a challenging row due to highContinue reading “Sunday 23th July; PNPGC GRR race crew endurance training”
Thursday 20th July 2023: PNPGC Men’s Training
Nice evening with full men’s training row in a lovely sunny 😎 evening with calm seas. Good training on race starts and buoy turning. Cox: Julie/Wendy, 6: Steve, 5: Me, 4: Mikey, 3: Grant, 2: Jonny/Kevin, 1: Trevor. Crew in front and behind me
Wednesday 19th July 2023: Did a Technical training session on Concept2 RowErg with Dark Horse
Did a training session working out the correct technique on the Concept2 RowErg. Nice relaxed 😎 training session on YouTube which I need to put into practice on future training rows. Summary of sessions below. Everything was done at a slow pace, but still covered 2.5km.
Tuesday 18th July 2023: PNPGC – The Great River race long row training session
PNPGC Long Row training for the Great River race. Cox:Wendy, 6: Jem, 5: Julie, 4: Steve, 3: Me, 2: Alison 1: Trevor with Sarah who later replaced Alison half way. Very choppy seas and cloudy making the row challenging 😥 which was good for training . Lot’s of sing shanties to keep people amused suchContinue reading “Tuesday 18th July 2023: PNPGC – The Great River race long row training session”
Sunday 16th July 2023: Training Gig Row to Newlyn Harbour and back
Training row to Newlyn Harbour and back. Morladron and Fort- itude taken out on choppy waters. Cox m: Wendy 6: Jem, 5:Julie, 4: Steve, 3: Sarah 2: Me and 1: Janice Some photos in Newlyn harbour
Thursday 13th July 2023: PNPGC Evening crew row
Nice evening row in choppy seas. Good practice on buoy turns and race starts as well as technical race rowing 🚣♀️ . Cox: Emma, 6: Steve 5:Julie 4: Jem 3: Trevor, 2: Me 1: Kevin with Janice observing.
Saturday 8th July 2023: Quick row on Ergo
Quick row on Concept2 ergrow to increase fitness for the Great River Race in September. Need to quicken the time per 500m and distance. I think more flexibility in hips by Pilates to increase forward reach and length of stroke. Good workout though.
Wednesday 5th July 2023 : PNPGC Row for Health initiative celebrating 75 years of NHS
Penzance and Newlyn Pilot Gig Club (PNPGC) led a row along the Penzance sea front to Sandy Cove. We had two boats 🚣♀️ out the six oared Morladron and four oared flighty Four-Titude fully crewed seen above where I was in stroke. Morladron crew below with oars up and flying the thank you to theContinue reading “Wednesday 5th July 2023 : PNPGC Row for Health initiative celebrating 75 years of NHS”
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”
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