Monday -- 6:00 - 7:00 pm @ Millvale.
Wednesday -- 6:30 - 8:00 pm @ Washington's Landing.
Friday -- 6:00 - 8:00 pm @ Millvale.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Occoquan GPS Track
Took me a while, but here's the GPS track of the MM4+ at Occoquan. This race course definitely got added to the list of my favorite ones!
Monday, November 3, 2008
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Rick at HOTC
Check out these photos. Luckily for him, the shots we see of his blade are always with it square and just off the water, ready for the catch. And he is usually smiling too!
https://www.sportgraphics.com/events/26/photo_browser?school_id=5595&event_leg_id=10777&commit=Refresh
(If the link doesn't work, go to the Sports Graphic website. His event was men's club 8+, Blue Goose Rowing Club, bow #69.)
https://www.sportgraphics.com/events/26/photo_browser?school_id=5595&event_leg_id=10777&commit=Refresh
(If the link doesn't work, go to the Sports Graphic website. His event was men's club 8+, Blue Goose Rowing Club, bow #69.)
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Relaxation is key!
I remember Jack telling me in one of my very first races with the team to relax. I thought he was nuts! I was so keyed up that relaxation was impossible. When I missed my first stroke and swore, I couldn't believe Jack was relaxed enough to laugh!
Rick has always told us that the way to get good at racing is to do it. I see now that race experience leads to the ability to relax which leads to a better race. The article below is mostly about swimming and running, but it clearly applies to rowing, too. How many times have you heard Rick say "relax the upper body!"?
For your reading pleasure:
By GINA KOLATA Published: October 1, 2008 LIKE so many people around the world, Dr. Michael Joyner was transfixed watching Michael Phelps swim in the Summer Olympics. But while many of us focused on Mr. Phelps's world records, Dr. Joyner, a competitive Masters swimmer and an exercise researcher at the Mayo Clinic, noticed something else. "I have never seen anyone so relaxed in the water," he said. Relaxation. It is a trait that is often underappreciated, coaches and athletic trainers say. Yet it can make the difference between doing your best and not doing well, between feeling dragged down or soaring. Coaches search for better ways to teach it. And many athletes, including some of the world's best, work on it constantly. An ability to relax while pushing hard, exercise researchers say, is one reason why winners win. "It's the paradox of athletics," said Rick DeMont, associate head coach for men's swimming at the University of Arizona and a former Olympian. "Tension is slow, tension is inefficient. You need to be relaxed." And relaxation can be taught. "If a person is willing to learn, they will learn it," said Ralph Reiff, a certified athletic trainer and director of St. Vincent Sports Performance Center in Indianapolis. Coaches agree. "Some started in a better position than others, but nearly everyone I've ever had can improve," said Clyde Hart, the director of track and field at Baylor University. Mr. Hart has coached some of the world's best runners, including Michael Johnson and Jeremy Wariner. He now coaches Sanya Richards, who won bronze and gold medals at the Beijing Games. Yet relaxation also is a mysterious state and hard to describe. It's one of those situations in which you know it when you achieve it. Athletes who get there "always feel wonderful," Mr. DeMont said. But, he adds, "you don't get there by trying really hard to get there." In a sense, relaxation goes against most athletes' instincts. Mr. Hart likes to point out the way elementary and middle school children run. "The kids throw their heads back," Mr. Hart said. "They think that the harder they go, the faster they run." That sort of body tension is the first thing Mr. Hart tries to correct. "The quickest way to improve a kid is to teach him to relax," Mr. Hart said. But it's also important for athletes to realize that relaxing does not mean slowing down. "A lot of athletes don't know the difference between relaxing and not running," Mr. Hart said. With runners, he said, the upper body must relax but, he added, "the lower body is going to run." One of his tricks is to have athletes concentrate on relaxing their eyes. "If they're wide eyed, they're tense," Mr. Hart said. "I tell runners to run sleepy eyed. It's like pouring a soothing oil over the body." As the eyes relax, the face starts to relax, the jaw relaxes and then, Mr. Hart said, he tells runners to let the feeling spread through the shoulders and arms. "You want your arms to be your rhythm," he said. "They may not help you, but they can hurt you big time if your arms are tense and you are gripping your hands tightly." Mr. DeMont said that in track and swimming it helps to relax the lower jaw and make sure you are breathing with your diaphragm and your stomach. And Mr. Reiff said that he tells runners to stay tall, avoiding the rolled shoulders and tight upper body form that comes with fatigue and being too tense. He tells them to rehearse the phrase, "stay tall" to themselves while they run. And, he said, coaches or a friend on the sideline during a race can shout it out if a runner shows tenseness. "If you are a coach on the sideline and holler to your runners, 'stay tall,' all of a sudden they lift themselves out of that position," Mr. Reiff said. People like Michael Phelps, these experts say, are masters of relaxation, able to get into a rhythm and stay there even with the intense pressure of Olympic competition. For example, Mr. DeMont said, when Mr. Phelps swam, his stroke count remained the same in every lap. A tense and inefficient swimmer, he added, will take more strokes with every lap of the pool. Mr. Phelps, he said, "was able to nail it every time." He is, Mr. DeMont said, "a rhythm master." COACHES and athletic trainers say athletes always know when they relax. Mr. DeMont asks people to remember the best they ever did in a race or in training. "Think of how darn good it felt," he said. "That's the feeling you are after." It makes sense to Dr. Joyner. He explained that when people start to train and compete, these experiences of being relaxed happen at random. "But if you pay attention you can increase the odds of them happening again and again," he said. "To me this is what people talk about when they say they are 'in the zone.' " It happened to Dr. Joyner recently when he ran a half marathon after what he said was minimal training. Somehow he finished the race in 1 hour 38 minutes, a result that shocked him. "It's a strange thing because at some level you are reading the fatigue and 'pain' from your body and using it to get and stay right on the razor's edge," he wrote in an e-mail message. "I put pain in quotes because you hurt, but it is not painful in the traditional sense because you are using it and you are not fearful and are just sort of 'right there.' " "It was interesting when I ran that half marathon," Dr. Joyner said. "I had not run a race in like 11 years but I was able to get right into a rhythm and just sort of do it. What did Yogi say? 'It was like déjà vu all over again.' " "At some level," Dr. Joyner added, "everyone I know who has been a hard-core endurance athlete for many years is a covert religious mystic due to these types of experiences."
Rick has always told us that the way to get good at racing is to do it. I see now that race experience leads to the ability to relax which leads to a better race. The article below is mostly about swimming and running, but it clearly applies to rowing, too. How many times have you heard Rick say "relax the upper body!"?
For your reading pleasure:
By GINA KOLATA Published: October 1, 2008 LIKE so many people around the world, Dr. Michael Joyner was transfixed watching Michael Phelps swim in the Summer Olympics. But while many of us focused on Mr. Phelps's world records, Dr. Joyner, a competitive Masters swimmer and an exercise researcher at the Mayo Clinic, noticed something else. "I have never seen anyone so relaxed in the water," he said. Relaxation. It is a trait that is often underappreciated, coaches and athletic trainers say. Yet it can make the difference between doing your best and not doing well, between feeling dragged down or soaring. Coaches search for better ways to teach it. And many athletes, including some of the world's best, work on it constantly. An ability to relax while pushing hard, exercise researchers say, is one reason why winners win. "It's the paradox of athletics," said Rick DeMont, associate head coach for men's swimming at the University of Arizona and a former Olympian. "Tension is slow, tension is inefficient. You need to be relaxed." And relaxation can be taught. "If a person is willing to learn, they will learn it," said Ralph Reiff, a certified athletic trainer and director of St. Vincent Sports Performance Center in Indianapolis. Coaches agree. "Some started in a better position than others, but nearly everyone I've ever had can improve," said Clyde Hart, the director of track and field at Baylor University. Mr. Hart has coached some of the world's best runners, including Michael Johnson and Jeremy Wariner. He now coaches Sanya Richards, who won bronze and gold medals at the Beijing Games. Yet relaxation also is a mysterious state and hard to describe. It's one of those situations in which you know it when you achieve it. Athletes who get there "always feel wonderful," Mr. DeMont said. But, he adds, "you don't get there by trying really hard to get there." In a sense, relaxation goes against most athletes' instincts. Mr. Hart likes to point out the way elementary and middle school children run. "The kids throw their heads back," Mr. Hart said. "They think that the harder they go, the faster they run." That sort of body tension is the first thing Mr. Hart tries to correct. "The quickest way to improve a kid is to teach him to relax," Mr. Hart said. But it's also important for athletes to realize that relaxing does not mean slowing down. "A lot of athletes don't know the difference between relaxing and not running," Mr. Hart said. With runners, he said, the upper body must relax but, he added, "the lower body is going to run." One of his tricks is to have athletes concentrate on relaxing their eyes. "If they're wide eyed, they're tense," Mr. Hart said. "I tell runners to run sleepy eyed. It's like pouring a soothing oil over the body." As the eyes relax, the face starts to relax, the jaw relaxes and then, Mr. Hart said, he tells runners to let the feeling spread through the shoulders and arms. "You want your arms to be your rhythm," he said. "They may not help you, but they can hurt you big time if your arms are tense and you are gripping your hands tightly." Mr. DeMont said that in track and swimming it helps to relax the lower jaw and make sure you are breathing with your diaphragm and your stomach. And Mr. Reiff said that he tells runners to stay tall, avoiding the rolled shoulders and tight upper body form that comes with fatigue and being too tense. He tells them to rehearse the phrase, "stay tall" to themselves while they run. And, he said, coaches or a friend on the sideline during a race can shout it out if a runner shows tenseness. "If you are a coach on the sideline and holler to your runners, 'stay tall,' all of a sudden they lift themselves out of that position," Mr. Reiff said. People like Michael Phelps, these experts say, are masters of relaxation, able to get into a rhythm and stay there even with the intense pressure of Olympic competition. For example, Mr. DeMont said, when Mr. Phelps swam, his stroke count remained the same in every lap. A tense and inefficient swimmer, he added, will take more strokes with every lap of the pool. Mr. Phelps, he said, "was able to nail it every time." He is, Mr. DeMont said, "a rhythm master." COACHES and athletic trainers say athletes always know when they relax. Mr. DeMont asks people to remember the best they ever did in a race or in training. "Think of how darn good it felt," he said. "That's the feeling you are after." It makes sense to Dr. Joyner. He explained that when people start to train and compete, these experiences of being relaxed happen at random. "But if you pay attention you can increase the odds of them happening again and again," he said. "To me this is what people talk about when they say they are 'in the zone.' " It happened to Dr. Joyner recently when he ran a half marathon after what he said was minimal training. Somehow he finished the race in 1 hour 38 minutes, a result that shocked him. "It's a strange thing because at some level you are reading the fatigue and 'pain' from your body and using it to get and stay right on the razor's edge," he wrote in an e-mail message. "I put pain in quotes because you hurt, but it is not painful in the traditional sense because you are using it and you are not fearful and are just sort of 'right there.' " "It was interesting when I ran that half marathon," Dr. Joyner said. "I had not run a race in like 11 years but I was able to get right into a rhythm and just sort of do it. What did Yogi say? 'It was like déjà vu all over again.' " "At some level," Dr. Joyner added, "everyone I know who has been a hard-core endurance athlete for many years is a covert religious mystic due to these types of experiences."
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Hotel for Head of Speakmon
Contract for Columbus race (staying Friday 10/24/08)is in system. We have a block of rooms at Hyatt Place 6161 Parkcenter Circle Dublin, OH 43017 . Room rate is $99 plus tax (16.75%) and are for king or double rooms all of which also have pull out sleeper sofas. To make a reservation you can:Call 888.603.4466 and ask for a reservation in the group block- 3 Rivers Rowing Assoc- EMM-or go online to www.hyattplace.com; enter Dublin, OH in the location; and then enter G-TRRA into the space for group/corporate code. If you have any problems or questions email me and I will work with sales manager.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
Back on the water ...
8530m despite all the wake. Too bad the altitude resolution of GPS isn't good enough to show all the up and down along our track.
Thank you all soooooo much! The whole evening was exactly as we hoped for and it couldn't have been that way without all of your help. Thanks so much for the Pittsburgh pictures and books also. One of the reasons we like Pittsburgh so much is because of all of you. It was really special for us to be able to show off our beautiful city to so many of our family and friends.I'm so honored to be able to call myself your coach.
Thank you all, Rick and Robin
Dana, the picture above might be proof that the blurriness isn't my power, but the ability of the photographer... :)
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Rick & Robin's
One of Rick's super powers is the ability to cause any camera to blur when he's in the frame...pictures from the party
Monday, August 4, 2008
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Grand Regatta, Grand Rapids, MI
Here's a GPS track of the 1000m course on the Grand River in Grand Rapids, MI. After the regatta almost got rained out (the forecast called for thunderstorms getting worse throughout the day), it cleared up after a bit of rain and was sunny by noon. The course is nicely protected, so even with a good breeze the water was very nice.
Steering is clearly still an area of improvement. In the 1x race, I finished second (of six) on the water which was enough for third place with the handicap. My mixed 2x finished third (of six) on the water (by 2 seconds) and fourth with the handicap. Another boat form Detroit beat us by 0.5 seconds thanks to a 15 second handicap. Oh well :)
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
short row
Sorry for the delay ... here's our row from before Independence Day. 4023 meters, thanks to the powerboats on the river and the congestion in the channel.
In less than two weeks I'll be back for good ... but not before racing in Grand Rapids next weekend with the Detroit crew. I'm racing a 1x and a mixed 2x ... started to like this two-oared small-boats rowing, but definitely looking forward to bigger boats again!
Monday, July 7, 2008
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Medalpoolza Part 2
More pictures of the Midwest Masters Medalpoolza have been posted (click the bold "Midwest Masters Regatta" above). Note - the last two "pictures" are videos of the Women's 8+ A boat and Mixed 8+ (B)? For those of you who don't believe Jeanette hit a goose...there is tangential evidence in the Women's 8+ video.
Columbus Race GPS Track
The track itself is a bit hard to see in the brown water, but those are the 850m of the race this weekend.
Great racing, everyone!
Devin is dancing at the 3 Rivers Arts Festival
For all of those that known the coach Devin: he is dancing tonight and next Friday, Saturday, Sunday at 5:30 pm at the Market Place. Please check time and location on the 3 Rivers Arts Festival program.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
SPORTS / OLYMPICS | June 1, 2008
Countdown to Beijing: China's Pride: A 24-Karat Olympic Machine
By JULIET MACUR
Rowing is at the heart of China’s plan to capture, for the first time, more gold medals than any other nation at the Olympics.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Race prep!
I thought it would be helpful to post some tips and reminders as we prepare for our first race. Please jump in and add your comments for what makes a successful race day!
Thursday, May 29, 2008
De-rigging and re-rigging
We will be de-rigging the boats and loading the trailer for our first race, the Midwest Masters Sprints in Columbus, on Thursday , June 5th, at 6:30 p.m.
We will unload, wash and re-rig on Sunday, June 8th, at 11:00 a.m.
Many hands make light work, so all are encouraged to attend if possible, whether racing or not. As Rick stated at practice on Wednesday evening, this was the only area where we struggled with having enough help last year. Although you might not be attending this race, you will appreciate extra help from non-racers when it is your turn to race, so please help if at all possible. We won't be using a formal sign-out procedure, but please e-mail the captains if you know you won't be available.
We will unload, wash and re-rig on Sunday, June 8th, at 11:00 a.m.
Many hands make light work, so all are encouraged to attend if possible, whether racing or not. As Rick stated at practice on Wednesday evening, this was the only area where we struggled with having enough help last year. Although you might not be attending this race, you will appreciate extra help from non-racers when it is your turn to race, so please help if at all possible. We won't be using a formal sign-out procedure, but please e-mail the captains if you know you won't be available.
Charm City Hotel Info
I already sent this by email but wanted it posted too. Charm City Regatta hotel info is as follows:
There is a 15 room block (more can be added before deadline as needed) for Friday 6/20/08 at the Holiday Inn Express Baltimore at the Stadiums. 1701 Russell Street Baltimore, MD 21230
ph 410-727-1818 0r 866-481-1818. Rate is $129 plus tax and includes hot buffet breakfast starting @ 6am. Reservations must be made before 6/6/08 or rooms return to general circulation. Secure parking is $10/day with in/out priveleges. Any questions contact Kathy Raymond.
There is a 15 room block (more can be added before deadline as needed) for Friday 6/20/08 at the Holiday Inn Express Baltimore at the Stadiums. 1701 Russell Street Baltimore, MD 21230
ph 410-727-1818 0r 866-481-1818. Rate is $129 plus tax and includes hot buffet breakfast starting @ 6am. Reservations must be made before 6/6/08 or rooms return to general circulation. Secure parking is $10/day with in/out priveleges. Any questions contact Kathy Raymond.
Monday, May 26, 2008
Memorial Day row
Here's where we went this morning. It was great rowing with my real team again. Looking forward to Columbus and to being back for good in late July.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
Update from Detroit
As of this week I'm rowing with a different (and much better organized) team ... the Detroit Women's Rowing Association (yes, they do take men, too). It's a small club, but they have great boats and a great coach who's teaching me a lot about sculling. Their team is also going to be in Columbus for the regatta, so'll be able to meet some of them there.
This morning's row (note the time stamp on the picture!) went along the shore of the Detroit river ... just to the right off the end of the image is Lake St. Clair.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Race Waivers
Please do:
1. Go to: https://www.regattacentral.com/athletes
2. Our roster code is: CD-432077
3. Just follow instructions
If you do this now, we should be set with waivers for most races this year. This is how the online waiver is working this year. Thanks - Rick
1. Go to: https://www.regattacentral.com/athletes
2. Our roster code is: CD-432077
3. Just follow instructions
If you do this now, we should be set with waivers for most races this year. This is how the online waiver is working this year. Thanks - Rick
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Rowing in Detroit
As you can see below, I'm still rowing here in Detroit. At 7am this morning the water was choppier than what I was used to ... but they tell me that during the week at 5am it's very nice :) I'll tell you on Monday whether or not that's true. I also met two Germans (what are the chances!) at the boat house, and we'll probably be rowing together in a four or quad. We should call it "Das Boot".
The boat house is on an island in the Detroit river ... Detroit is cut off in the top left of the image. When we row around the island, we'll be rowing along the US-Canada border. Just have to watch out for some LARGE boats there.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
This Summer's Races
Thought I'd relist the summer's races to remind and encourage any team mates who haven't decided about them yet. The 4 "sprint" races that EMM is perticipating in are: Midwest Master's in Columbus (6/7/08), Charm City Regatta in Baltimore (6/21/08), Heinz Challenge here in Pittburgh (7/12/08) and Quaker City Regatta in Philadelphia (8/4/08). Please email me regarding your participation in these races ASAP. The Columbus race is most important because Rick would like to get lineups to us so we can practice with the same lineups.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
last GPS track for a while
Here is Saturday's GPS track of the skeg-less Porter. 9978 meters.
As many of you already know, I'm in Detroit for an internship this summer. I'm planning on rowing here with a masters team, and I'll come race with you in Columbus. In time for Quaker City in August I'll be back again.
Friday, April 25, 2008
Columbus race information
The reservation lines for Columbus race are 614-771-8999 or 1800-321-2211. The hotel is Courtyard Columbus West. Rate is $99.95 plus tax. The group name is TRRA-EMM. Dana was told he had to wait until 5/1 to make reservation but I made 2 separate ones over 2 days and didn't have any trouble. If anybody else has trouble please email me separately because the contract is in the system and the sales manager knows we are starting to make reservations. More info, maps and directions as we get closer to race.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
What happened to the pictures?
Wasn't there a link to all our pretty pictures along the right side of the blog? What happened to them?
Monday, April 21, 2008
Tonight's Row
Missing a piece at the beginning because I didn't get a lock on the satellites until we crossed the river.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Link to buy EMM T-shirts or thongs
Just thought I'd add the link to the blog since that's where we all look for EMM info now. Right? Buy a shirt (buy a thong).
Central Catholic Race; April 11, 2008
Can you believe this picture was taken only 2 hours before we went out on the water on Saturday? Oh...and check out those handle heights.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Choppy Water ...
Today's row through choppy water. (Un?)fortunately I was in the wrong boat to record a certain pirouette ...
Caramel brownie recipe
1 pkg German chocolate cake mix
1 small can evaporated milk
1/2 cup melted butter
1 pkg caramels
6 oz chocolate chips
1/2 cup nuts
Blend cake mix, melted butter and 1/3 cup milk. Press half into greased 9x13 pan. Bake 6 min at 350. Cool.
In a saucepan, melt caramels with 1/3 cup milk, stirring constantly. Spread over cake layer. Crumble remaining cake mix on top and press down. Sprinkle chocolate chips and nuts on top.
Bake 20-22 minutes at 350.
1 small can evaporated milk
1/2 cup melted butter
1 pkg caramels
6 oz chocolate chips
1/2 cup nuts
Blend cake mix, melted butter and 1/3 cup milk. Press half into greased 9x13 pan. Bake 6 min at 350. Cool.
In a saucepan, melt caramels with 1/3 cup milk, stirring constantly. Spread over cake layer. Crumble remaining cake mix on top and press down. Sprinkle chocolate chips and nuts on top.
Bake 20-22 minutes at 350.
Friday, April 11, 2008
The 8th Annual Global Marathon Challenge starts Wednesday April 16!
Anyone interested in doing the C2 Marathon? You get a mug if you row 42,195 meters in one sitting (you're allowed to take breaks). It's a nice mug. You can also erg a half-marathon. I don't think you get a mug. We'd have to do it by midnight on April 30. For details, go to Concept 2
I think it would be fun-er to do it together. How does April 29 work for you?
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Monday, April 7, 2008
NARC Challenge 2008
We're currently 47 out 146 in the NARC Challenge. Many of you have signed up but not entered your meters....if you don't have time to enter your meters, just send me the total number of meters you've rowed since March 15th and I'll add them to the rank. We can get in the top 10 if we get more meters in there. Email me with any questions.
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Oar Painting
Out first EMM team volunteer effort was a great success. Thank you to all who painted, taped, sanded, and ran oars all over creation. All 72 oars were painted with one coat and around 40% with a second. I will let everyone know if we will have more FIRE RED painting to do next Saturday. Thank you EMM.
First Row ...
Here's the GPS track of our first row of the season.
Maybe our next volunteer project should be to build a flow-control dam upriver.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Florida rowing center
Florida rowing center was awesome! Trip back...not so much (check in trouble, delayed flight, missed connection, unplanned night in Atlanta, extra stop in Charolette...AHHHH!). Don't have much time to share right now, but a few things were especially helpful:
1. You don't "catch" the water, the water catches your blade. Once the water has "caught" and "accepted" the blade, it positions it exactly as it needs to be.
2. Keep pressure on the pins throughout the stroke. I've always sort of lost track of my oars while rowing, creating a lot of instability. By putting pressure on the pins, I felt much more confident about where my oars were. I think we all profited greatly from this bit of advice.
3. Get the blades out of the water as soon as your legs are flat. You actually slow the boat if you don't.
As I was rowing around trying to concentrate on these things, I also thought about Rick's coaching, and how hearing things explained a little differently made me realize I wasn't really thinking about them too clearly. They had become abstractions that I tended to just skim over--like, you don't really think about walking.
1. You don't "catch" the water, the water catches your blade. Once the water has "caught" and "accepted" the blade, it positions it exactly as it needs to be.
2. Keep pressure on the pins throughout the stroke. I've always sort of lost track of my oars while rowing, creating a lot of instability. By putting pressure on the pins, I felt much more confident about where my oars were. I think we all profited greatly from this bit of advice.
3. Get the blades out of the water as soon as your legs are flat. You actually slow the boat if you don't.
As I was rowing around trying to concentrate on these things, I also thought about Rick's coaching, and how hearing things explained a little differently made me realize I wasn't really thinking about them too clearly. They had become abstractions that I tended to just skim over--like, you don't really think about walking.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Concept 2 NARC Challenge
The 15th Annual North American Rowing Challenge, sponsored by Concept2, runs March 15-April 15. It is an online "logbook" challenge for indoor rowing (no water meters count.) There are a variety of prizes that can be won - some by random drawing, others for the number of meters logged.
Many of you have already participated in online challenges - so all you need to do is enter your meters. You can view team standings through the Team link from your personal log book.
If you're new to online challenges, first create a Concept2 Personal Logbook. Through the Profile link you can sign up for the online team (labeled Three Rivers Rowing Association Mixed Masters.) Enter your meters after every workout and you'll be participating!
Our current standing (at the time of this post) is 39 out of 125. (Not bad for only 7 rowers!!!) Sign up and get us to #1!
For more information or trouble shooting help on your logbook - click here.
Many of you have already participated in online challenges - so all you need to do is enter your meters. You can view team standings through the Team link from your personal log book.
If you're new to online challenges, first create a Concept2 Personal Logbook. Through the Profile link you can sign up for the online team (labeled Three Rivers Rowing Association Mixed Masters.) Enter your meters after every workout and you'll be participating!
Our current standing (at the time of this post) is 39 out of 125. (Not bad for only 7 rowers!!!) Sign up and get us to #1!
For more information or trouble shooting help on your logbook - click here.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Team meeting on Saturday
Agenda: races, uniforms, coxing, getting on the water, volunteering, team blog and calendar
Snacks: off course!
Snacks: off course!
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