After the alumni row on Saturday I was eager to get back out with my old teammates and do some more non impact activity. So last night 10 alumni showed up at the boathouse to row. That’s right, ten – nine rowers, one coxwain. Other than the single, most rowing boats require even numbers. So [...]
Other adventures
Rowers Hands
I spent 8 years of my life rowing both in high school and in college. Rowing is seriously destructive to the skin on your hands. When we were in high school we used to joke that rowers had to date other rowers because our hands were so gross that no one else would want to [...]
Races
Queen City Ergatta
After a 12 mile of hiking day on Saturday with my poodle Cooper I had a double race day planned on Sunday. I was returning to my rowing roots by rowing in a 2km indoor rowing race first, and then I was rushing to Concord to run a 4 mile running race. Indoor rowing races [...]
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Head of the Charles 2009
The Head of the Charles regatta is one of Rowing’s premier events. In High School we pretty much considered it to be the “Nationals” for the fall season. It’s important enough to have it’s own wikipedia entry. I first raced the Charles in my first year of rowing in 1998. It was also the only [...]
