"Coach K"

"I want one!"

Big thanks to Bob Sharkey for letting me try out his first boat, Coach K.  The boat is a Kaschper International model.  Nice!  I learned many things; a smooth transition through the catch, balancing with squared oars in the water, reverse squaring the oars and river turns.  Does the boat suit me any better than Jaws?  Either that or I'm just progressing in the narrower boats.  The way to tell will be to get back into Jaws and see if I get worse.  Kirsten borrowed a lightweight single cared for by the Kamrads of Coach K fame.

A fun morning, "simply messing about in boats."  Since we did the time trial yesterday and what with the day off, we took it really easy, playing with singles.  I rowed some, balanced some, taught and just visited some.  The data reflects that.  I still got in my 2k, so I'm happy.

Here's the data:

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Interval details:

Workout 1, 8:29 AM - 10:04 AM, 2041 m      (Download Summary CSV)

#	Type	Start	Time	Dist (m)	Speed (m/s)	Pace (/500m)	Strokes	Avg Rate	Chart	Detail CSV
1	Just Go	8:29 AM	73:38.3	2041	0.46	18:02.4	342	4.6	view	download

Ciao,

Charles

Chasing Deb Again

Tomorrow we'll be having another learn to row at 9am.  Contact me if you'd like to be involved.

This morning was a 5k Time Trial in the double with Kirsten and chasing Deb.  We did better today than last week.  for the last 1000 meters our technique went to poo; I was tired and Kirsten had one hand go numb and useless.  Still, it felt much better on the whole.

Deb got a 30 second head start.  Boy, she's fast!

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Interval details:

Workout 1, 8:00 AM - 8:26 AM, 5002 m      (Download Summary CSV)

#	Type	Start	Time	Dist (m)	Speed (m/s)	Pace (/500m)	Strokes	Avg Rate	Chart	Detail CSV
1	Distance	8:00 AM	26:03.1	5002	3.20	2:36.2	754	28.9	view	download

Ciao,

Charles

The Rogue Wake

Kirsten and I took out the double for some short, technique oriented work.  The intervals were a repeat of our last workout.  The weather was nice, winds light and a bit cool.

Along the way, we noticed, far away, an old-fashioned cabin cruiser going by across at a medium rate.  When the wake finally reached us we could see breaking waves, so we stopped.  The wake came at us at an angle and the wave broke over the boat, hitting me between the shoulder blades!  Our washboxes were mostly filled.  After the the wake had passed, we opened the bailers and started rowing; the boat emptied out to the sound of a five-year-old finishing a chocolate shake.  We, however were soaked!

Good times.  Here's the data:

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Interval details:

Workout 1, 6:42 AM - 6:46 AM, 410 m      (Download Summary CSV)

#	Type	Start	Time	Dist (m)	Speed (m/s)	Pace (/500m)	Strokes	Avg Rate	Chart	Detail CSV
1	Just Go	6:42 AM	3:41.0	410	1.86	4:29.5	48	13.0	view	download

Workout 2, 6:47 AM - 7:08 AM, 2482 m    (show rest intervals)   (View Summary Chart)   (Download Summary CSV)

#	Type	Start	Time	Dist (m)	Speed (m/s)	Pace (/500m)	Strokes	Avg Rate	Chart	Detail CSV
1	Time	6:47 AM	0:30.0	91	3.03	2:44.9	13	26.0	view	download
2	Time	6:48 AM	0:30.0	96	3.20	2:36.3	14	28.0	view	download
3	Time	6:50 AM	0:30.0	99	3.30	2:31.6	15	30.0	view	download
4	Time	6:51 AM	0:30.0	74	2.47	3:22.8	13	26.0	view	download
5	Time	6:53 AM	1:00.0	143	2.38	3:29.8	23	23.0	view	download
6	Time	6:55 AM	2:00.0	289	2.41	3:27.6	42	21.0	view	download
7	Time	6:58 AM	0:30.0	91	3.03	2:44.9	15	30.0	view	download
8	Time	6:59 AM	0:30.0	95	3.17	2:38.0	16	32.0	view	download
9	Time	7:01 AM	0:30.0	95	3.17	2:37.9	15	30.0	view	download
10	Time	7:02 AM	0:30.0	101	3.37	2:28.6	16	32.0	view	download
11	Time	7:04 AM	1:00.0	170	2.83	2:56.5	27	27.0	view	download
12	Time	7:06 AM	2:00.0	377	3.14	2:39.2	60	30.0	view	download

Ciao,

Charles