On Sunday, February 20 at 0940, myself, Tim, Joe, and Sean got comfortable on our assigned Ergs. Roger and Bob went off in another heat just prior to ours. Chris and Mark were there urging us on. We all have been training for this day since about December with anywhere from 2-4 session per week. This [...]
For the many years in the paddling off season starting around December, I cautiously slink over to my Concept 2 Indoor Rowing Machine called the Erg. Cautiously, because like any sport, erging is sport specific. You maybe in good paddling shape, but the Erg in less than 5 [...]
My goal of doing the Molokai started in 2004 after reading an article on the race entitled “Waves the size of small houses” by Peter Gimple in Hullspeed. The article really captured the essence of the race and I must have read and reread it 20 times over the years. I was [...]
Last year at the finish line at Koko Head Marina, after I completed my first Molokai, I received the warmest congratulations from Joe Glickman. He told me “Way to go! You did it buddy! Too bad you got flat conditions. You’re going to have to come back to experience the REAL [...]
“6-8 minutes? I can do anything for 6-8 minutes!” the weightlifter at the Rec Center exclaimed. He had watched me climb off the rowing ergometer, and inquired what I was training for. After filling him in on the details of the CR.A.S.H. Bs competition, I retorted: “Bet you can’t,” with [...]
