Three paddlers and twenty one rowers converged on the Narragansett Boat House in Providence, Rhode Island for the 6th running of the Row De Prichett. Dan Gorriaran and Bill Prichett, two expert/super fast rowers, coordinate this 21 mile trek to Bill's house located in Jamestown, RI. This is my [...]
Now that spring has sprung and the temperatures are starting to climb, your focus for training should be changing. Hopefully you have spent the winter working on X-training, strength, power and now starts the process of trading that to the boat. The efforts in your kayak/surfski should include [...]
>Sean went out like a rockstar, spinning the flywheel up to speed with a flurry of short, quick strokes that reminded me of my poodle furiously pawing at the front door to go outside…< ‘Charles River All Star Has-Beens’ is the official acronym for the C.R.A.S.H-Bs. ‘Crash and [...]
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 [...]
“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 [...]
