Starting line for the 2K is by stake boat; the 1K start line closer to the boat house is a floating start.
Photo and Story by Bryan Kitch
The 2012 World Indoor Rowing Championships are in the books, with a huge field featuring a number of new faces on the podium. The event ran without a hitch (forgiving a few false starts),[…]
Yeesh, growing a child is tough and time consuming… I have several choices for how I can spend my time that include raising a baby, training, getting things done for work and writing on the interwebs. Unfortunately, I can only[…]
Well, racing season is over – sort of. With today’s 20k ‘Row Down’/'Smack Down’ (depending on who you’re talking to), we won’t be rowing out of the MRRA boathouse anymore this fall. Richard and Michael will be going to the[…]
We’ve had a bit of a wonky (technical term, meaning ‘full of wonk’) lead up to the Head of the Charles. First, I caught the sniffles after doing an immunity depleting workout that Jeff concocted. That was the Monday before[…]
After many years of attempting to win the Textile River Regatta, and one silver and two bronze medals to my credit, I finally chalked one up in the ol’ W column. It didn’t help that Dan Brooks and Mighty Mike[…]
Sport Graphics: 2011-TX002-706.
Daniel “Blowfish” Brooks
By Marlene Royle, Photography by Peter Spurrier
Improving your starts for 1,000- and 2,000-meter events means mastering the skills that create stability, strength, and the smooth coordination of movements. Your goal for a racing start should be to get the boat moving from a[…]
