Insider Rowing

So after the LONG drive back to Ohio, I had some additional thoughts about training, rigging, age.
I mentioned previously that our rudder post in the pair snagged on the underside of the stakeboat. This made me think that the Wintech we were using was a bigger boat than we needed (we sat too high in […]

The Good: Zack and Mitch placed second in the intermediate lightweight pair. They raced only 40′ after the senior four and we were concerned that the short rest time would affect their performance. Fortunately, they managed and raced well.
The Bad: We re-rigged our four at the last minute to a starboard stroke and it actually […]

Chris and I practiced the pair in the morning before racing started, and then practiced our four lineup in the afternoon. We’re combining with the other Marietta lightweight pair of Mitch and Zach to race the senior lightweight four event, which should be a blast. This is the second time we’ve rowed the four together, […]

Hell yes! We made it to Nationals and I’m thrilled to be here. Good old Cherry Hill, New Jersey. We scored a sweet new Wintech pair from Fairmount and it’s a HUGE upgrade over our previous shell. We took it out for a swing tonight and it feels light and responsive. Because of this, we’re […]

So I haven’t written in awhile because I’ve got a couple of things going on. The first is that I picked up a part-time job, waiting tables at the River City Boathouse in Marietta. It’s laid back and brings in a few bucks. I’m working almost every day and that combined with practice has […]

My pair partner Chris is out of town for a couple of days, on vacation with the missus, so I’m on my own training-wise. I took out his Hudson single this morning and tooled around the river. It was a nice row, but I’m rusty as a sculler so I didn’t do anything exciting. It […]

I made a conscious effort to work on my release this morning in practice. As I said earlier, the release is a complicated, subtle movement, and I believe the release is as important, if not more so, than a proper catch. Both ends of the stroke require a high degree of skill, and I’ve seen […]

So I’ve been in Marietta, Ohio, training in the pair for the last week. My partner is Chris Pucella, men’s coach at Marietta College, and he’s graciously agreed to host me and be my partner for one last hurrah–we both recently turned 32 and don’t expect to be able to train for a full summer […]