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Hi All,
My entry for this month’s CTC seems to have doubled up and thrown the other boats out of whack too. I have notified the authorities and hopefully it will be rectified asap!

Cheers,

Debbie

P.S. All sorted now

jackarabit wrote: ↑

April 17th, 2024, 3:52 pm

Just checked the CTC and boat 4 is restored to the list of unfloated boats. Still needs one hwt for full complement.

Well done! Glad you’re on the case, I didn’t know who to contact. Every seat counts and it’s always helpful to see who needs to jump into a boat!

Debbie showing up in APRIL? Great timing! Wish I could do 9’ 2k! Thoughts on Mr. Baucom. Master of the Nonathlon, age-defying evergreen! Better late than never eh?! :D I used to avoid 2Ks like the plague but in truth I think this month is harder. Halfway through and I thought when will it end! By t...

AnnaRaeGreen wrote: ↑

April 6th, 2024, 11:36 am

And welcome back to Debbie (and her new hip )

Anna Rae

Thank you Anna, pleased to be back and hopefully I will get a few metres under my belt. Too late for this season but I would like to think I can get a decent amount in from May onwards.

Good that there are 3 boats now afloat!

Hi All, Just thought I’d say a quick hello. Back rowing after a hip replacement op just over a year ago. I tried a 2K last month for the March CTC on zero training hoping to get somewhere near 9mins and I just squeezed under. :D Felt really good until I realised that I used to do HM at the same pace...

neil262 wrote: ↑

May 6th, 2021, 4:41 am

Celebrated a year on the erg last Tuesday. Had a weigh in to see how much I've lost in that time, and I'm now officially a lightweight! Lost approximately 10kg!

Congratulations! Not jealous, really I’m not

Welcome JMurray

Wow there are some cracking times/results on this month’s CTC. I must admit I haven’t rushed to try it yet. Short but painful!

I was impressed to see Chris’ list and that I have completed 103 CTCs Good to see you’re keeping tabs on us Chris.

Debbie

Well done everyone that took part in the April Fools Challenge! Some serious metres!

Welcome also Jody, enjoy your rowing Questions - just ask.

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:D I didn't bail Kept my HR at 120 average, and slow rolled it. I know I can get through this weekend's 10 and 11 with no issues, but next week should be interesting. I'm really going to try to nail this streak! It might feel both great and really weird to NOT row on the 16th, LOL, I must admit tha...

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Congrats to Sheena on the Concept2 World Erg Challenge. She broke 500K with still 7 days to go...and it looks like 100% on the rower! Well done Sheena! However it looks like you are to blame for scaring away Freddie...he could not match the numbers you are putting up :-) —Marc That is incredible, w...

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