Head Of The Charles

[[old] rspenger]

<!--QuoteBegin-joanvb+Oct 24 2005, 06:47 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(joanvb @ Oct 24 2005, 06:47 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin--><br />Our Long Beach Rowing Association Women's Masters 8 won the Head of the Charles Masters Women's 8 (40+) event for the third time in a row (and for the fourth time out of the past five).  All of us train on the erg (this year we even requested a 5K time from everyone in August...just as a little motivation!).  We don't all currently compete on the erg...Most (if not all) of us prefer water rowing, but we appreciate all the benefits of indoor rowing and racing.  <br /><br />Joan VB <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Joan,<br /><br />Congratulations to all of you for another great H of the C win!<br /><br />regards,<br /><br />Bob S.

[[old] joanvb]

Thank you....and a big congratulations to you, Bob, on your super 2K time! Wow...all your training is sure paying off...Glad to read that you did the time at Xeno's, too! <br /> <br />Looking forward to seeing you at the Beach Sprints, if not sooner.<br /><br />Joan

[[old] Mike McGuirk]

Joan (and Mary, et al) - Huge congratulations! Sorry I missed you. Unfortunately, I had to bail out after our AM race on Saturday. Didn't get to do much socializing. Hopefully this year I'll get back again for CRASH-Bs. See you then.<br />MM<br /><br /><!--QuoteBegin-joanvb+Oct 24 2005, 09:47 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(joanvb @ Oct 24 2005, 09:47 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->I saw quite a few indoor racers at the Head of the Charles, and it's fun to read here who else was there (and sorry I missed them!)....Here's another report about Forumites who competed...<br /><br />Our Long Beach Rowing Association Women's Masters 8 won the Head of the Charles Masters Women's 8 (40+) event for the third time in a row (and for the fourth time out of the past five).  All of us train on the erg (this year we even requested a 5K time from everyone in August...just as a little motivation!).  We don't all currently compete on the erg...Most (if not all) of us prefer water rowing, but we appreciate all the benefits of indoor rowing and racing.  <br /><br />Forumites and regulars at the CRASH B's in the Long Beach 8 include Mary P, Grace M, and me.  Also, Helen Frykman is a regular at the CRASH B's, but doesn't post.  <br /><br />It's quite a production for our southern California contingent to get to Boston every year for the race (along with our boat and oars), and to endure the time and weather change, but (so far), we think it's been well worth the effort.  <br /><br />Joan VB <br /> </td></tr></table><br />

[[old] Don Seymour]

Joan,<br /><br />Great job stroking that 8. You all were flying coming down the finishing straight. I posted a shaky video of you rowing the last 500. Sorry I missed you but I got to see Margie, Wendy, Marnie and A.C. when picking up my boat.<br /><br /><a href='http://homepage.mac.com/jdseymour/iMovieTheater8.html' target='_blank'>LBRA Women's 8</a><br /><br />-Don

[[old] dennish]

Joan, Congrats to you and Mary and Grace!!! Well done. d

[[old] joanvb]

Mike, Don, and Dennis,<br /><br />Thank you all for the kind words. I'll share them with my teammates. <br /><br />Don...Our group appreciates your great video of our finish. We don't have anything like that...thanks so much!<br /><br />Hope training for all of you continues to go well.<br /><br />Joan VB