Ergomania Logistic Questions

[[old] Citroen]

<!--QuoteBegin-grams+Jan 12 2006, 05:09 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(grams @ Jan 12 2006, 05:09 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin--><br /><i>At the weigh-in do you only have one chance at meeting your weight? If you are a few grams over are you allowed to go for a run and weigh in again?</i><br /><br />Don't know-I believe the scales were right there in the middle of it all in a public place, (Food Court). Whether you can try once and then try again a bit later is up to the officials. Ask them. When it was held at the Pockock Center we were allowed to weigh in the afternoon before, which I did. It turned out to be a disadvantage, because I weighed in as a lw, then I ate too much that night...<br /> <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />At BIRC, Harry Blackwood didn't make the weight first go. So he went for a 40' run round Birmingham and came back under 75Kg. <br /><br />For BIRC there were two sets of scales, one for a try out, one for the officials. The only stipulation was that weigh-in had to be no more than two hours before the race. The weigh-in area was near the warm-up ergs, if I hadn't made weight I'd have sweated it off with a 20', 30' or 40' row.<br /><br />They stamped your entry card with "PASSED" once you'd made weight. <br />

[[old] michaelb]

Thanks for posting this topic, the questions, and the answers. I have had this vision of me standing naked in the center of a large arena, full of people, trying to make weight before the race, and wondering what that would be like.

[[old] ehagberg]

Personally, I think that weight should be made even closer to the event than an hour or two.<br /><br />C'mon - they already are giving an extra 5 pounds leeway over and above the max for on-water lightweight rowing... I don't really see it as fair for those who are true lightweights to be on the erg next to guys who aren't at/under 75kg at all by the time they sit down to row.<br /><br />Oh well.

[[old] grams]

If you do go for the attention-getting performance, put a sign up in front of yourself requesting donations for your favorite charity. Might as well make it a good show. <br /><br />In my case the really really fast ladies are lightweights, so I don't have the incentive to lose the 5 pounds I would need to in order to change my classification. It's all a numbers game anyhow. I got way too hung up on being a lightweight last time and my competition performance suffered.

[[old] PaulS]

<!--QuoteBegin-ehagberg+Jan 12 2006, 12:41 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(ehagberg @ Jan 12 2006, 12:41 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Personally, I think that weight should be made even closer to the event than an hour or two.<br /><br />C'mon - they already are giving an extra 5 pounds leeway over and above the max for on-water lightweight rowing... I don't really see it as fair for those who are true lightweights to be on the erg next to guys who aren't at/under 75kg at all by the time they sit down to row.<br /><br />Oh well. <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Or have a weigh-in immediately following the race for the top finishers, certainly no-one gains weight during their 2k. Simliar to boat weighing at a regatta. The boat must be certified to not be breaking weight rules before placings are official.

[[old] Citroen]

<!--QuoteBegin-PaulS+Jan 12 2006, 08:56 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(PaulS @ Jan 12 2006, 08:56 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin-ehagberg+Jan 12 2006, 12:41 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(ehagberg @ Jan 12 2006, 12:41 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Personally, I think that weight should be made even closer to the event than an hour or two.<br /><br />C'mon - they already are giving an extra 5 pounds leeway over and above the max for on-water lightweight rowing... I don't really see it as fair for those who are true lightweights to be on the erg next to guys who aren't at/under 75kg at all by the time they sit down to row.<br /><br />Oh well. <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />Or have a weigh-in immediately following the race for the top finishers, certainly no-one gains weight during their 2k. Simliar to boat weighing at a regatta. The boat must be certified to not be breaking weight rules before placings are official. <br /> </td></tr></table><br /><br />The problem with that is you'll get some folks who'll go dehydrated to make weight. They'll then end their race by falling off the erg and needing immediate medical attention. You want folks to race, you don't want folks to kill themselves. <br /><br />If the arena temperature and humidity is like the Birmingham National Indoor Arena (drier than a dry desert on the driest of dry days) you need to keep folks drinking.

[[old] ehagberg]

<!--QuoteBegin-Citroen+Jan 12 2006, 05:12 PM--><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><div class='genmed'><b>QUOTE(Citroen @ Jan 12 2006, 05:12 PM)</b></div></td></tr><tr><td class='quote'><!--QuoteEBegin-->The problem with that is you'll get some folks who'll go dehydrated to make weight. They'll then end their race by falling off the erg and needing immediate medical attention. You want folks to race, you don't want folks to kill themselves. <br /> </td></tr></table><br />Sure, but they really shouldn't need to dehydrate to get to 165 _if_ they are really lwts. Maybe the first time a rule making weigh-in just after or just before the race would lead to people collapsing... but I think that many would just fail to compete very well if they were dehydrated and would realize they weren't really cut out for lwt rowing for future events (or would learn to drop weight properly).<br /><br />Better still, a device to measure hydration (if one exists) could be used to disqualify those who are making weight by not drinking, thereby eliminating those who aren't really lwts.