Head racing training programs

[mrpeepers]

I am trying to figure out what my head racing training will look like this fall, and I know generally that one is supposed to zoom back out to base training for a few weeks, and then to do hard pieces that are longer than the actual head race. Aside from that, though, I haven't found many solid guides to putting together a good program. Any suggestions?

[Bob S.]

I am trying to figure out what my head racing training will look like this fall, and I know generally that one is supposed to zoom back out to base training for a few weeks, and then to do hard pieces that are longer than the actual head race. Aside from that, though, I haven't found many solid guides to putting together a good program. Any suggestions?

Wrong forum. Try:

http://www.rowingillustrated.com/boards ... ion#p49631

Actually that post is from one of the active members of this forum, but although this forum does have a new and active OTW thread, Rowing Illustrated is a more concentrated information source.

Bob S.

[Nosmo]

I am trying to figure out what my head racing training will look like this fall, and I know generally that one is supposed to zoom back out to base training for a few weeks, and then to do hard pieces that are longer than the actual head race. Aside from that, though, I haven't found many solid guides to putting together a good program. Any suggestions?

Well maybe. You could just follow the Wolverine Plan. Pretty much the same for 5K and 2K.

If you are a masters rower coming off the sprint season you should be in shape and have endurance. Unless you are mentally or physically burnt out, why go back to only base training? Most of your miles should be "base training" year round anyway. I would cut out the starts and shorter intervals (duh), but keep up something like 4x 1K once a week. Keep up one set of longer intervals 4x2K or pehaps throw in some 2 or 3x4 or 5K just to get used to the distances. Do one longer hard steady state and the rest low rate distance.

Really need to know what you;ve been doing in order to recommend how to change things for the head season.

[Rocket Roy]

Stick in some really hard 8 and 10k's is my best guess.

[mikvan52]

I am trying to figure out what my head racing training will look like this fall, and I know generally that one is supposed to zoom back out to base training for a few weeks, and then to do hard pieces that are longer than the actual head race. Aside from that, though, I haven't found many solid guides to putting together a good program. Any suggestions?

Tom Bohrer and CB Sands-Bohrer have documented plans for head raceing at tbfit.com
Also, Dan Gorriaran at Naragansett Boat Club has a top system to get you in shape for the distance OTW...
His email is on this page:
http://www.rownbc.org/?id=contact

[mrpeepers]

Thanks, y'all. The erg is so much easier to measure than OTW training that I tend to prefer long training erg pieces to long OTW pieces.