hahahahahahaha! I should have seen that one coming....just27 wrote:Finally, I've found something that President Obama and I agree upon:BAZzy wrote: And still on the subject of vegemite (I did say I would move on!) I see that it was discussed at the highest level in the Oval Office yesterday, but no mention made of marmite – it seems!
http://www.smh.com.au/national/vegemite ... 1bmnw.html
"It's horrible," Obama said.
macbruce1 wrote:Wowkgallagher wrote:Boo-hoo!It seems like I may be erging a little longer than usual this year. The flood conditions led to a disastrous occurance. My dock floated away>
Sorry to hear about your dock. The weather has been crazy this year. .....
Ron
On an unrelated topic-Has anyone out there had problem with pain in the knuckles of their fingers after rowing? In the past month or so, after rowing my knuckles hurt. The next morning it takes several minutes of movement before I can make a fist without significant pain. I hope it's not a sign of ageing
kgallagher wrote:macbruce1 wrote:Wowkgallagher wrote:Boo-hoo!
Ron
On an unrelated topic-Has anyone out there had problem with pain in the knuckles of their fingers after rowing? In the past month or so, after rowing my knuckles hurt. The next morning it takes several minutes of movement before I can make a fist without significant pain. I hope it's not a sign of ageing
Ron,
Thanks for the sympathies. It has been a crazy winter. I'm in New Haven, CT for those who don't know. We had 8 snow days from school this year (yes, I'm a teacher). That's a record. We usually only end up with one or two and a bunch of delays.
As for the knuckles, it may be aging, but it could have to do with your grip or a combination of the two. When sculling (for those who don't know, sculling is rowing with one oar in each hand; sweep rowing is when there is only one oar to a rower), my coach used to make me row on the recovery with my finger tips straight out to lessen the "death grip" on the handle. If you are gripping too tightly it can cause a variety of issues... finger cramping, dumping into your lap at the finish, forearm tension, shoulder tension, all leading to bad strokes. When I erg, I actually adjust my hands and move them in and out on the handle so that I'm not always in the exact same position. I also try not to squeeze the handle. You definitely don't want to be too tight with your grip on the drive. I agree with Ross who said (at least I think it was Ross who said it, forgive me if I am mis-quoting someone) something to the effect of, the power comes from the legs/quads. He's dead on. Leg power baby, pry open the back and finish with the arms, but no death grips. The upper body just finishes off the stroke and sends the boat. (Well, it would if we were on the water in a racing shell.)
Karyn
After your FINAL word on vegemite, there have been at least a dozen posts on the subject. And it has gone all the way to the white house. Perahps there are some other topics on which you might care to make a "final" word? You have astounding influence!BAZzy wrote:Great to see Melissa up there in lights!
And a final word on vegemite.....It's great on Vita Weet biscuits, so when you squeeze two together, the black goo will flow through the holes in the bikkies, like worms in a row. ) At that point, goosebumps....aaaack. You're having some fun with us....but I digress...
I saw TomO do that very thing with a vita-wheat just the other day, I guess it is an Aussie thing though!
Cheers, BBB
Mike G with (71,654 m) to go!
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[/quote]I'll be taking a looong week-end starting tomorrow while we tour DC and elsewhere. Unless I can find an erg somewhere along the way, you won't see any meters to my name until Wed next week. Please don't think I've checked out - I'll be back! My withdrawal symptoms are already starting.rsdavr wrote:Not as easy as one might first think to hang in there with the March Challenges. Here's a look at some of last year's numbers (through day 14) for overall rowing participation. I think you'll see that it is a typical pattern over the years!
In general, I really don't mind snow days. It usually comes as a treat or a bonus day off. This year we had so many right in a row I didn't feel I needed the break. The down side is being in school in June when the temperature is 90+ and you have no air conditioning.macbruce1 wrote:Is it just my imagination, or does that curve resemble the force curve displayed on my PM3
BTW Karyn. I was thinking of your rowing single and it brought to mind the old TV show Banacek. It always opened with Banacek (Played by George Peppard) rowing on the Charles. It looked like fun. Every once in while, if I take the long way to work, I see the Dartmouth crew out on the Conneticut.
Ron
Good man - watching the numbers! Yes the rower market tumbled almost one-third from yesterday's number of participants, and I also note that there are now fewer than 1000 on the 10K + boards. Of course, there may be some slight changes as individuals log in with some meters from previous days. Every year I focus on a few different markers - and this year I noted in a previous day's post that I was surprised at how many people weren't on teams amongst the participants. At that time, it appeared (in a very unscientific fashion - shame on me!) that team member participants made up about a quarter or at best a third of the total population. What I see happening is that of those who still remain on the boards....greater than fifty percent belong to teams. So...on VERY limited data, one could conclude that being on a team helps you stick with the challenge.....macbruce1 wrote:BTW I looked at the participation numbers today. I was'nt really paying that much attention, but it seemed like there was a big drop just since yesterday
Ron
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