August Series Results & Comments

[sledgehammer]

Well, a bunch of us got the first event of the August Series on RowPro completed today (a 5k). It was a bit of a brutual event for competitiors on the east coast of the US as we are suffering through a heat wave. Doup P wins the erging in hottest room award with a measured temp over 100 degrees F.

We hope more will folks join in for future events. Remember, we will through out one "worst event" at the end of the series, and we will also keep track of "avg" points per event, so it can still be fun to join in.

Prelim calcualtions below. Please let me know if I have goofed anything up. Also, if others have rowed 5k (or want to row one tomorrow) and want to be included just email me your time/age/gender/heavy-light status, and I will add you to the results.

Well done everyone!

Best, Ernie

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Fastest Time:        Anthony S.  18:01.9  (1:48.19 pace!)
Hottest Room Award:  Doug P.  (>100 degrees - whew, that can't be good for you!)
Sunrise Award:       Michael B for rowing before the sun comes up


                                                 event     series
                   age	   hwt/lwt   5000 m     points	  avg

Ernie P*	         49	   h	     18:13.4	   917	   917
Anthony S           43	   h	     18:01.9      906	   906
Jonathan T          38	   h	     18:08.5	   890	   890
Brigitte**	       44	   h	     21:45.5	   886	   886
Graeme	           32	   h	     18:35.6	   862	   862
Tom B	            43	   h	     19:04.2	   856	   856
Gustav	           38	   l	     20:29.6	   812	   812
Michael B*          40	   h	     20:06.2	   806	   806
Doug P*           41	   h	     21:36.6	   756	   756

* Season Best
** Personal Best!

[sledgehammer]

Had to row earlier today due to family commitments. Managed a 18:10 5k which was 3 secs better than Wed. Doesn't look like RP saved it though. Hope you guys will trust me....

Anyone else doing a 5k this weekend post it here (if it doesn't get save on RP). I will do the math on Sun.

Hope to join in the Sun 5k HC but will just be cruising.

Good luck everyone. Ernie

[tbever]

tbever 18:30 on Sat 8/5/06 (the Rowpro August session setup race would not work but we did a quickrace)

[sledgehammer]

thanks tom...anyone else row with you?

[tbever]

yes there were 2 others but it was confusing because the names in the chat screen are different than at the race ready screen. For example my user name in Rowpro is one thing (my real name), my name in the chat screen is MSI and my name on the race ready is Evaluation User (I purchased Rowpro in the past and recently paid for and installed the upgrade to v2.003). So the bottom line is I can't remember who they were!

[jcprazak]

Thanks for letting me race with you guys... It was a lot of fun. I will try to race the remaining races in the August schedule.

Best Regards


Jan

[sledgehammer]

As they say on the Nascar channel..."A wild weekend of racing". Some straight up 5ks, some handicapped 5ks. All in all, a modest victory against father time as the Aug Series participants burned a total of 3648 calories racing (roughly a couple of McDonalds big macs, fries and a shake).

Here are the results of this weekend's 5k racing. (all scores net 5k times):

Tom B 18.25.5
Ron C 23:07.1
Jan P 23:04.3
Marilyn D 21:49.9
Doug P 21:15.6
Graham F 19:07.7
Ernie P 18:07.6

(Hopefully, I did not forget anyone. My apologies if I did. Please set me straight and I will update the results. Also, if you did a 5k post the time and I will add you to the list.)

So updating the standings after 2 events...(assuming my calculations are correct. Please let me know if you find errors)....Drum roll please......

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Standings Based on Avg. Points Per Event

    Name	   Events	Avg Points
1.  Ernie P	   2	  919.5
2.  Anthony S    1	  906.0
3.  Jonathan T   1	  890.0
4.  Brigitte	  1	  886.0
5.  Marilyn D	 1	  873.0
6.  Tom B	     2	  871.5
7.  Graeme	    1	  862.0
8.  Graham F	  1	  840.0
9.  Gustav	    1	  812.0
10. Michael B	 1	  806.0
11. Ron C	     1	  780.0
12. Doug P	    2	  762.5
13. Jan P	     1	  696.0

Standings Based on Total Series Points 

1. Ernie P	1839
2. Tom B	  1743
3. Doug P	 1525
4. Anthony S  906
5. Jonathan T 890
6. Brigitte	886
7. Marilyn D  873
8. Graeme	  862
9. Graham F   840
10. Gustav	  812
11. Michael B  806
12. Ron C	   780
13. Jan P	   696

Well done everyone!!

Next event is on Wednesday...30 minutes. Sign up on RP or post your own race!

Best, Ernie

[whaskell]

Here are the results for Wednesday's early 30 min race. Results were saved to Oarbits. Good job everyone.

John Nichols 6755m
Graham Fisher 7543m
Will Haskell 7993m

[sledgehammer]

Thanks Will. Will need age & lwt/hwt status for John & Will for the nonathlon scoring. Thanks, Ernie

[whaskell]

Will age: 40, lwt
not sure about John. I will try to find out.

[michaelb]

I did the 30min late row with Peter from Australia. He says he is not racing. I did 7554m for the row.

If you are giving out nonrowing related awards this week, I will note that my pre-race ritual consisted of a large bowl of pasta with hot Italian sausage, and then I went out and mowed the lawn.

[sledgehammer]

Thanks Michael. It would have been one ugly scene if I ate hot Italian sausage before cranking out 7500 meters....

[Shannon]

Ernie,

For Saturday's handicap race, are we supposed to email you our PB ahead of time or do we just deal with that during the before race chat?

Shannon

[sledgehammer]

Hi Shannon - Earlier the better...I make mistakes under pressure.

[tbever]

Ernie I had to do the 30 min race today. (kids bday party yest) Distance 7966. Not what I wanted but it was 106 outside and 80 in the room where I row. (tbever 43 hwt)

-Tom