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danwho · Post by **danwho** » May 23rd, 2006, 8:17 am

Hi Brian, I hope the grips work out for you. I think they should at least provide enough cushioning to allow your finger to recover. When you say they are slippery, I was wondering if you were referring to that slight feeling of disconnect because you're not actually gripping the handle, or if you meant the hand pads were actually slipping around a little. If the latter, I was wondering if you are wearing the wrist straps or just the hand pads. I didn't particularly like wearing the wrist straps but they were effective at keeping the hand pads from moving around. I also experimented with some alternatives to the wrist straps - like cutting up an old shoelace to make little bands to go around my hands and clamping the bottom of the hand pads to that string. But after a while, I found I could stop using them.
Recently though, maybe because of this discussion, I've been thinking about wearing them at least some of the time. Something about getting older, I guess. Any discomfort and I start thinking down the road - how I don't want to be an old man who can't flex his hand because I ignored some problem when I was younger. It was so much easier to be young and invincible.

danwho · Post by **danwho** » May 23rd, 2006, 8:47 am

Oops, just reread my post. That shoelace thing - I wore them around my wrists (not my hands) and just used a paper clamp to clamp the shoelace to the bottom of the pad. I just didn't like the feeling of this thick band around my wrist. My wrist wasn't bothering me and I didn't see why I had to wear some thick support around my wrist, but they were good at keeping the hand pads steady. For that matter, I didn't need padding in the thumb area either. You don't row with your thumb. I figure the NewGrips are trying to solve a lot of problems beyond just providing some finger protection while rowing.
As long as I have them, I figure I'll use them whenever I feel a need. But I was tempted to just order some 6mm (or maybe less thick, but 6mm should be the hand pad width) neoprene sheet and some velcro and make a little sleeve for the handle, just to provide some cushioning where the fingers meet the handle. Might still do that someday.
(Home today with pink eye. Yuk. First time with this. No rowing today.)

BrianAbroad · Post by **BrianAbroad** » May 23rd, 2006, 9:52 am

danwho wrote:Hi Brian, I hope the grips work out for you. I think they should at least provide enough cushioning to allow your finger to recover. When you say they are slippery, I was wondering if you were referring to that slight feeling of disconnect because you're not actually gripping the handle, or if you meant the hand pads were actually slipping around a little. If the latter, I was wondering if you are wearing the wrist straps or just the hand pads. I didn't particularly like wearing the wrist straps but they were effective at keeping the hand pads from moving around. I also experimented with some alternatives to the wrist straps - like cutting up an old shoelace to make little bands to go around my hands and clamping the bottom of the hand pads to that string. But after a while, I found I could stop using them.
Recently though, maybe because of this discussion, I've been thinking about wearing them at least some of the time. Something about getting older, I guess. Any discomfort and I start thinking down the road - how I don't want to be an old man who can't flex his hand because I ignored some problem when I was younger. It was so much easier to be young and invincible.

By moving around a bit, I just meant my hands get quite sweaty, and the neoprene slid against my hand a lot more that the C2 handle did. I can see how the thick wriststaps could become a nuisance. I lost about ten days in April to a combination sore finger and some bursitis in my elbow which may or may not have been related. I want to keep on rowing for a long time, so like you, I don't want something to get badly injured because I didn't take care of it when I should have.

The new grips have already lasted longer than the gloves, so we'll see how it goes. Your earlier point about keeping the hands loose is also something to keep in mind. I have to admit though that I have not broken my habit from rowing starboard, and I still hold my left thumb against the handle.

Hope you get over the pink eye quickly,

Cheers,

Brian

ChrisH · Post by **ChrisH** » May 24th, 2006, 6:24 am

Hi Everybody,
Made an attempt to improve my 5K for the CTC yesterday. Did'nt intend to try again this month, but I had a frustrating day at work and decided to punish the erg.

Ergs seem oblivious to punishment, by the way.
Previous time of 21:21.2. New time of 20:45.0 @ 2:04.5/500.
Need to get my stroke rate up as I averaged only 23 spm.
Chris

Francois · Post by **Francois** » May 24th, 2006, 9:44 am

Congratulations Chris! That was a huge improvement!

Now, you know when to do your time trials: after a frustrating day at work!

Cheers!

ulu · Post by **ulu** » May 24th, 2006, 10:03 am

Nicely done Chris, a great leap forward. I hope the erg forgives you next time you are on.

I have managed to find an erg at the hotel I am staying at. It seems to be a relatively fast one, so I may try a 5k over the next few days, depending on the number of people in the fitness room.

Keep on rowin', eh.

Jim

ulu · Post by **ulu** » May 24th, 2006, 10:02 pm

Welcome Simon Broadbent, from Almonte, Ont, to the Eh!Team.

His kliks will show up the next time he rows and puts his meters in his C2 logbook. I have automatically set the site to exclude any rows over 40k for a new rower.

Simon if you want me to put your rows in for the last few days, just let me know and I can enter them manually. From now on they will just show up on the Around the World Row site as soon as you enter them in your log book.

Keep on rowin', eh.

Jim

Yukon John · Post by **Yukon John** » May 24th, 2006, 10:55 pm

Welcome Simon and Krystyna! If you're interested, you might want to join some of us in the Cross Team Challenge, www.c2ctc.com. You don't have to be fast to do it, the key is participation, improving your own times and having fun!

The CTC for June is going to be a 1 kilometer distance.

RR1 Kirk · Post by **RR1 Kirk** » May 24th, 2006, 11:33 pm

Congrats Chris, that's quite a jump. I'm sure if next month's challenge is 1000m you'll have a great opportunity to increase your stroke rate

Welcome to the team Simon.

Cheers eh!,

Francois · Post by **Francois** » May 27th, 2006, 10:22 am

Mark Read 17:53.6

Congratulations Mark! Nice improvement and a sub 18 minutes performance!

Next month challenge is a 1K, and I doubt I will make boat #1, as I am not a sprinter

Have a nice weekend everyone!

Yukon John · Post by **Yukon John** » May 27th, 2006, 11:50 am

Francois wrote:Mark Read 17:53.6

Congratulations Mark! Nice improvement and a sub 18 minutes performance!

Next month challenge is a 1K, and I doubt I will make boat #1, as I am not a sprinter

Have a nice weekend everyone!

Excellent job there Mark!
Francois, you might surprise yourself in the 1k. You were super fast this month and you're getting lots of metres in

.

I was planning on doing the 5k one more time, but I had to have some minor surgery done yesterday and I won't be able to row for a while. In about a week or so I should be able to start rowing (and biking) again. Can't wait!

Francois · Post by **Francois** » May 27th, 2006, 1:31 pm

Yukon John wrote: I was planning on doing the 5k one more time, but I had to have some minor surgery done yesterday and I won't be able to row for a while. In about a week or so I should be able to start rowing (and biking) again. Can't wait!

Good luck with your recovery John!
I am also going to have surgery done this summer for an inguinal hernia. I had it for the past two months, and decided yesterday to put my name on the waiting list! I had the right side done several years ago, now it is the left side. After that, I should be bulletproof!

Yukon John · Post by **Yukon John** » May 28th, 2006, 1:33 am

Eh, check this out!!!

http://www.cbc.ca/story/sports/national ... unich.html

ulu · Post by **ulu** » May 28th, 2006, 8:57 am

17:53 Wow!
Congratulations Mark, very well done.

Nice job by the Canadians at Munich as well.

I am enroute home now and should be able to put in some kliks later today. My aspirations of trying a 5k at the hotel did not pan out as there were too many meetings and not enough time. I should be arriving home in the super heavy weight class as there was no shortage of food.

How did the Ottawa run go, for those of you who did it?

Keep on rowin', eh.

Jim

Trevor · Post by **Trevor** » May 28th, 2006, 7:13 pm

Thanks to the excellent advice. I took Francois advice and upped the stroke rate to 28 and warmed up hard (one minute sprint at 2:00, 1:58, 1:56, 1:48 at five minute intervals and kept the split at 2:05 for the rest) for twenty five minutes. My only regret is I chickened out at 200 m to go and dropped the split to 1:53 from 1:48 for about 5 pulls. Don't like anaerobic but next time I will buck up and take it for the short time it will take.

Maybe the actual secret is no cake this time.

Trevor

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