6:28 2K

lintonwilson · Post by **lintonwilson** » February 7th, 2010, 10:30 am

He made weight!!! I'll post after all the drama....

lintonwilson · Post by **lintonwilson** » February 7th, 2010, 11:59 am

A little disconcerting when the guy next to you handles down 3 or 4 times!!! RC 7:11. something

hjs · Post by **hjs** » February 7th, 2010, 12:02 pm

lintonwilson wrote:A little disconcerting when the guy next to you handles down 3 or 4 times!!! RC 7:11. something

A lot better then last years first race 7.30 ish.

But not quit a WR, the predicted 6.28 or his year goal 6.16. It must have been a ut5 row.

What a clown.

So first race DNS
second race 7.11

NavigationHazard · Post by **NavigationHazard** » February 7th, 2010, 12:03 pm

I once got a calf cramp the size of a golf ball 200m into a race, and had to be pulled off the erg (Newburyport a few years back). Somehow Paul Flack on the adjacent erg kept rowing as if nothing was happening.....

Good on you for carrying on. How was your result?

johnlvs2run · Post by **johnlvs2run** » February 7th, 2010, 12:06 pm

ranger wrote:Everything is going off according to plan so far.

Got up, drank a little coffee, warmed up on the erg, and made weight.

So I am off to Cincinnati.

It's about 3:30 a.m. here.

Hope the weather isn't _too_ nasty on the roads.

It's about a four hour drive to Cincinnati from Ann Arbor.

ranger

Whew I don't know anyone else and have never heard of anyone else who gets up at 1:45 am in the mornings,
and then works out for several hours. You have my admiration just for that, plus quite a few other things.
I hope you have a great row today.

John

johnlvs2run · Post by **johnlvs2run** » February 7th, 2010, 12:12 pm

mikvan52 wrote:"Monsieur Curéton, Chevalier du Table Rond, avec ses amis:
Zatopek, Spracklen, Ebbensen"

"Boy does that have a nice ring to it! he mused.
Now about that time, 6:28.............................................................................................................................."

Planes, Trains & Automobiles now a major motion picture

{© copywright 2003}

Cute post!

My favorite part of that movie was the dog, in the back of the truck.

cah · Post by **cah** » February 7th, 2010, 12:14 pm

Hi Ranger, I'm a total newbie admitted. I wish You the best of luck, I will follow Your races with huge interest. Great achivements often demand failure at start. Kind regards Claus the Dane, 46, 173, 73 (going for sub 70..), 40 erg. rows behind me, 5000/19.47.8

hjs · Post by **hjs** » February 7th, 2010, 12:16 pm

cah wrote:Hi Ranger, I'm a total newbie admitted. I wish You the best of luck, I will follow Your races with huge interest. Great achivements often demand failure at start. Kind regards Claus the Dane, 46, 173, 73 (going for sub 70..), 40 erg. rows behind me, 5000/19.47.8

7 years of failure....... that is a very long start.

lintonwilson · Post by **lintonwilson** » February 7th, 2010, 12:17 pm

Stuck to my plan....7:08.

Steve G · Post by **Steve G** » February 7th, 2010, 12:37 pm

John Rupp wrote:
ranger wrote:Everything is going off according to plan so far.

Got up, drank a little coffee, warmed up on the erg, and made weight.

So I am off to Cincinnati.

It's about 3:30 a.m. here.

Hope the weather isn't _too_ nasty on the roads.

It's about a four hour drive to Cincinnati from Ann Arbor.

ranger
Whew I don't know anyone else and have never heard of anyone else who gets up at 1:45 am in the mornings,
and then works out for several hours. You have my admiration just for that, plus quite a few other things.
I hope you have a great row today.

John

John
It just seems rather foolish to me, bad preparation = bad race!
If weight is good why row before hand!

And so it happened, expect Rich to stay quiet for a number of days now.
We will then get, "I rowed through to xxx metres @ so and so".
Dont suppose there will be stroke data there, none in Rich's races last season?
Steve

mikvan52 · Post by **mikvan52** » February 7th, 2010, 12:41 pm

lintonwilson wrote:A little disconcerting when the guy next to you handles down 3 or 4 times!!! RC 7:11. something

"say it ain't so Joe!"

Bing!

"So, Rich, did you turn "Pro" with that belly button thing or what?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0YLD_9lRGU

Or, as Jack Palance so aptly said about his aging prowess:

"It's easier and cheaper to do these (kinds of) things at home."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGxL5AFzzMY

snowleopard · Post by **snowleopard** » February 7th, 2010, 12:46 pm

John Rupp wrote:You have my admiration just for that, plus quite a few other things.

ranger's gonna need a big hug when he gets home

TomR · Post by **TomR** » February 7th, 2010, 12:47 pm

My training went well this morning

snowleopard · Post by **snowleopard** » February 7th, 2010, 12:53 pm

TomR wrote:My training went well this morning

Looks like PC is down to her undies to make weight

mikvan52 · Post by **mikvan52** » February 7th, 2010, 1:06 pm

Anyway you spin it, it’s just One Big Zero

But… He’ll try:

Here’s ranger’s next post once he drifts back home….

regnar through the looking glass wrote: RANKING RESULTS 2010
Indoor Rower | Individual and Race Results | 2000m | Men's | Lightweight | Custom Age Range (55–59) | 2009 Season

You are number 6 of 30
View your Ranking

1 (nobody) 58 Hartland VT (who cares0 RACE
2 (less than nobody) 57 GBR (another loser) RACE
3 Jabba daHutt 55 Slangerup DNK (clearly inferior) RACE
4 Father Time 56 Podunk I – O -Way (low max hr) RACE
5 Sponge Bob Square Pants 59 Rongotea Manawatu NZL (hot dog eater) RACE
6 Richard “Coeur de Lion” Curéton 59 going on 30 Ann Arbor MI 7:11.x RACE

ranger

He does get 2 seconds a week with hard sharpening.... Eighteen weeks until 6:28... with time off for good behavior...