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[old] edollar · Post by **[old] edollar** » May 15th, 2005, 12:41 pm

Congratulations to Gabriela... our meter leader. I see on the 10k meter honor board she is in the top 20 and it looks like she is the rowingest female. It looks like Kathi S is right on target to reach her million meter mark. For my age and fitness condition, I rowed too much this past week (66K) and my body is telling me about it. I tried to get to and stay on the 7500 meter honor board then get some extra to spare by Friday and that worked my body into a really sore stiff condition. I actually went to the gym yesterday and didn't row. My body needs to heal. Will try to row a bit more sensibly this week and not push my muscles into an injury. Did lose 7 lbs in two weeks rowing over 100k meters. So there definitely was a plus side to my craziness. Only need to lose 34 more lbs before I reward myself with a Model D at home. Looks like the Ducks are off to a great start this season. Ellen

[old] snappyrower · Post by **[old] snappyrower** » May 15th, 2005, 1:14 pm

Wow, you've really gone to town on the rowing! Sorry to hear that you're hurting....get some rest, stretch out those muscles, and feel better soon!

[old] snappyrower · Post by **[old] snappyrower** » May 15th, 2005, 10:22 pm

Hey DIAR rowers! We've fallen back a place, but are only about 8k behind number 6.....lets make this a good week! Row, Row, Row! Hope everyone had a great weekend!

[old] mallard · Post by **[old] mallard** » May 16th, 2005, 5:32 am

Hi All! Had a pretty quiet weekend on the rowing front. I'm trying to throw off a cough at the moment, but it just won't go. Did a very easy 10k piece on Saturday, but nothing since. Really proud of everyone who is racking up those metres for the team. Team Oarsome are up pretty close behind us, but we're back in 6th. Good going girls - good luck for a good week! QOL Jenny

[old] Dawnald_duck · Post by **[old] Dawnald_duck** » May 16th, 2005, 7:11 am

Hello, everyone! Jenny and Ellen, I hope you're well again soon. I did something really beneficial yesterday: I had a friend take some video footage of me rowing. Boy, did I learn some things! Before I rowed, I watched the C2 technique video again to refresh my memory of what it's _supposed_ to look like. 1) My stroke is not smooth. I was generally keeping the chain in the same plane the whole time, but there was a distinct wobble in the chain between when my legs were done and when my arms finished off. I'm trying to fix this by keeping my back and arms engaged throughout the stroke rather than lazily/ weakly letting them finish it off. 2) My knees still hyperextend (backwards) at the finish - they sort of flop down. I already knew this was a problem, but I keep forgetting to fix it. This is a really easy way to ruin my knees, and it's a little extra work to get them back into a good position for the recovery. I'm trying to fix this by keeping my legs in a strong position the whole time, rather than letting them relax at the finish. 3) On a positive note, hey, my upper back looks pretty good! 4) Yep, I definitely look like my mother. A lot of digital cameras have a video setting on them (mine's a Canon S400). A few minutes of video can show you a LOT. I highly recommend doing this to all of the newbies, and I'm sure the more experienced folks can tell you how useful it is. Just working on #1 and #2 above made a big difference in efficiency - it was a lot easier to go a lot faster. I plan on taking more video in a few weeks to make sure what I learned stuck. (I'm not ready to send it in to Concept2 for review yet - maybe I'll do that when I'm ready for fine-tuning.) Tonight is my rest night, so I hope to catch up (meter-wise) to you all later in the week. Have a great Monday! -Dawn

[old] KathiS · Post by **[old] KathiS** » May 17th, 2005, 12:43 am

Hiya Ducks! Just checking in! I have 115,286 meters to row between now and June 5th if I am going to make my goal. My husband and I finished the first part of our Learn to Row sessions with Boulder Community Rowing yesterday! We learned how to feather and I got some new blisters! We got to row a lot more than the previous day. It was great! The weather this weekend was absolutely perfect. The one thing that surprised me the most about rowing on the water was how heavy the boat is and how light the oars are! We had to carry the boat down to the water and I have bruises on both shoulders from that, but the overall experience is well worth a few sore shoulders! We have already signed up for the next learn to row sessions, which start in June, three mornings a week for three weeks. We are really looking forward to getting back on the water. I have to say that the thing that impressed me the most was how friendly everyone we met from the rowing club is. We had a terrific coach and each day that we rowed (there were 4 people in our class) 4 experienced rowers rowed with us and another experienced rower volunteered to be our coxswain each day. These nice people took four hours out of their busy schedules on Saturday and Sunday to come out and help us learn! They were all very patient, encouraging and helpful. A nicer group of people would be very hard to find! Thanks to all from the Boulder Community Rowing! We really appreciated everything!

[old] CAROLE MAC · Post by **[old] CAROLE MAC** » May 17th, 2005, 5:21 am

Just popped into to wish Linda a Happy Birthday hope you have a wonderful day x <img src='http://users.telenet.be/eforum/emoticon ... fest30.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

[old] LandLocked · Post by **[old] LandLocked** » May 17th, 2005, 5:31 am

Dawnald Duck #4 cracked me up, good luck with #1 & 2 Personally I’ve given myself permission to have mediocre workouts. I had gotten too caught up with having a “good” workout and tended to skip workouts all together when I feel blah. So I’ve had a few mediocre workouts which means I’m getting more exercise than when I was waiting to feel well enough get in a good workout.

[old] Bufflehead · Post by **[old] Bufflehead** » May 17th, 2005, 8:16 am

Hi Harly! Welcome to the 50's! They aren't all that bad. I hope you have a great day! Gee - is the pond becoming a more mature place? Nah!!! Never! All of us Ducks are young at heart! I have to run over to the rankings and see you in my category, though! Happy Birthday from the Buffle!

LindaM · Post by **LindaM** » May 17th, 2005, 8:38 am

Thanks, Carole and Buffle for the birthday greetings. Hearing from my buddies on the Women's Forum has given me a push to go view the rankings for 50 year old lightweights. I'm grateful that my birthday comes early enough in the ranking year that some of those records are still vulnerable to my not-very-fast rowing self. Look for your pal, Harly (Linda Markin), to be at the top of some of the longer distance ranking pages soon. (That's a challenge to myself, and to you guys to beat me!) - Harly

[old] KathiS · Post by **[old] KathiS** » May 17th, 2005, 9:08 am

Happy Birthday Harley! I hope you have a wonderful birthday and a great year!

[old] KathiS · Post by **[old] KathiS** » June 6th, 2005, 11:54 pm

I thought it might be time to check in! Today my husband had our first session in the second part of the learn to row classes. We had to get up at 4:30 a.m. to be at the water by 5:20 with the goal of being on the water by 5:30. Our group was missing a person, so we had to borrow one of the experienced rowers, and we got a bit of a late start. We really liked our group and our coach. We didn't get a whole lot of rowing because none of had been on the water in about 3 weeks and we worked alot on our technique. Being out on the water so early, watching the sun and hot air balloons come up makes for a wonderful way to start our day. We will be rowing three days a week for the next three weeks, and then move on to the novice program. So far we are really enjoying it! Yesterday was our first wedding anniversary and I am very excited that I was able to reach my million meter goal on time!

[old] Dawnald_duck · Post by **[old] Dawnald_duck** » June 7th, 2005, 7:21 am

Woohoo! Congratulations on the million meters (we knew you could do it!) and the anniversary, Kathi! Very inspiring stuff. I hope you have a great time on the water, and please keep providing reports! Maybe one day when I get my times down a LOT, I will be joining the ranks of the on-water Ducks. The hardest part would be turning into a morning person.

[old] edollar · Post by **[old] edollar** » June 7th, 2005, 11:17 am

Finally I'm back rowing again at the Y again. My abdominal hernia surgery was 15 days ago and haven't been able to row for about 18 days. Had a lot of discomfort last three days before surgery. Also abdominal muscle pain after surgery was much more than I had expected. Anyway I worried about getting down and getting back up. I had worried about bending enough to reach monitor with feet strapped in but none of the above was a problem. I only rowed 2000 meters. Will go for 4k tomorrow and then if everything is OK, I will go for 6k on Thursday. I have to get my daily average back up to get back on the 5000 meter board. At one time I was on the 7500 but have slipped to page 8 of the 2500 board. Glad to see that lots of people have been doing lots of rowing so we are still in 7th place. Congratulations to Kathi on reaching her goal. Gabriela is doing a terrific job and is a huge inspiration. Just glad to be back and adding a bit to our total. Ellen 29 more pounds to go before I reward myself with a Model D at home.

[old] CAROLE MAC · Post by **[old] CAROLE MAC** » June 11th, 2005, 1:51 pm

quick ..paddle round the pond... hiya ducks......... just waiting for Mr McChef to finish making dinner............ lamb roasted in garlic and rosemary ..my favourite ...................... slurpppppppppppppp yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmyyyyyyyyyy gggggggg