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Indoor Rowing Outdoors

Sep 30, 2007 22:29

Today I went to my first Indoor Rowing Competition of the 2007-8 season, outdoors at Dorney Lake. Dorney Lake is the Eton College venue that is going to be used for the 2012 Olympics Rowing Competitions ( Read more... )

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lovingboth October 1 2007, 20:45:04 UTC

Congratulations - is this an open event, or 'over x', or?

a_musing_amazon October 1 2007, 21:27:54 UTC

Most Indoor Rowing events are split by gender, age and by weight (heavyweight/lightweight) - so there are usually lots of medals to go for ;-).

For most events the age bands are 10 years (in my case 50-59), in the British Championships they are split further so there I'm now competing as a 55-59 heavyweight, though there are still a dozen or so competitors in my category.

Last year I missed a medal because a) I did a lousy time (8:13) and b) because there was also very good Canadian entrant, the winner (Anna Bailey) is British but also the world champion and record holder. When Anna isn't competing I often win - I won the English, Welsh, Notts and Southern championships last year - in my category.

rummoses August 6 2009, 21:59:12 UTC

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