The last day and the sun is out! Some rowers have already left, are leaving today, or will leave this weekend. Everyone is catching up on last minute sightseeing and for those who can afford the prices, some shopping. The Danish design stores, be it the department stores, the lighting stores, or the furniture stores [...]
The weather doesn’t look good. In fact it looks dismal. There’s no way we can race in 80 kph (48 mph) winds and the chance of rain is 80%. Wait, the forecast has improved. Now the winds are forecast for 50 kph (30 mph). Ugghh, it’s pouring rain at 10:30h Thursday morning. There goes the [...]
Rower’s hump day! Before everyone’s sensibility is completely twisted in translation, hump day is an American cliché that refers to the middle of the workweek. With two rowing events still to go, most of us still have some races to row. Today is the inrigger 1000m sprint races, held at the Danske Studenters Roklub in [...]
It’s rower’s day off for most of us except Supermen like GLRF member Ray B. who raced the previous day and was getting ready for the 100m. swimming relay today. Most of us headed to the streets to see what Copenhagen looked like after three days of focused practice and competition. The weather was nice [...]
This morning’s coach and coxie meeting had many empty seats. To accommodate the full complement of races, the meeting started at 08:00h. so it was understandable that some couldn’t get there right on time. To the enjoyment of everyone at the meeting, the chief referee had a wry sense of humor and he would slide [...]
It is the first day of the 1,000m sprint races at Lake Bagsvaerd. The coach and coxies meeting began promptly at 10 am. The referees and the regatta organizing committee seem to have addressed every possible detail and boat and crew conflicts have been sorted. GLRF member and Regatta Chair Adrian T. is looking might [...]
For those who don’t know, Banyoles is one of the finer rowing spots in the world. Located approximately 120 km northwest of Barceona in Spain’s Catalunya province, the area is a favored training sport for European rowing teams. It has played host to the FISA World Championships and the FISA World Masters. Jordi Robirola, the [...]
GLRF France member Gilles F. of Paris sent us an email this weekend to say that rowers don’t have much time left to register for the rowing stake boat race to be held in conjunction with the Tournoi International de Paris 2009. The event, scheduled for Sunday, 31 May 2009, looks like it will be [...]
It was night two for more erg pleasure at the Danske Studenters Roklub, this time with delish Danish rowing god Adrian leading the regatta organizing committee through a pre-meeting erg session of three sets of 6 on, 3 off. Then it was off to the tank for more training. Finally we all headed upstairs to [...]
On my first day in Copenhagen, I thought I would head over to the Danske Studenters Roklub for some time on the erg and some light weight lifting. When I got into the erg room with 38 ergs lining the facing mirrored walls, people were standing around, waiting to get on the ergs. It seemed [...]