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 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 [...]
If you’re on any gay and lesbian sports mailing list, you have probably been inundated with emails in the past two months about the 2009 World Outgames Early Registration promotion. If you’re reading about this for the first time, the pitch is simple: save 20% on your registration fee if you register before 30 Sep [...]