2009 World Outgames – Day 5

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 [...]

2009 World Outgames – Day 3

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 [...]

DSR II: Adrian and the rise of the evil erg

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 [...]