Practice Schedule for This Week

Well it was a sad day for me Tuesday afternoon, I went down to the club hoping the docks would be fixed since they were blown into shore on Monday in some of the worst winds I have ever seen down at our club.

Wednesdays morning practice was canceled due to the fact that we could not get out on the water, we postponed it to that afternoon and did a 45 minute relay.

Team A:
Mollie, Branden, Seth, Maddy

meters: 11524

Team B: Luke, AJ, Brandon, Mary Kate

meters: 11511

Monday
April 19th: Off

Tuesday April 20th: 4:30pm Club.
Running/Erging/Boat lifting and boat look-over.

Wednesd...ay April
21st: 5:15am: Morning Practice. (hopefully I will let you know tomorrow)

Thursday April 22nd: Abs 1200,
run.

Friday April 23rd: 5:15am practice, 4 sprint 250's, 2 start
500's, 2 x 1k.


Saturday
April 24th: not sure yet....Sunday April 25th: 10am water
practice, 6 x 1k

Monday April 26th: 5:15am practice, 60 minute
steady state.

Practice Schedule for This Week

This week was a focus on erging and technique, staying together as a team to get used to have a pace set, and you having to keep it.

Some problems I saw today was Branden tends to jump out of sink when I calla power 10, will have to work on that, also Seth's elbows tend to go up like a butterfly. Otherwise I think they are ready for the water.

This year we have 6 returning members to the Mens 8+, this is excellent as the two new guys seem to be adapting well to the workouts and feel they have something to prove by trying harder in the workouts and generally trying to show that they are ready for these challenges.

Practice Schedule:
Saturday April 10:
Boat Lifting / Light Erg

Monday 11 (4:15) at KRC: Light Erg, technique,
weights:Squats, Deadlifts, rows, bent rows, bench pulls, bench
press, pushups, jump squats 10 reps X 3 (Circuit training)

Tuesday 12 ( 4pm at school): optional ab circuit after school

Wednesday 13 (4:30 at club): Erg workout, relay, 15 minutes on erg, 15 on run, X 3.

Thursday 14 (4pm at school): Ab Circuit, light
run

Firday 15: OFF

Saturday 16 (10am KRC): off.

Sunday 17 (10am at KRC):
Team bonding breakfast.

A big focus this year for me was to solidify the crew as a team, the more they stick together the better than can mold as a team and have a respect for each others effort and be able to push each other without looking pretentious.

That's all for today, some pictures to follow soon?

Some Pictures of our Venue

Hey thought since the blog looked pretty boring I'd post some pictures of where we sweat!

Check out the posts below if you're interested.

First Two Weeks:

So.. this is my first blogging experience, hopefully I can somehow manage to continue to write some interesting thoughts and opinions for you guys, so I might as well explain why I am here!

The rowing team at Rothesay High School was deemed to dangerous to continue as a school sport because of insurance issues.

Now, the argument for it is that people could drown or get hurt and fall in the water (and drown). Not wearing life jackets in rowing seems to irk people or rub them the wrong way but it is not, and never was a part of the sport.

Considering the track record of our club (Kennebecasis Rowing Club) for accidents, minor injuries such as slide bite and little cuts from handling boats, nothing of note has happened in the past 140 years.

In fact our town has a long rich history of rowing, you could say we are a bit of a powerhouse of the Atlantic provinces. The town of Renforth where many of our rowers come from was named after James Renforth (a member of the challenging British team who died of heart failure during a rematch against our famed "Paris Crew").

Anyhow, if you'd like to learn more please post some comments, aside from that here's what the team has been doing for the past couple of weeks.

Thursday April 1: 4pm RHS40 minute light jog
First Lesson: Dead Weight

Sunday April 4: 4pm KRC
Meeting down at club, Villa Madonna Run

Monday: April 5: OFF

Tuesday April 6: 12:40pm RHS Gym
Abs2000

Wednesday April 7:
4:30 Practice at club, boat handling

Thursday: 12:40pm RHS
Gym Balance Training, Abs light jog.
Handing out Insurance forms that day, must be in by next practice.

Saturday:
10:00am KRC Light erg/ Technique rowing session.

Sunday: 10:00am KRC
on water practice, race plan coverage.learning race starts.

So really were just trying to get our team back at our school, this year it is just me (a student) leading the team, does it seem fair that we should be denied this great sport that has sent many people from our home town to participate in or win at the Olympics, National Championships, Royal Canadian Henley, Royal Henley, be inducted in the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame? Or develop the values and appreciate the hard work that goes into rowing which has lead many of our athletes to go on to study at ivy league schools or become community leaders.

Comments? thoughts?