Rowing

Name a better sport than rowing

> Protip: You can't

> Also, ITT: General rowing thread

>starboard master race reporting in
>recovering lightweight reporting in

GOD I miss rowing with a closeknit crew

I'm also in the starboard master race, currently going for the lightweight selection at my university rowing club. I am currently in the last 16 lightweight guys (we started with ~100), really hope I make the final 10.

Where are you from?

I hope you make it, senpai

Hows the selection made?
Is it purely erg-times and corrected for weight?
If the weighing isn't close having to preform you could do something screwy with dydrating yourself etc

Holland (I row at LAGA)
they mostly look at how you perform in the boat. We currently train in C4+ boats, because we are all students that have begun rowing this year. They do record all your erg times, but I now know that those are not very important.
That is because at the last selection moment (last sunday, where we went from 24 guys to 16 guys), the 8 people that were done were all faster than me on the erg

Since I made the last 16 I also have to start the NKIR, which is an 2k indoor rowing race on the ergometer. Pretty anxious about my first 2k!

What's your
>erg times
>favourite boat
>rowing experience

>6.37 2k, twf ill never be part of the sub 6.30 club
>it is probably a tie between the 4- and 2-
>2 years
rowed with the firstyears heavies in a 8+, then stared a second year but wasnt big enough. Lightweights needed a guy, so I crashed 10kgs and rowed in a 4-. It was dope.

I miss it so much it hurts sometimes,
But then I remember I dont have to suffer through winter training and can eat what I want

My dad did Rowing for most of his young life
Now he has all kinds of problems, arthritis, fucked lower back and knees, he assumed its mainly from his trainers asking them to row in freezing cold water in winter

>erg times are not very good, never did any endurance training before starting with rowing (did do 1.5 years of powerlifting, so atleast I'm strong)
500m: 1:30.9
1k: 1:41 split
2k: still have to do it, aiming for 7:00

>Favourite boat
I only rowed in C4+, C2+, 8+ and 2x so far. Gotta say I love the 2x boat, though I find sculling to be very hard
> Rowing experience
about 4-5 months