My little (emphasize little) brother is going on a bit of sleep deprivation, midterm studying, and crew practice so I told him I would fill in for him for Day 117 of the challenge. He still managed to get a heck of a workout in.

The team had a double row session today. On the water in the morning and another practice in the afternoon. Afterwards, then were on the ergs (rowing machine) and did a 1300m piece at their 2000m pace (roughly 6:05-6:15, translates to 1:32 per 500m). Then they paddled for 400m (which means an easy row to keep the body moving) followed by a sprint piece. The sprint was 300m with a partner on another machine. The catch (which is also a crew term for when the blade enters the water and the powerful start of the stroke begins) was that if either member of the two person team didn’t hit their target time, they had to do another 300m sprint.

Nick: “So did you hit your time?”

Alex: “Is that a serious question?”

He averaged 1:29.3 for the 1300 piece (which is a per 500m average) and 1:24.4 for the last 300 sprint (which is fast).

(Way back in the day)

I challenge all of you to try and erg a 500m piece at the gym tomorrow. If you can break 1:45 at any stroke rating, that would be legit.

Good work Al.

(what a stud)

(and just to embarrass him for having to do his post)

AR. NF. NR.

Nick