The rowing folks at CYC are offering continued opportunities/lessons on Saturday mornings through August. We decided to go for the coaching tips and to get to know a new group of friends. Yesterday, six of the original 16 were there. Two other couples couldn't make it this time. So we went out in an 8 with two college-aged rowers and the cox'n filling out the boat. It was good to have the experienced rowers in the 4 and 8 seats since they set a slow steady pace for the bow and stern sets respectively. Everything went much smoother and felt good. Kathleen forgot to ask for tips about her grip. Because we've been doing this more and have better technique, the other newbies are getting more attention from the coaches. See below for my thing.
We were on our lake by 9am yesterday morning. It was a bit breezy but we had the water almost to ourselves. We stayed steady in pace and worked on our individual quirks. We went on the long haul and incorporated both of us contributing on bigger turns. We had been tending to make right angles - stopping and rotating in place. With both of us involved, we're both staying almost on pace - good for the overall workout.
For Kathleen, the slower pace helped her focus on better leg work on the drive. I continued to work on making my return slower than my drive. I need to find out about something else: My butt cheeks are killin' me by the time we finish. Is this a sign of bad technique or not? Nothing feels better than, at the end, getting out of the shell and standin' up!
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