Almost Funny Clothes

My youngest sister said that people ordering funny clothes for their hobby means they've gone off the deep end. Well, these aren't obviously specialty clothes (that'll have to wait until the warm weather again). Errrrrr - I guess I need to admit that the mitten-looking things qualify us:


JL Racing/Rowing does custom apparel for clubs and competitive teams. We picked up a pair of their cold weather deals for the Purist jackets and CoolMax tops (which are cut short in front and long in back). What with the rowing stroke having us bent over almost all the time, the specialty cut should make a big difference. Kathleen didn't have any leggings that weren't cotton and my running tights are rather garishly colored. We'll try rowing with baseball caps over the beanies since we both found the glare from the sun to be a killer.

The mitten-looking things are called "pogies" (po-gees, hard g). Byron and Nancy at CYC recommended them. They go over our hands AND the ends of each of our oars. Direct hand contact on the oars is, apparently, critical, so true rowers don't wear gloves. Kathleen's been wearing golf gloves to prevent blistering. We'll see how this plays out for her.

UPDATE: Dec 23. Finally uploaded the picture of our cold weather rowing duds.