Rowing addendum
The CRASH-Bs are the annual indoor rowing ergometer championships, held yearly in Boston and sponsored by Concept2, manufacturer of our favorite torture device.
The top 10 from the 1997 results in the Open Men division, 2000m piece:
| 1 | Flickinger, Mark | National Rowing Team | 05:46.6 | |
| 2 | Allen, Wyatt | National Rowing Team | 05:47.5 | |
| 3 | Grassl , Anton | Concept2 | 05:52.8 | |
| 4 | Raja, Allar | Team Estonia | 05:53.7 | |
| 5 | Hughes, Matt | National Rowing Team | 05:56.8 | |
| 6 | Velez, Jaime | Vesper Boat Club | 05:57.8 | |
| 7 | Medaris, Toby | Harvard University | 05:59.5 | College |
| 8 | Quesado, Paulo | Clube Náutico de Viana | 06:01.2 | |
| 9 | Rosetti, Bruno | Canottieri Ravanna 1873 | 06:02.7 | |
| 10 | Sullivan, Patrick | Unaffiliated | 06:03.8 | College |
Note that 6:00 is a rate of 1:30/500m for 2000m - ugh! But it is also useful to note that most of these guys are likely in the 6'4" 220# range...
2 comments:
Holy shit! I wonder if their erg performances are indicative of how they perform on the water?
Think the correlation is actually pretty high, with some noise - there's always a few guys who are absolute monsters on the machine, but have difficulty pulling their weight in the boat. Commonly referred to as "hammers".
A lot of it has to do with delicateness at the catch, where you're turning your weight around, and can really slow down the momentum of the boat. Some of it has to do with general technique and precision when you have to integrate your movement with seven other people. Put an erg on the water and it sinks.
But in general? Fast on the water usually pulls fast on the erg, similar but maybe a little less so the other way around.
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