Close

Marathon PB

The start of May marks a new season on the C2 logbook. The first 2 weeks of May are also C2’s first challenge for the year, the Marathon and Century Challenge. This is the only time of year that I actually complete a full marathon as it is just too long, boring and painful to…

Vesta Vets Head

Sunday 24th March was the Vesta International Masters Head of the River Race, or Vets Head for short. Saturday was the Open HORR, last week the Women’s HORR and the Junior HORR was midweek. In a typically arrogant British fashion, this is not the Head of the Thames, but simply ‘The Head of the River…

8 Million Meters

Passed my 8 million meter milestone this morning with a low HR (below 100bpm) ‘fat burner’ 15,000m session. This is my fastest million to date, taking just 97 days with an average of 10,310m per day. This in contrast to my previous million which was my second slowest at 134 days. Two more million to…

2K Time Trial

Thursday evening had been set by our coach as the date for our masters men squad 2K time trial event. We have had a plenty of UT2 sessions and a few of 3 x 2K sessions leading up to this. 10 October 3 x 2K, 2:00r (at the club): 7:04.6, 7:41.3, 7:44.6, an average of…

Flooding in Staines

Our normal river height is around 2.9m and a flow of around 70m3/s or below is considered ‘green boards’ 70-110 is ‘yellow boards’ and anything above 110 is ‘red boards’, the increased flow is usually accompanied by an increase in river height. The river conditions are posted on the locks and also on the environments…

Half Marathon PB

Happy New Year everyone. Having posted weekly updates for the last year, I have decided not to do this any more, it is just too much ‘faff’ creating posts that all look the same from week to week. As such I have decided to only post milestones, PBs Regattas and other items of interest. My…

Remenham Challenge 2023

Saturday 9 December, the day of the, Remenham Challenge, has arrived, it is running a week earlier than last year. There were 89 entrants from the the seven clubs that make up the Remenham club, Quads have also been introduced this year. The forecast for the Saturday was 40+mph winds and the entire race was…