Posts about Rowing

  • Worcester small boats head 2009

    Had a superb day's racing today. Steve and I took the pair to Worcester to in race the 4.5k small boats head race.
  • First 6k

    First winter 6k, 22:15. No feet, on my tod. @SRC

  • 5k ergo test

    First 5k test this winter: 18:13. Feet out, on my own.
  • Sculling can be enjoyable

    Its been a while but I've ventured back out in a scull and to my amazement stayed dry!
  • Metropolitan

    This was the weekend where we found out if our training put us in the mix with the competition. Unfortunately it didn’t.

    I fell I’ll in the morning, there was a big head wind and we blew the start. For all…

  • Head or the River 2009

    Conditions were perfect for this year’s Head of the River; the sun was out and the Thames was silky. This year’s crew consisted of Jennifer (cox), James Rowe (Stroke), James May, Mike, myself, Sandy, Gordie, Steve and Andy (bow).

    Starting in…

  • Worcester Head 2009

    I was expecting to be spending the day in the cold and possible wet weather but instead we were treated to glorious sunshine for this year’s Worcester Head.

    This year’s course was the full 6 kilometres as the river was behaving…

  • Henley 4’s Head

    It was a stunning crisp winter’s morning that greeted us at Henley this weekend and for all the ice and cold we were ready for some racing. The head is run over 3k into the stream, starting beyond Temple island…

  • 5k ergo pieces on a Sunday morning

    With Stourport Head being cancelled someone thought that as we should have been racing we should do a 5k peice with the ergo’s linked upto the big tv. If we had of been racing I wouldn’t have done 40 miles…

  • Another week, another pot

    This was the weekend of the Warwick regatta; a fun event as you can’t win points and Stratford usually cleans up the pots. Its a mainly local crew affair run on a 500m stretch of narrow river. For all the…

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Welcome to the personal blog of Robert A J Ford, a professional interaction designer and developer based in the UK.

I started this blog in 2007 to record my cycle training leading up to the Etape. I've never been one for diaries but this format works well with my job and lifestyle so I expanded it to record details of other training and events.

As the blog grew it became a space where friends and family followed my activities. Their feedback has inspired me to keep writing. I hope you find something of interest and please feel free to leave comments.

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