Bumps, Blades, and Bowballs- Cambridge Boatie Chat

Erg times!

21:18 and 21:34 both @ 20s/m

Getting better! :biggrin:

Reply 83

Helenia

Caius M2 and M3 were shocking.

Huzzah!

Offto do some high rate high pressure, yay! I like going fast.

Reply 84

FadeToBlackout

Huzzah!

Pirates of the Caribbean style?

Reply 85

Taiping

Pirates of the Caribbean style?

Bo, Blackadder :p:

Which, to bring us nicely back onto topic, reminds me that Hugh Laurie rowed in the Boat Race.

Reply 86

FadeToBlackout

Bo, Blackadder :p:

Which, to bring us nicely back onto topic, reminds me that Hugh Laurie rowed in the Boat Race.

he also lost that boat race, and then went to America to further his career.

Now why does that sound familiar? :wink:

Reply 87

Because it's the first inversion of a certain person who "lost" (temporarily) his (university) career and then went to America to race boats... :p:

Reply 88

FadeToBlackout

Because it's the first inversion of a certain person who "lost" (temporarily) his (university) career and then went to America to race boats... :p:

i havent done any proper rowing since i got out here thank you very much!

Reply 89

Ditting Suck

Good luck to everyone rowing Bedford Head tomorrow*!

I'm very excited. It's my first proper off-Cam, ARA race! :smile:

*(but if you could lose to the Maggie boats that would be lovely)

Reply 90

Bedford has bridges. *Is scared*

*Hopes the (intermitant) ability to squeeze through the gut with inches between the bank and the boat going the other way will be useful...*

Reply 91

Johnny01638

Can you go for a gentle paddle down the rivers at Cambridge or is it all rather competitive?

Reply 92

ExamNailer

Can you go for a gentle paddle down the rivers at Cambridge or is it all rather competitive?

I think competitive is an understatement.

Reply 93

Erg times!

21:18 and 21:34 both @ 20s/m

Getting better! :biggrin:

I've been a moron and calculated these in the wrong way.

My splits were actually average spilts were 2:07.8 and 2:09.4.

I've been dividing them by 10 and sending those off!!! :redface:

Reply 94

Childermass

ExamNailer

Can you go for a gentle paddle down the rivers at Cambridge or is it all rather competitive?

If you're in an eight then it's very competitive, but most boat houses have a couple of sculls that people can take out for a paddle if they like.

Reply 95

Taiping

I've been a moron and calculated these in the wrong way.

My splits were actually average spilts were 2:07.8 and 2:09.4.

I've been dividing them by 10 and sending those off!!! :redface:

yes i didnt quite understand what a time of 21 minutes was (didnt realise you meant that as seconds).

Reply 96

Hmmm, some very very interesting results from bedford head. If FTB was coxing the first men, he just won himself a pot. But I'm obviously more interested in the lightweight rowers performances - and if oxford have set their crew like cambridge have, then things are looking closer than I thought they would - with equal best times, and then cambridge being two seconds faster on the "second attempt". Did I make a fatal mistake in leaving Cambridge for a year - have I missed my chance to win a sodding boat race!?

Reply 97

Ditting Suck

Didn't Oxford crash on the second run, though? That's what one of our girls reported back to us.

I'd love to do lightweight DevSquad this summer. I wonder whether it's even vaguely possible, though.

Reply 98