Ever since the 2007 movie, we’ve started bucket lists for everything. Now it’s time for you to plan your rowing event bucket list.
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3 Value Bombs
- Planning a bucket list is fun especially in a group.
- Try to get regattas on famous lakes designed for masters
- A holiday can follow a bucket list rowing trip.
Timestamps
00:30 Things we are going to do in rowing before “kicking the bucket”. The Faster Masters Rowing self-guided training plan to help get you fit, faster and the confidence you’re doing the right thing in your training. How to train as we age – masters rowers are not the same as youth rowers. If you train three times a week minimum, this program may suit you. Get a free trial download masters rowing program.
03:30 If you already have a program and want to read the articles we write on topics of interest to masters rowers, buy the monthly Masters Rowing Magazine.
04:00 Famous rowing waters
Bucket list rowing is about doing things that are special and have value to you. Andrew Turner suggested this episode. Row on famous waters – places which are renowned in the sport of rowing. Row on Olympic courses – Sydney, Munich, Paris, London. The Assault on Lake Casitas by Brad Alan Lewis tells one story of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
06:15 Famous rowing events
The well known Henley Royal Regatta and Head of the Charles are well-known. These can be hard to get entries in because HRR does not have masters events.
Row on the same course in different events like Henley Masters Regatta – a 1k event in July. The London Veteran Eights Head of the River Race is on the Boat Race course and run in March each year. Australia’s Head of the Yarra is the premier event in the Southern Hemisphere in Melbourne each November. The Amsterdam Heineken Regatta is uniquely over several different race distances.
Touring Rowing races include the Tour de Lac Leman (around Lake Geneva) and is over 100km long. Also consider the Canal du Midi in France touring event.
11:00 Famous rowing coaches
What about getting a session with a famous rowing coach? Some join camps which you can join. Best Rowing Books
Troy Howell, Volker Nolte, Marlene Royle, Jim Dietz, Al Morrow – all well known coaches who work with masters.
13:00 What bucket list trip would you enjoy? Ireland with the Tribesman Head and a driving holiday afterwards. Meet rowers from a famous club in your own country – Capital Rowing Center in Washington DC.
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