Rowing Chat

The Kings Cup at Henley Royal Regatta

Chris Hartley is the brains behind the resurrection of the Kings Cup – a race last run in 1919 at the Henley Royal Peace Regatta. Noticing the upcoming centenary he started a three year and multi mile journey to revive the event. Chris talks to us about the concept, how he added two new countries […]

Paul Thompson, Head Coach China

Paul Thompson is head coach for the Chinese Rowing Federation. He talks about the challenges of coaching through a translator; getting visas to train in Europe, coaching catches and a relaxed recovery. Learning to coach in a foreign language – Paul uses rock over, relax, legs first, power as his first words in Chinese! I […]

Faster Masters Rowing Radio July 2019

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Tips for training and rowing in the heat and how to transition to racing at high stroke rates Faster Masters Rowing Radio July 2019 is hosted by Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe.  They write monthly training programs for masters rowers at www.fastermastersrowing.com 0:00 Introduction and summary of what’s in the July Faster Masters training program […]

Faster Masters Rowing – sponsor for June

Faster masters rowing, Marlene Royle, Rowing program, veteran rowing

New this month is a training advisory service for masters athletes – Faster Masters Rowing by Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe. Designed for masters who train alone, or who are at clubs where coaching is not provided, this program allows self-directed learning oriented towards masters who want to improve their skills for fitness or competition; […]

Meghan O’Leary

Meghan O'Leary

Meghan is a US Rowing athlete in the W2x and she wrote a stinging blog post about the lack of media coverage for the US national selection trials. Why Elite Rowing Will Never Be Popular in US which got a lot of commentary, particularly when she compared the amount of media coverage US Rowing got to […]

Rowing Data with Lou Harwood and Henry Palmer

Lou Harwood, Rowing Data Podcaster

A new podcast series focused on the data side of rowing training and coaching. Data is an essential part of rowing coaching and training. How much do you understand about how to use information to optimise your workout? Collecting data in rowing – where can you get data from? Being a data “janitor” – cleaning […]

Faster Masters Rowing Radio June 2019

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Marlene Royle and Rebecca Caroe discuss food and nutrition for rowers and how to practice racing starts. Nutrition – from Nancy Clark’s seminar “Sports Nutrition: Clarifying the confusion about what’s best to eat”.  The link below is to the 5th edition of Nancy’s classic book.  Rowing Chat has an affiliate link code.  A more recent […]

Annie Vernon author of Mind Games Book

Mind games book, signed Annie Vernon, Annie Vernon rower,

Annie Vernon rowed for Great Britain at two Olympic games and had a rapid ascent through the womens sculling crews to the top boat.  Now retired, she has written a book about the mental skills of elite athletes – Mind Games.  We discuss nature, nurture and training the mind and the techniques which have propelled […]

Noel Donaldson

Noel Donaldson is the coach behind both the Kiwi Pair and Australia’s Oarsome Foursome – arguably their most successful crew over recent olympiads.  He has more recently coached the Kiwi Pair and the NZ mens eight. We discuss how he worked with Eric Murray and Hamish Bond who were already successful by building flexibility into […]

Rose and Thorne active bra – discount

Rose Thorne, ACtive Bra, Comfy sports bra,

A bra for the everyday active woman who needs to feel secure and supported in everything she does. The Rose & Thorne Active Bra is a fully wired bra designed to keep your bust exactly where it should be – creating a more confident you. Sizes from 10DD to 20E means there’s a size perfect for […]