Last January I traveled down to Seattle University to compete in the NW Ergomania Indoor Rowing Regional Championships. Long story short, it changed my life. I’d only first tried the sport of indoor rowing about 6 weeks earlier, when Heather and I bought a Concept 2 rowing machine as a replcement for cold-weather paddling. The [...]

At last month’s NW Ergomania – the NW Indoor Rowing Championships sponsored by Concept 2 – I had the benefit of warming up under the watchful eye of way-of-life rower Dale McKinnon. She knew I was new to the sport and that I’d had exactly zero formal instruction on technique. So after a couple minutes [...]

Having been an “erg rower” for about 6 weeks now, I just did my first live competition. It was the NW Ergomania Indoor Rowing Championships, where I raced in the 2000 and 1000 meter events. Dale McKinnon and I traveled to Seattle University for the event. In the gymnasium, there were a total of 40 [...]

I remember the exact moment that I knew I wanted – no, NEEDED – a rowing machine. It was 7:00AM, the winds were blowing into the 40’s, it was a bone-chilling 12F with wind chill, and it was darker than dirt outside. Since Hayden was born, I have stuck to an early morning paddle routine [...]