terry
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Hi Aram & Everybody. My name is Terry and I started rowing at age 64 in 2021 and compete in the “G” age group of USRowing events in the SE USA. At 5’ 8” (1.72m) and 170 pounds (77.5kg) I have to be as efficient as possible to compete with all those taller athletes! I think I’ve watched all your public YouTube videos and found them very helpful and I recently joined your coached program to work on all aspects of my rowing. I row in team boats (2x, 4x and 8+) and my Hudson 1x. Depending on the team boat average age, my seat moves from stern to bow. LOL! I stroke or #7 seat for the “old folks” mixed 8+ and #3 seat the men’s 8+. In 2025 I intend to focus on racing my 1x because in 2024 focusing on team boats has hampered my 1x rowing. The picture is of 2000m of my practice river, but I have over 20k of water like this to work on. We install the course in February each year for the College regattas that we host all Spring and then take it out after the Dogwood Masters Regatta in June. It’s a pretty idyllic setting for rowing!
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Early morning and evening after 4:00 its typically smooth, maybe not quite as picture perfect as shown. The picture was taken at about 08:00 am when I was walking the dog. Any time from 06:00-09:00 I can find water like this most days. It is not the best practice environment because I never get to race on water this flat – so I do force myself to go out in less idyllic conditions to practice “keeping my blades off the water”.
The course is fairly well sheltered from the prevailing wind direction so rough water is only a problem when the wind blows directly from the north or south. Oak Ridge is known for having “fast water” which is why we get to host so many of the College Regattas every Spring.