While it can ever only aspire to the street cred of, say, stickball, the elite, "East Coast" sport of rowing does appear to be winning the cardiovascular systems of at least many middle-aged Democrats. Note, for example, this encouraging piece from the Boston Globe, which claims that rowers don’t really have to be at the boat house at 5 a.m. (what?) and points out that Boston’s non-profit Community Rowing now has about 1,500 members. Also note that Jane Morse, Community Rowing’s board president, was 55 when she started rowing and now, at the age of 63, is 25 pounds lighter and a national champion. Readers whose interest is piqued should check out these Eleven Insights Into the Sport of Rowing on the U.S Rowing website, where Insight Number Two asserts that "Rowers are probably the world’s best athletes." And Geezer always thought those people were into understatement. Want to know more? Buy or borrow D.C. Churbuck’s fine The Book of Rowing.
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Thursday, May 8, 2025
SportsGeezer: Rowing: Not Just for Preppies Anymore
SportsGeezer: Rowing: Not Just for Preppies Anymore Our buddy Art Jahnke gives a nice plug to The Book of Rowing….
Hi there,
I am slowly figuring out to become part of the blogging net. This is to say hello and to start networking off each other.
I have gone to three Olympics and won gold and silver in the men’s single scull rowing.
I live in Costa Mesa, CA and own and operate the Iron Oarsman, an indoor rowing center.
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