Euro Open 2004

[old] joanvb · Post by **[old] joanvb** » December 9th, 2004, 1:24 am

Maarten, Thanks for the kind words and offer for information. I haven't been to Amsterdam for over 20 years...and I also didn't know the best thing about Amsterdam! I'm glad you posed the question about how to race...I'm interested to see the advice, as well. There's always more to learn! Your team race should be fun to watch. See you soon. Joan

[old] joanvb · Post by **[old] joanvb** » December 9th, 2004, 1:48 am

Love the waves, Carole! Thanks! I envy your travel planning...I don't even know if I'll be in Boston in 2005 ...and you've got it planned for 2006. See you in Amsterdam...(My journey begins Tuesday!) Joan

[old] Niall · Post by **[old] Niall** » December 9th, 2004, 6:43 am

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td class='genmed'>QUOTE (CAROLE MAC @ Dec 6 2004, 11:01 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quote'> ... and there is a party after for all foreign participants ...  </td></tr></table> I can see the appeal for you attending Amsterdam now Carole! The Cardiff GP was a fantastic result/performance by you and hope the buzz continues through to Amsterdam for you. Good Luck to everyone and I look forward to all the posts after the event.

[old] CAROLE MAC · Post by **[old] CAROLE MAC** » December 9th, 2004, 8:16 am

The following is just a copy and paste from the British Board .. just thought some of you may be interested in what we are up to . * Well folks bit of bad news .. my ex works partner's little boy has been diagnosed as having cancer in the spine and is now in Pendlebury Children's Hospital . He is 5years old and doesn't really know what is going on bless him. At birc i suggested to some of the girls to row the team event in Amsterdam for charity in fancy dress or special costumes hee hee. Well I have managed to persuade them and it is game on!!!! The team consists of Kelly Sapsford, Kay Hughes, Carole Dunbar, Cathy Rogers and myself so far. So I have set up a Just giving page if any of you would like to donate . I also intend in Spring to have a go at a 100000 on my own .and would like a bit of a back up team if anyone is interested . here is the web page for just giving .. <a href='http://www.justgiving.com/AMSTERDAM2004' target='_blank'>http://www.justgiving.com/AMSTERDAM2004</a> As regards the costume for the relay do you think I will be able to row in 5" stilettoes and do they make basques in sizes for woman of a certain age that eat?? gggggg Thanks for listening. Auntie CAROLE XXXX * Niall you already know me well ... I am just a party animal ...weg .... <img src='http://e4u.deltait.com.au/dressed/bek099.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

[old] Godfried · Post by **[old] Godfried** » December 11th, 2004, 6:12 pm

First Time Table is out ( Times may be subject to change ) see <a href='http://www.nereus.nl/index.cfm?category ... nguage=eng' target='_blank'>EIRC time table</a> Time Heat Categories 9:30 1 JM16 9:45 2 JM16 10:00 3 JW16 10:15 4 MCl WCl 10:30 5 LW30 LW40 LW50 LW60 LW70 10:45 6 W30 W40 W50 W60 W70 11:05 7 M Adpt. W Adpt. 11:20 8 JW18 11:35 9 JM18 11:50 10 LMSB 12:05 11 MSB 12:20 12 LWSA LWSB 12:35 13 LMSA 12:50 14 WSA WSB 13:05 15 MSA 13:25 16 LM30 LM40 LM50 LM60 LM70 LM80 13:40 17 M50 M60 M70 M80 13:55 18 M40 14:10 19 LMN M30 14:25 20 MN LMN 14:40 21 MN 14:55 22 WN 15:10 23 School 15:30 24 WCl4 Corp. 4 15:45 25 MCl4 16:00 26 LMFm8 16:15 27 LMFm8 16:30 28 WFm8 16:45 29 WFm8 17:00 30 WFm8 17:15 31 MFm8 17:30 32 MFm8

[old] TheHagueDragon · Post by **[old] TheHagueDragon** » December 14th, 2004, 3:15 am

14:10 i have to row my 2K match. 15:45 i have to do the 4K as a team (1k each person) How can ik prepare myself because of the short time between the heats?

[old] CAROLE MAC · Post by **[old] CAROLE MAC** » December 14th, 2004, 5:14 am

Maarten .. you have well over a hour recovery and you should be fine . When I raced at Newark .. I did my 2k then an hour after a 500metres and the race directly after that was the relay where I had five mins rest ... and I did it no problem ...wasw very tired later though ... just make sure you have plenty of water and eat something ...

[old] Canoeist · Post by **[old] Canoeist** » December 14th, 2004, 8:55 am

I agree that you have plenty of time to recover between heats. Use the time wisely though. First, do an easy cool down row. I would row 2 to 3K easy around 2:15. Drink plenty of sports drink to rehydrate and replace your energy. Maybe eat some high energy food that will not bother your stomach. Do it right after your first race so it has time to get into your system and out of your stomach before the second heat. Stay warm. Put on sweat pants/shirt so your muscles don't tighten up between heats. Try to relax between heats. Find a quiet place and close your eyes for a few seconds to release tension. A half hour before the second heat, do a warm up. Good luck, Paul Flack

[old] TheHagueDragon · Post by **[old] TheHagueDragon** » December 15th, 2004, 5:05 am

Thanx, these are usefull tips!

[old] Pete Marston · Post by **[old] Pete Marston** » December 15th, 2004, 6:49 am

I'll be there and racing. I think I'm in the MSA race at 1.05pm, the men's open anyway. Unfortunately I won't be in pb form as training has been patchy for a little while now due to life taking over. Strangely though I find that a lot of racing a 2k is in the mind and knowing what you have done before. Having done a 6:11 a couple of times before 6:20 now sounds pretty slow in my mind, and even though I don't think I'm in physical shape to do any faster than 6:20 really, I expect to row around a 6:16. Janice and I are travelling to Amsterdam tomorrow, and doing a bike tour around the city on Friday. Looking forward to racing and seeing everyone else Saturday. Pete

[old] CAROLE MAC · Post by **[old] CAROLE MAC** » December 17th, 2004, 8:22 am

Good luck everyone...off to airport now xxx

[old] Matthew Burrows · Post by **[old] Matthew Burrows** » December 17th, 2004, 9:15 am

Good luck everybody, I will be thinking of you...

[old] TheHagueDragon · Post by **[old] TheHagueDragon** » December 20th, 2004, 3:52 am

Carole, was that you who cheared at an english guy before my race at V30+? I was sitting a few places right of him.

[old] CAROLE MAC · Post by **[old] CAROLE MAC** » December 20th, 2004, 7:09 am

marrten was probably me ...I have no voice at all today ..........

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