Sep 7 2015
Das Buch
No training today. A very long day at work, followed by preparing the double for transport. It started to rain when we were doing that, so I decided to leave the single for tomorrow. Hopefully I will be able to leave work earlier than today.
In the afternoon, I received a phone call from my son (10). It was in the middle of a meeting, so I said to my colleague: “Sorry, my son is calling. I have to answer this. It may be something important.”
Here’s is the conversation:
– “Hi, what’s up?”
– “Dad.”
– (Slightly concerned) “Yes, Dominik, what’s up?”
– “I am at home. Just wanted to tell you that a parcel was delivered for you. The guy wanted a signature, so I signed.”
– “Oh. Great. Thanks.”
– “Yeah, I am just informing you, right.”
– “Yes. Thanks.”
– “I am bringing this to your attention. I signed.”
I laughed. He just wasn’t entirely sure that he had done the right thing so he just wanted to be sure.
It’s the book “Masterrudern, das Training ab 40” by Volker Nolte and Wolfgang Fritsch. So far I have just been browsing and looking at illustrations. My impression? I think it is a nice and complete book (272 pages) summarizing all the stuff a Master Rower needs to know. The book is written as an entry level text, so I sort of expect to already know most of the stuff by figuring it out (trial-and-error style) and discussions on erg training schedules here and on the various erg and rowing dedicated fora and blogs. Also, much of the stuff on training theory and training plans is quite sport independent. But that’s OK. I am looking forward very much to reading the book from front to back and find the stuff I didn’t know yet. Also, it’s interesting to see these authors’ take on Masters Rowing.
Here’s a quick summary of the contents, and some remarks on what I hope to find in those chapters:
Part I
1 – Masters Rowing
General discussion about age groups and target groups.
2- Aging successfully as a Masters Rower
Discussion of how performance changes with age. A good summary of available literature.
Part II
3 – Learning to row
Not so relevant for me, but good to read. I know how to teach kids to row, but not how to teach adults, who learn slower.
4 – Can technique still be improved?
General chapter about Rowing Technique, including drills. I don’t think this is specific for older rowers.
5 – Rigging for Masters Rowers
This will be interesting. I guess most of us just copy what the elite is doing, but perhaps we should power for a less strong and less flexible body. Personally I look at how elite women are rigging, but as age progresses this may be more and more wrong.
Part III
6 – Training for Master Rowers
6.1 General Remarks
General remarks about how training works. Training effect. Recovery between trainings for older rowers.
6.2 Rowing Trainings
Steady state training. Fartlek. Red Lining. Intervals. Training for specific races (focuses on sprint racing). Training programs.
6.3 Other Trainings
Actually, this is the chapter I want to study in most detail. It covers strength training, erg training, general fitness training and “coordination training”.
7 – Racing for Masters Rowers
Year planning, training planning, training camp and preparing to race. All very useful stuff.
I will write more about the book when I finish reading it.
As a last remark, I find it quite interesting that the book was first published in German. It’s logical, given that German is the authors’ mother tongue, but I think there is a bigger audience for the book in the USA and Canada. As the authors themselves remark in the first chapter, in Europe the percentage of former Elite rowers among Masters is much higher than in Europe. Also, the typical European Masters Rower has started rowing during his youth, whereas the typical North American Masters Rower has started as a young adult, or very often as a Master. Content-wise I think the book is more suitable for the latter.
Sep 9 2015
2015 World Masters Schedule
This post is a shameless copy of this post by Ben Redman.
My schedule is the following:
Thursday
Event 106 M B 2X Heat 5 Start 13:50
M1 BRA C.R. Vasco da Gama Carlos Eladio Rodrigues Costa (1968), Guilherme Armando (1980)
M2 GER Ratzeburger R.C. Jens Burow (1967), Jörg Lehnigk (1980)
M3 CZE C.V.K.Brno, Lodní Sporty Brno Sander Roosendaal (1972), Radek Otevrel (1977)
M4 NED R.Z.V. De Amstel Maarten Juch (1976), Sjoerd Verhallen (1973)
M5 BEL V.V.R. Gent Christophe Larrangé (1966), Wouter Hermsen (1981)
M6 GER R.C. Protesia Hamburg Jan Zamow (1968), Hagen Ohltmann (1979) M
7 ESP R.C.R. Alicante Basilio Pueo-Ortega (1973), Alberto Jarabo-Pereda (1974)
M8 GBR Peterborough City R.C. Steven Cranfield (1978), Ian Palmer (1969)
Friday
Event 208 M B 4X Heat 1 Start 09:34
E1 CZE C.V.K.Brno Tomas Nahodil (1984), Martin Krocil (1967), Ondrej Hubik (1983), Sander Roosendaal (1972)
E2 GER Stuttgart-Cannstatter R.C. Matthias Gathmann (1973), Andreas Kaiser (1977), Max Schramm (1979), Matthias Penkner (1980)
E3 SWE Vänersborgs R.K. Mikael Werner (1975), Joakim Swahn (1979), Marcus Ankar (1979), Thony Boström (1978)
E4 AUT Wiking Spittal Markus Schützelhofer (1977), Gerald Olsacher (1978), Paul Paternoss (1980), Martin Moser (1979)
E5 INT Northwich RC (GBR), Strathclyde Park (GBR), Texas R.C.
(USA)
Simon Borchelt (1981) USA , Jonathan Morrissey (1981) GBR , Stewart Plant (1977) GBR , Peter Venables (1973)
GBR
E6 ITA Canottieri Padova Stefano Bertazzo (1967), Lorenzo Moi (1987), Giovanni Spandri (1973), Rampado (1984)
E7 GER Neuruppiner Ruderclub e.V., R.C. Havel Brandenburg Oliver Papenbrock (1983), Lars Beilfuss (1976), Jens Beilfuss (1973), Enrico Goldstein (1973)
E8 FRA Sport Nautique Compiègnois Laurent Brosseau (1984), Guillaume Lecocq (1983), Samuel Viandier (1974), Philippe Debaye (1969)
Event 229 M C 2X Heat 3 Start 14:15
O1 RUS Dynamo Moscow R.C. Mikhail Yurchenko (1970), Dmitrii Ovechko (1971)
O2 PER Club de Regatas Lima Marco Sanguineti (1969), Ricardo Suito (1975)
O3 POL K.S. Posnania-R.B.W. Pawel Szczepaniak (1970), Gerard Bednarek (1971)
O4 GER R.C. Aken, R.V. Dessau Carsten Albert (1977), Siegfried Mehl (1962)
O5 FRA S.N. Avignon Norbert Achery (1968), Pascal Fourey (1973)
O6 INT Beatrix Eindhoven R.V. (NED), C.V.K.Brno (CZE) Sander Roosendaal (1972) CZE , Arjan Buist (1969) NED
O7 NED R.I.C. Amsterdam Roel van der Steen (1967), Bart Guijt (1974)
O8 GER R.C. Oberhavel Hennigsdorf Mike Jungemann (1966), Andreas Köckeritz (1973)
Saturday
Event 307 M B 1X Heat 7 Start 09:41
H1 NOR Aalesunds R.K. Are Prytz Berset (1973)
H2 CZE C.V.K.Brno Sander Roosendaal (1972)
H3 GER R.V. Hellas Offenbach Erkut Tinaz (1969)
H4 IRL Commercial R.C. Renatas Dainys (1972)
H5 GER Münchener Ruder-Club von 1880 e.V. Hans Weytjens (1968)
H6 BEL S.R.U.N.Liège Christophe Campolini (1971)
H7 NED K.R.Z.V. De Hoop Amsterdam Kees Hooft (1973)
H8 GBR Norwich R.C. Tim Davies (1974)
Event 317 M A 4X Heat 2 Start 11:46
U1 ITA A.S.D. Canottieri Monate Stephane Jedrzejczak (1985), Alessandro Michellon (1980), Diego Bina (1980), Giovanni Marino (1978)
U2 INT S.C. Porto (POR), T.R.T.Hazewinkel (BEL) Stijn Cornelis (1985) BEL , Xavier De Groot (1979) BEL , Nico Roels (1975) BEL , Luis Rodrigues (1979) POR
U3 GER Neuruppiner Ruderclub e.V., R.C. Havel Brandenburg Oliver Papenbrock (1983), Lars Beilfuss (1976), Jens Beilfuss (1973), Enrico Goldstein (1973)
U4 CZE C.V.K.Brno Tomas Nahodil (1984), Martin Krocil (1967), Ondrej Hubik (1983), Sander Roosendaal (1972)
U5 NED Tilburgse Open R.V. Peter de Wijs (1964), Michiel Roos (1986), Boris Veldkamp (1980), Robert paul Prijt (1964)
U6 GER Schweriner R.G. Sebastian Pahl (1983), Christoph Schön (1984), Martin Meermann (1958), Markus Krenzien (1973)
U7 SWE Vänersborgs R.K. Mikael Werner (1975), Joakim Swahn (1979), Marcus Ankar (1979), Thony Boström (1978)
U8 AUT Wiking Spittal Markus Schützelhofer (1977), Gerald Olsacher (1978), Paul Paternoss (1980), Martin Moser (1979)
Sunday
Mix C 2x and Mix C 4x. Schedule not yet known.
We left Brno at 5am this morning and drove to Hazewinkel in 11 hours. The guys who are towing the trailer are still driving, there estimated arrival is 10pm, one and a half hours from now. The boat area is already pretty full.
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