Rowing

Apr 8, 2017

Love this sport

I’ve fallen in love with rowing. It started on January 8th, 2016. I know, because I’ve gone back and marked it on my calendar like a first date. That was when I took my first Intro to Rowing lesson at Texas Rowing Center on Lady Bird Lake in downtown Austin. Almost a year and a half ago now.

Carey Jung

Apr 18, 2017

Sweating my first lightweight race

The Texas Rowing Championships are this weekend, and I’m signed up. I registered for three events, the Masters Single, the Novice Single, both on Sunday, and — this is crazy — the Masters Lightweight Single, which is on Saturday. What’s crazy is that the maximum weight…

Carey Jung

Dec 21, 2017

TRC Winter Meters Challenge

Every year Matt Knifton, the owner of my rowing club, the Texas Rowing Center, throws out a Winter Meters Challenge to keep us motivated and in shape during the off-season. The challenge: row a million meters in ten weeks. Everyone who completes the challenge gets a club t-shirt…

Carey Jung

Jan 13, 2018

Two Years Ago Monday…

…I joined TRC, took the first of my three Learn-To-Row lessons from Alvin, started rowing, and never looked back (which indeed in rowing can cause a few mishaps). Within a few weeks, I moved up from the stable, beginner’s Maas Aero shell to an intermediate Maas 24 boat and finally to the…

Carey Jung

Jan 16, 2018

Erg Sprints

Now that the TRC Winter Meter Challenge is over, I have my sights set on our club indoor 5K and 2K tests, plus a couple of upcoming erg (ergonometer, i.e. indoor rowing machine) races. The winner of the TRC 5K Challenge gets their club membership paid for a year, and Mark and Davis and the rest of the TRC…

Carey Jung

Feb 1, 2018

S.W.E.A.T. — Dallas

I’m doing my first indoor rowing race this weekend, the Southwest Ergometer Amateur Tournament (SWEAT) at the Jesuit…

Carey Jung

Feb 2, 2018

Dietary Staples of a Lightweight Rower

Whole milk and whole corn — typically in the form of cappuccinos and popcorn — these are my…

Carey Jung

Mar 10, 2018

World Rowing Virtual Indoor Sprints

World Rowing, the governing body for international rowing, along with Concept2, the big (only) gorilla of rowing machine manufacturers, are conducting a worldwide virtual indoor sprint competition this weekend: You get on your favorite erg, row 1000 meters and upload…

Carey Jung

Mar 11, 2018

Lactate Snarl

This is not a smile. I am not in a happy place in this photo. This is near the end of the 1,000 meter race I did today in the 2018…