Author: BRASSrowing

Winter Is No Cause for Whining The Winter Program is starting out with tons of energy. Berkshire Nautilus is proving (once again) the perfect site for it, and our new crew of winter warriors is bigger and better than ever. The first training sessions at Berkshire Nautilus were well attended. The second week's attendance has … Continue reading No Water, No Worries

A Rower who Sings the Blues (and not just in the off season!) One of our juniors, Julia, is even better known locally as the lead singer of Born IV Blues. Founded in 2017 when they were all but 9th graders, Julia along with Diego the drummer, Austin the guitarist, and Josiah on bass are … Continue reading From Boathouse to Barn

And we're off... Tanya, our coach, has come up with an outline for the first couple weeks of the indoor program, which begins tomorrow, January 3rd. Here's what's in store. 1/3 - Teach basics of: Pick Drill and Legs only drill (reverse pick drill) Testing:   2000m, 2' squats, 1' push ups, 1' sit ups Please record … Continue reading The Winter Program Begins

Tobias Tops 100k Tobias, one of our juniors, completed 100,000, a Christmas surprise because he'd told his family his aim was to do the juniors' challenge of 50,000! Having committed to the Concept 2 Holiday Challenge following Thanksgiving, Tobias decided not only to do 2,500 meters every school day, but to double that--5k every school … Continue reading Tobias meets the Holiday Challenge

Holiday Challenge Met Sue might look like a mild-mannered mother, (new!) grandmother, school administrator, and rowing club treasurer (wanna be) emeritus.  And she is all that. But she is also much, much more--our club's biggest, baddest erg beast. Having taken on the Concept2 Holiday Challenge, Sue was doing what any mere mortal can do if … Continue reading Sue, BCR’s Erg Beast