Rowing WOD 1/19/13:
Renegade Rowing League is Back!
Renegade Rowing League
2k Row CRASH-B Style
* If you’re in the Boston Area come to CrossFit Boston Iron and Grit at 114 Western Ave in Allston, MA at 8am to compete Head to Head CRASH-B Style. There’s a $10 Entry Fee and Winner’s get the new Renegade Rowing T-Shirt as well as the pride of knowing they can drop the hammer on game day.
** If you’re not in Boston then grab your friends, hook as many ergs together as you can using the RACE VENUE SOFTWARE FROM CONCEPT2, and then race each other for 2,000 meters. Put something up for grabs, like a shirt or a meal, for the winner!
Today’s Rowing WOD is a 2k Row. It’s a test of how much pain and glory you can endure over seven to eight minutes. Grab some friends and get after it. This is the third of a monthly series of 2k competitions called the Renegade Rowing League. Once a month Renegade Rowing will hook up all of the ergs at CrossFit Boston and host a 2,000m indoor race. Anyone is welcome to come test themselves to see how they stack up. Each month their will be a different prize. This month it is a new Renegade Rowing T-Shirt inspired by CrossFit Boston Iron and Grit.
If you have access to more than one erg and can get a group of friends together to compete you can join in on the Renegade Rowing League as well. Take a picture of everyone racing and then email it and the results to pat@renegaderowing.com. I’ll post the picture and results of your race and include everyone that competed in the Renegade Rowing League. All those that compete in the Renegade Rowing League have a shot at the prize for the month if they win their race category. The Renegade Rowing League will use the same event categories as CRASH-Bs.
No matter what! Post your 2k results to comments!
Renegade Rowing 
7:18.9, which was 0.9s slower than I wanted, but I’ll take it. My race plan was to hold the following splits (achieved splits in parentheses):
1:47.5 (1:46.9)
1:50.5 (1:50.2)
1:51.5 (1:52.2)
1:48.5 (1:49.8)
I need to learn to settle at a slightly slower pace for the first 1000m so the third 500m isn’t such a struggle. I did get my average/500m goal of 1:49.8 by 1500m, but wasn’t able to bring the split down to 1:48.5 as desired.
Love the mindset and thinking Mickey! Well done bud!
Running a day behind. Did yesterday’s WOD got to 29 burpees. Further than I thought I would.
That is impressive to get that many burpees done. You aren’t exactly built to do them! Great job.
You are correct Larry I am not a burpee machine
Yet!
Awesome work Chris! Burpees are tough, but way to attack them. Keep up the solid work!