[82lsju]

Six days a week, the men and women of Stanford Rowing slip their boats into the early-morning waters of San Francisco Bay and start cranking out the miles. They wouldn’t have it any other way.

https://medium.com/stanford-magazine/sta...38d93085be

[82lsju]

Six days a week, the men and women of Stanford Rowing slip their boats into the early-morning waters of San Francisco Bay and start cranking out the miles. They wouldn’t have it any other way.

https://medium.com/stanford-magazine/sta...38d93085be

[TinderForMidgets]

Six days a week, the men and women of Stanford Rowing slip their boats into the early-morning waters of San Francisco Bay and start cranking out the miles. They wouldn’t have it any other way.

https://medium.com/stanford-magazine/sta...38d93085be

Is that a Sam Darnold reference?

[TinderForMidgets]

Six days a week, the men and women of Stanford Rowing slip their boats into the early-morning waters of San Francisco Bay and start cranking out the miles. They wouldn’t have it any other way.

https://medium.com/stanford-magazine/sta...38d93085be

Is that a Sam Darnold reference?

[Redrum]

The Redrumette took full advantage of the expansive feast of Stanford's extracurricular activities during her undergrad and grad school time there.  SO much more open and open to exploring than I was.  She (sorry) manned-up for the 5 ayem mornings and the double sessions.  Not typical rower physique but stuck with it and got to compete. I got into rowing a single long after I graduated, so I got to know the positive feedback that comes the mechanics and timing right and the boat just...well what real rowers call "swing."  Rowers, if they're lucky, get a lot of that: done right, everybody's power is your personal power.  Men and women rowers, I envy them and its an occasional kick to cross the Tennessee river and see the local college crew rowing against the muddy current.  Beautiful sport.  Loved the pics but found the Bay was never that smooth or glassy for me, except when later in life when we were sailboat racing.  Funny how that works.

[Redrum]

The Redrumette took full advantage of the expansive feast of Stanford's extracurricular activities during her undergrad and grad school time there.  SO much more open and open to exploring than I was.  She (sorry) manned-up for the 5 ayem mornings and the double sessions.  Not typical rower physique but stuck with it and got to compete. I got into rowing a single long after I graduated, so I got to know the positive feedback that comes the mechanics and timing right and the boat just...well what real rowers call "swing."  Rowers, if they're lucky, get a lot of that: done right, everybody's power is your personal power.  Men and women rowers, I envy them and its an occasional kick to cross the Tennessee river and see the local college crew rowing against the muddy current.  Beautiful sport.  Loved the pics but found the Bay was never that smooth or glassy for me, except when later in life when we were sailboat racing.  Funny how that works.

[Mick]

The Redrumette took full advantage of the expansive feast of Stanford's extracurricular activities during her undergrad and grad school time there.  SO much more open and open to exploring than I was.  She (sorry) manned-up for the 5 ayem mornings and the double sessions.  Not typical rower physique but stuck with it and got to compete. I got into rowing a single long after I graduated, so I got to know the positive feedback that comes the mechanics and timing right and the boat just...well what real rowers call "swing."  Rowers, if they're lucky, get a lot of that: done right, everybody's power is your personal power.  Men and women rowers, I envy them and its an occasional kick to cross the Tennessee river and see the local college crew rowing against the muddy current.  Beautiful sport.  Loved the pics but found the Bay was never that smooth or glassy for me, except when later in life when we were sailboat racing.  Funny how that works.

+1.  My roommate rowed heavyweight crew and was running Lexington dam faces six days a week at 5:00 a.m.  Not my cup of tea, but I admire it immensely.

[Mick]

The Redrumette took full advantage of the expansive feast of Stanford's extracurricular activities during her undergrad and grad school time there.  SO much more open and open to exploring than I was.  She (sorry) manned-up for the 5 ayem mornings and the double sessions.  Not typical rower physique but stuck with it and got to compete. I got into rowing a single long after I graduated, so I got to know the positive feedback that comes the mechanics and timing right and the boat just...well what real rowers call "swing."  Rowers, if they're lucky, get a lot of that: done right, everybody's power is your personal power.  Men and women rowers, I envy them and its an occasional kick to cross the Tennessee river and see the local college crew rowing against the muddy current.  Beautiful sport.  Loved the pics but found the Bay was never that smooth or glassy for me, except when later in life when we were sailboat racing.  Funny how that works.

+1.  My roommate rowed heavyweight crew and was running Lexington dam faces six days a week at 5:00 a.m.  Not my cup of tea, but I admire it immensely.

[yvonne]

Six days a week, the men and women of Stanford Rowing slip their boats into the early-morning waters of San Francisco Bay and start cranking out the miles. They wouldn’t have it any other way.

https://medium.com/stanford-magazine/sta...38d93085be

Do you mean the phrase "dawn patrol"? It was a 1938 movie, but the expression in regards to Stanford sports started during the Willingham era and refers to the 5:00 am practices. I can't remember whether Dawn Patrol was the regular offseason early practice or a punishment for guys who did something wrong in practice.

[yvonne]

Six days a week, the men and women of Stanford Rowing slip their boats into the early-morning waters of San Francisco Bay and start cranking out the miles. They wouldn’t have it any other way.

https://medium.com/stanford-magazine/sta...38d93085be

Do you mean the phrase "dawn patrol"? It was a 1938 movie, but the expression in regards to Stanford sports started during the Willingham era and refers to the 5:00 am practices. I can't remember whether Dawn Patrol was the regular offseason early practice or a punishment for guys who did something wrong in practice.

[fullmetal]

Redrum, I'm at the Big 12 championships this weekend, and let me tell you, Alabama has taken a big step in its rowing program -- they've beaten K-State (which they've not yet been able to do until this season), and they'll be challenging Tennessee for third-place at this regatta.

All two of the SEC schools' rowing programs (Tenn, Bama) are associate members of the Big 12 conference, which means their combined numbers give them just enough to qualify for the NCAA give the whole conference one automatic qualifier bid to the national championship regatta.

Stanford is at the Pac-12 championships this weekend on Lake Natoma.  Should be a fun set of races if anyone is in the area.

[fullmetal]

Redrum, I'm at the Big 12 championships this weekend, and let me tell you, Alabama has taken a big step in its rowing program -- they've beaten K-State (which they've not yet been able to do until this season), and they'll be challenging Tennessee for third-place at this regatta.

All two of the SEC schools' rowing programs (Tenn, Bama) are associate members of the Big 12 conference, which means their combined numbers give them just enough to qualify for the NCAA give the whole conference one automatic qualifier bid to the national championship regatta.

Stanford is at the Pac-12 championships this weekend on Lake Natoma.  Should be a fun set of races if anyone is in the area.

[Redrum]

Fullmetal: An early-adopter Cardboarder who actually rowed crew.

The thing that jumped out to me was the mention that the Pac-12 rowing championships at Lake Natoma east of Sacramento.  Natoma was where I did a great deal of my rowing. At the time the facilities there were....ummm, humble.  Gravel parking lot, only one very modest boathouse used by the Sac State rowers and some ummm, marginal-but-afloat docks.  Now they are hosting the Pac-12 championships.  Actually, first I've heard of it.  Might have done so for years.  I was using the facility when they put in their first new dock and paving the parking lot, but had no idea where it was headed. This (   http://www.sacstateaquaticcenter.com/   ) blows my mind.

Good lake for rowing.  Narrow and relatively sheltered.  Only downside is it runs into deep canyon on the eastern end.  In Sacramento's Spring-through-Fall heat it is like a freaking  furnace back in there.  Not a breath of wind. Not relevant for the actual racing but those poor crews training every afternoon had my respect.  ( I'd turn back and let the kids go on in, building their toughness and character.)

Oh, btw, fullmetal, the rowers I see are the dedicated souls from University of Alabama Huntsville, the "science/engineering/technical" school of the U of A system.  It's a kick to see them share the riverside dock area with the bass-boat crowd, guys who later without a thought will blow by them on the river going 30-50 mph.

[Redrum]

Fullmetal: An early-adopter Cardboarder who actually rowed crew.

The thing that jumped out to me was the mention that the Pac-12 rowing championships at Lake Natoma east of Sacramento.  Natoma was where I did a great deal of my rowing. At the time the facilities there were....ummm, humble.  Gravel parking lot, only one very modest boathouse used by the Sac State rowers and some ummm, marginal-but-afloat docks.  Now they are hosting the Pac-12 championships.  Actually, first I've heard of it.  Might have done so for years.  I was using the facility when they put in their first new dock and paving the parking lot, but had no idea where it was headed. This (   http://www.sacstateaquaticcenter.com/   ) blows my mind.

Good lake for rowing.  Narrow and relatively sheltered.  Only downside is it runs into deep canyon on the eastern end.  In Sacramento's Spring-through-Fall heat it is like a freaking  furnace back in there.  Not a breath of wind. Not relevant for the actual racing but those poor crews training every afternoon had my respect.  ( I'd turn back and let the kids go on in, building their toughness and character.)

Oh, btw, fullmetal, the rowers I see are the dedicated souls from University of Alabama Huntsville, the "science/engineering/technical" school of the U of A system.  It's a kick to see them share the riverside dock area with the bass-boat crowd, guys who later without a thought will blow by them on the river going 30-50 mph.

[fullmetal]

Not only does Natoma host the Pac-12 championships, but it has hosted (and will continue to host at various points in the future) the NCAA women's championships as well as the men's IRA championship regatta.  The CSUS Aquatic Center is fully-built out and very nice.  Just a little over two weekends ago, Natoma hosted the USRowing Youth National championship regatta.

It can get hot at Natoma, but at least the course is pretty fair.  Sometimes the wind can favor the left two lanes. But this is an outdoor sport, and just about every course has its quirks.  Natoma is one of the best the US has to offer.

The only "real" downside is the (continuing) appearance of rattlesnakes :)

(Also, am I really an early-adopter?  Has it been that long??)

[fullmetal]

Not only does Natoma host the Pac-12 championships, but it has hosted (and will continue to host at various points in the future) the NCAA women's championships as well as the men's IRA championship regatta.  The CSUS Aquatic Center is fully-built out and very nice.  Just a little over two weekends ago, Natoma hosted the USRowing Youth National championship regatta.

It can get hot at Natoma, but at least the course is pretty fair.  Sometimes the wind can favor the left two lanes. But this is an outdoor sport, and just about every course has its quirks.  Natoma is one of the best the US has to offer.

The only "real" downside is the (continuing) appearance of rattlesnakes :)

(Also, am I really an early-adopter?  Has it been that long??)