Callie at the Catch: The Rowing Triathlon
November 08, 2017 | Women's Rowing
Rowing, running and climbing
Whitewater, Wisconsin, native Callie Herbert is back and giving regular updates again this year from Porter Boathouse and wherever else rowing takes her and her teammates. A four-time swimming state qualifier in high school, the senior stroked the varsity eight to 11th-place at the 2017 NCAA Championships.
MADISON, Wis. -- Unfortunately, the weather this past Saturday prevented us from racing in our annual Class Day Regatta with both openweight and lightweight teams. This is always a fun opportunity to throw it down against each other in short 500-meter pieces in hopes of bragging rights as being the fastest class. These also cannot go without a little smack talk!
So we made a change in plans and instead of Class Day races, we completed our rowing triathlon, but this time with a twist. This was not our usual rowing triathlon, because instead of a solo race for the fastest time, we added a team element to have the most members to finish in our 90-minute time limit. It kept the energy high and the morale even higher.
The first task to complete was a total of 120,000 meters on the erg and no one could move on to the next thing until every meter was complete, which sounds absolutely crazy. But, we had 12 ergs per team, so each erg had 10,000 meters to complete. With teams of nearly 50 girls, it made it a bit more reasonable. Everyone had to at least row a 1500 at first and then we had to strategize on how to finish the fastest and have each erg finish as close as possible to each other. Once the last few meters finally clicked to zero, we began our second task.
This portion was a run from the boathouse to around the capitol and finishing at Camp Randall. We could take whichever route we wanted as long as we fully complete the circle around the capitol, so of course we Google mapped the fastest route. The only other rule we had on the run portion was no running red lights. This was a nice break for the legs after erging and makes it much safer, but it definitely slowed us down. We did not have to stick together at this point, because now it was about getting as many of us to finish. So once we reached Camp Randall, we could go right on to the final part.
As if our legs and quads were not tired already from erging race pieces and running four miles, we finish off the triathlon with running the full bowl of stadium stairs at Camp Randall. This part truly shows who has the most grit and it shows how tough we are to keep going and keep pushing ourselves. But, the feeling we get after accomplishing something like this is worth it all and I definitely rewarded myself with a big breakfast.
Our next big event is our famous "Bucky Days." If you haven't heard of this yet, stay tuned because it is one you won't want to miss. Bucky Days begins Nov. 14 and ends on Nov. 16.
MADISON, Wis. -- Unfortunately, the weather this past Saturday prevented us from racing in our annual Class Day Regatta with both openweight and lightweight teams. This is always a fun opportunity to throw it down against each other in short 500-meter pieces in hopes of bragging rights as being the fastest class. These also cannot go without a little smack talk!
So we made a change in plans and instead of Class Day races, we completed our rowing triathlon, but this time with a twist. This was not our usual rowing triathlon, because instead of a solo race for the fastest time, we added a team element to have the most members to finish in our 90-minute time limit. It kept the energy high and the morale even higher.
The first task to complete was a total of 120,000 meters on the erg and no one could move on to the next thing until every meter was complete, which sounds absolutely crazy. But, we had 12 ergs per team, so each erg had 10,000 meters to complete. With teams of nearly 50 girls, it made it a bit more reasonable. Everyone had to at least row a 1500 at first and then we had to strategize on how to finish the fastest and have each erg finish as close as possible to each other. Once the last few meters finally clicked to zero, we began our second task.
This portion was a run from the boathouse to around the capitol and finishing at Camp Randall. We could take whichever route we wanted as long as we fully complete the circle around the capitol, so of course we Google mapped the fastest route. The only other rule we had on the run portion was no running red lights. This was a nice break for the legs after erging and makes it much safer, but it definitely slowed us down. We did not have to stick together at this point, because now it was about getting as many of us to finish. So once we reached Camp Randall, we could go right on to the final part.
As if our legs and quads were not tired already from erging race pieces and running four miles, we finish off the triathlon with running the full bowl of stadium stairs at Camp Randall. This part truly shows who has the most grit and it shows how tough we are to keep going and keep pushing ourselves. But, the feeling we get after accomplishing something like this is worth it all and I definitely rewarded myself with a big breakfast.
Our next big event is our famous "Bucky Days." If you haven't heard of this yet, stay tuned because it is one you won't want to miss. Bucky Days begins Nov. 14 and ends on Nov. 16.
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