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Since its launch on 24th July 2020, Broken Oars Podcast has grown into the world’s best podcast about rowing, rowers and all things related to the art, practice and magic of moving a boat backwards down a river using an oar. Episode by episode, your genial hosts Dr. Lewin Hynes (the Southern One) and Dr. Aaron Jackson (the Northern One) have been joined for in-depth and revealing conversations with Olympic and world champions, elite coaches, world-leading sports scientists, journalists and commentators, and rowers from all backgrounds and walks of life - creating a treasure trove of insight, information, commentary and perspectives on the greatest sport ever invented. Enjoyed this episode? Buy us a coffee, download a training plan, and support us so we can carry on making Broken Oars Podcast, the best rowing podcast in the world. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brokenoarsd. Thank You! Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/brokenoarspodc1 Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/thelandingstage/ www.instagram.com/brokenoarsindoors/ Read more Broken Oars: www.thelandingstage.net
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Sunday Dec 04, 2022
Broken Oars Podcast, Episode 50: The Great Head Races Of Our Time and The UK
Sunday Dec 04, 2022
Sunday Dec 04, 2022
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We return as strangers from foreign lands with tales of wonder and woe - or, to be more accurate, like two people who've been incredibly busy and decided to use the excuse of recording a podcast to catch up and check that we're both still alive.
Are you all still alive?
Good.
Keep it that way.
In this episode, we discuss that most fundamental of rowing experiences, the Head Race.
Giving the historically accurate defintion of a Head Race (literally, a race for Heads (ahem)), we try and identify what makes a great Head Race, talk about some of the ones we've done, give shout out and honourable mentions to those we've also done or would like to. I (Northern One) sing the glory that is Rutherford Head, the best HR in the country by a mile; Lewin (Souther One) makes a strong case for Bedford, and we give props to HORR 2010 as it was one of the most glorious, brutally physical performances we've ever been involved in - and we rowed for Agecroft: brutal physicality is where we lived.
Feel free to tell us we're wrong and nominate your favourite Head. Remember, the judging criteria are:
1) It needs to be a real waterman's or waterwoman's course. No drag racing. It has to be challenging.
2) It needs an element of danger. Seals, polar bears, tricky bends and bridges ... all considered.
3) It has to have scenery - we've all done (insert name here), and the only thing worse than rowing through a flat, featureless landscape is living in one.
4) Has to have an element of being able to win something or scalpability (claim scalps).
5) Sure there was a five, can't remember what it is, though.
Perfect listening on the way to the boathouse, or on the long drive to the next race on the calendar in these cold, dark winter days.
Enjoy!
Stern four. Start doing some work, please!
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(And the chance to start up near the front of the pack and not be sitting around at Chiswick - or wherever - for several hours freezing to death, as is the way for women in pretty much all the other heads 😂)
Tuesday Dec 06, 2022
Not one you’d have personal experience of, I guess, but shout-out to WEHORR. All the same drawbacks as you’ve mentioned re HORR, but probably the biggest celebration of women’s sport that you’re ever likely to see - as many as 3,000+ women (and odd men) from all across the country, everyone from recreational rowers to Olympians, juniors to masters etc. What other sport can say that?
Tuesday Dec 06, 2022
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