simon barnes

Age: 59
Country: United Kingdom
Location: Worthing
Team: Age Without Limits
Height: 5 ft 10 in
Weight: 161 lb
Wingspan: 6 ft 2 in
Logbook ID: 1356584
Member since: April 27, 2020

Been indoor rowing for over 30 years. Bought a Model B in the late 1980's having used one in the university gym. Must have done 70-80m lifetime meters, my log is for my current machine only and excludes the gym. Went to CRASH-B in 2000 placed 4th (:-() done many BIRCs (but no BRICS), got a bronze medal most times, and a couple of EIRCs. Stopped for 2-3 years a dozen years or so ago, after a nasty relationship breakdown, picked it up again and struggled having I think lost a lot of strength. Frustrated with physical decline in my 50's, not least what seemed to be severe arthritis a couple of years ago which made my shoulders and hips hurt, my fingers hurt and my knees swell up. Lots of ibuprofen ('the athletes breakfast') then naproxen. I kept rowing but at a reduced pace. Then that cleared up partially, no medical explanations offered. Feel like I'm paddling a bit now. Never row without music, I have some mixing software and make trance music playlists reduced in tempo to 120bpm hence most of my sessions are done at 30spm, bit naughty probably but it suits me...

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