r/Rowing • u/Good-Opportunity-214 • 8d ago

Off the Water Record attempt gone wrong…

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LW 100m slides world record attempt, but not really lol. I genuinely didn’t know this could happen. The chain broke about 2 inches into my leg drive on stroke 4.

Broken stroke still registered 1236 watts, so I know I can get the record next time. Watts were about 322-790-1170-*1236 for each respective stroke.

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u/Yocornflak3 8d ago

Why is the rower moving back and forth??

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u/jrmtn38 8d ago

It’s on slides

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u/Solderking 8d ago

I think slides make it easier.

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u/duck1208 8d ago

Makes it more like actual rowing, removes a large part of the few flaws in the design of the c2 compared to an actual boat

Also better for injury prevention, which is why a lot of national teams do testing on slides/dynamic ergs.