OK, Day one at Northstar and I rowed 60 minutes on a new Concept2 rowing machine

This is the first time in a very long time that I have been able to row straight for 60 minutes without TALKING. Besides the high altitude I mustered up a nice 14.7KM. When I checked out I asked as to how it happened that the gym finally got a rowing machine. As it turns out, the young woman who works in the office rowed for UCSB and worked on the management for six months before they agreed to get a rowing machine.
While I was rowing I was watching Tiger Woods at the British Open. He was doing great. As I was happily rowing, an elderly woman was thundering away on the tread mill for the whole hour. Even though she looked a little neurotic, I was impressed by her pace . She was wearing some out of date head phones and blankly stared at the number board. I could not help but think that she was walking on joints that will give in the future. Occasionally I decide to gently inform a random person of indoor rowing and its benefits. This time I kept my mouth shut.
It is now an hour after my row and I feel great. Thank you so much to the person in the office for pushing the gym to aquire a rowing machine.
Over and out

Xeno Muller, Olympic gold and silver medalist, indoor rowing, rowing technique.