Rowing with the greats
Today I got off the wheels and onto the rowing machine with the Olympic Gold Medal World record breaking rower Sir Matthew Pinsent.
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Today I got off the wheels and onto the rowing machine with the Olympic Gold Medal World record breaking rower Sir Matthew Pinsent.
I am in that early-forties heart attack zone. I reckon if I make it to fifty I’ll be OK for a couple of decades. But for now it is touch and go. I am deeply unfit. So a 2K rowing challenge at the London Rowing Club was not very appealing in truth, even if Sir Matthew Pinsent was going to preside over it.
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