Reader James Bailey has come up with a question which he says he's been wanting to ask for sometime: What is the record for the lowest 500 metre split achieved for any given stroke and is there an unofficial record time for 100 metres? There are no official records of absolute power readings for one stroke or for the 100 metres but it is an interesting question. The national rowing team use the machine for testing, and one of their tests is a 5 stroke power test during which one would assume there would be some pretty impressive scores. Terry O'Neill has promised to approach his nefarious network of secret contacts to try and get some figures, but he reckons that it could well be a non-rower that would get the best score for one stroke and the 100 metre dash. As such, everybody's homework for this week is to have a shot at 100 metres and, while they're at it, try and remember what their fastest split time is during the dash. If you then e-mail us your time and split to the usual address (webmaster@vermonthouse.co.uk) we'll publish the fastest here in the next newsletter and hopefully put all the scores up on our web-site. You're also able to enter on our web-site via a link in the What's New box on our Index page (http://www.therowingcompany.com/v4/index.html)