The one thing we like better at Indoor Rowing Towers than an idea which gets lots of people rowing is when that idea is thought up by somebody else. One such spiffing notion is the Nonathlon event, which Paul Harris has posted about on the Indoor Rowing Message Board (http://www.therowingcompany.com/messageboard.htm). The idea is to try and log a time or distance for each of the nine events in the world on-line ranking (http://166.82.35.96/sranking/home.asp). These are:500 metres1,000 metres2,000 metres5,000 metres6,000 metres10,000 metres42,195 metres (i.e. the marathon)30 minutes60 minutesYour times are then compared against the records from the on-line world ranking last year for your age, weight and gender, and an equalised point score. For example; if the record for your age/weight/gender over 2,000 metres is 6 minutes, and your Personal Best is 6 minutes, you get 1,000 points. If your PB is 8 minutes you'd get 750 points. It's worth noting that the standardised results are based on your exact age, so it doesn't matter whether you're 30 or 38, you're still in with a shout.Free to enter, to find out more visit the Message Board and view the Nonathlon thread in the Miscellaneous Indoor Rower section (i.e. Indoor Rower >> Miscellaneous >> Nonathlon)