New British One Hour Records
Posted by Concept2 News on the 28th of August 2001
There are some records that aren't worth having. The record for the number of bottles of mascara that you can stuff in your mouth has always seemed pretty worthless to us, as, in a different sense, would be a three sided concept album by Boney M devoted to the economic theories of Milton Friedman.One record which is definitely worth its weight in salt, however, is the British Men's One Hour Team Record, and since the last newsletter no fewer than three teams have come forward aiming for the prize. First off, Team Horizon from Horizon's Health Club in Havant, broke the old record with 17,911 metres which, as Ben Adcock points out, is extremely good considering that all four members of the team are non-rowers, one guy is 45 and I'm only a lightweight!Then we heard from (the rather unattractively named) Team BARF from Copley Fitness Centre who managed to get to 18,102 metres before time ran out. However, even they had to concede to BG Max from Reading who, not content with just the Mixed One Hour Record, pulled out all the stops to row a staggering 20,760 metres, an overall split of just 1:26.7. A big shout out goes to all those teams mentioned above. A full list of all records can be found at http://www.therowingcompany.com/v4/brit_world_records.htm