At the beginning , it was a professor named Dr. Don McKenzie in the Department of Sports Medicine at the University of British Columbia who began to challenge the prevailing medical ideas that breast cancer patients should avoid strenuous activity –even knitting– due to increased risk of Lymphedema. Dr. McKenzie identified dragon boating as the optimal sport to challenge this view because of the strenuous upper-body motion required to propel a boat. In 1996, he recruited twen

Many row, few become coaches.  Cara coxing at Iowa State A coach can make or break a first rowing experience.  For Cara Burns  (the current Three Rivers Youth Coach) her experience at TRRA First Row eight years ago was not only inspiring, it was mesmerizing, as she describes her first time in a boat as a coxswain: “I remember being mesmerized hearing my own voice. I was talking into a speaker, so I could hear it through the boat.” From high school regattas to coxing a Big 10

Three Rivers Rowing Association (TRRA) introduced The Boathouse Blog the week following the 38th Head of the Ohio Regatta. This article lays out the basics of the Blog and contains useful links to keep you in the loop.  To join The Boathouse Blog, click the button , or follow this link . Who:   The Boathouse Blog is for anybody who uses the boathouse or wants to use the boathouse. This includes rowers, paddlers, dragon boaters, volunteers, and visitors. At TRRA, we manage tw

by Aodhán Ridenour Three Rivers Rowing Association hosted the Head of the Ohio Regatta last weekend, and what an excellent HOTO weekend...