Basically,
thousands of people gathering together to see who can use a rowing machine the best, and reinforces my opinion, based on careful observation,
personal experience, and
introspection, that anybody involved with
rowing is
irrevocably insane.
Stands for the
Charles River All-Star Has-Beens, and is the world's largest international
ergometer race, located in Boston, MA. Takes place Feb. 20, 2001.
In the beginning, CRASH-B was a group of 1976-1980 US
Olympic and World Team athletes who lurked on the
Charles River, never rowing the same lineup twice, never practicing before a race, and always jumping the start against
Harvard.
However, in 1980 the U.S.
boycotted the Olympics, and about the same time
Concept II invented their later-named Model A rowing
ergometer, the one with the bicycle wheel, a wooden handle and an odometer. They formed a fun little regatta of about twenty rowers in Harvard's
Newell Boathouse, to break up the monotony of
winter training.
The distance of the race is 2
kilometers, and takes place on more advanced
Class C ergs. Winning time for
Open Men in 2000 was 5:40. Winning time for Women's
Coxswains was 7:58. I need to cut mine by 30 seconds by February.
Like they say-- After C.R.A.S.H-B.s-- If you haven't blacked out, thrown up, or
collapsed on a floor praying for death..
You haven't rowed hard enough.