Mile High Sprints:

Held in January or February, the Mile High Indoor Rowing Sprints offer a break from the drudgery of off-the-water training. As a qualifier for the CRASH-Bs, the World Championship of Indoor Rowing, the Mile High Indoor Rowing Sprints draws the toughest competitors from Colorado and surrounding states to test themselves against each other and the ergometer — all at more than a mile above sea level!

Row the Rockies:

Row the Rockies is a summer sprint regatta held in June or July.The regatta has grown over the past four years to include about a hundred and fifty competitors from Colorado and surrounding states.

Dillon Biathlon:

The Lake Dillon Biathlon is a "friendly" and informal event held in late July or early August at beautiful Lake Dillon (near Frisco), in Colorado's Summit County.

This event is unique in that it combines rowing with bicycling. Participants begin
with a 2-mile row, then climb on their bikes for an 18-mile loop around Lake Dillon -- which features the thigh-popping ascent up Swan Mountain Road -- and then finish with another 2-mile row. Oh, by the way, this is all at elevations above 9,000 feet. For a light-hearted description of the event, see the article in the November 2005 newsletter.

Many people set out on this undertaking with their goal just to finish, but rowers
being typically competitive, all-out racing never fails to ensue. Most competitors
choose to race individually, but team boats -- and bikes -- are allowed.