Stephen Hawking Isn’t Very Smart

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The image above shows a coxswain at work. Coxswains are frequently present in OTW rowing and they have to be smart, resourceful and quick-thinking if they are any good at their job.

A bit of rowing trivia is that Stephen Hawking was a coxswain for a while, but he wasn’t a very good one. In fact, he was a very poor coxswain.  So on the basis of those facts one may conclude that though Hawking is a bit of a savant at math, he isn’t as smart as he’s cracked up to be*.

*Definition of phrase, “cracked up to be”: Failing to meet expectations; not being as good as people say.

Today’s rowing session was two.  First, a 4x1500r750 patterned within 14K. After that, I did some catch-up and did the next training session, which was 4x200r1000 within a 6K.  But the catch-up 6K was done much slower than its description called for.  The main thing I wanted was to catch up on some of the meters missed over the weekend and that was partly accomplished.  Now I’m only behind by  one training session.

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details of the 14K
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14K finish screen
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14K report
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14K graphs
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6K details
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6K finish screen
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6K session report
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6K graphs

Happy rowing to you.