New and imporved (and most importantly, FUN!) format - Australian Indoor Rowing Open (AIRO26) consists of four core races, then 5 optional extras. Compete at home, your club or at the gym, submit your entry via the RowNation app and accumulate points for your club or team. The event is open over 9 days, and you can submit unlimited results - your fastest individual time counts, but each attempt will add more points to your overall stack score. 

The Australian Indoor Rowing Championships (AIRC26) is run within the same competition, using the same race results - If you have a fast enough time, and are competing within Australia, then you can be in the running for a champoinship medal. There are ectra requirements for this though - you either need a video of your race, a coach supervising you, or compete at a registered hub. Check out the website for full details. 

Core races in AIRO26 (also forms AIRC26)

• 1 minute - go as far as you can in 60 seconds
• 500 meter sprint
• 1 km 
• 2 km

Optional races

• 4-minute - go as far as you can in 4 minutes.
• The six - Six one-minute efforts, one minute of recovery between each, scored on total metres across all six.
• Calorie Ladder - Ten, twenty, thirty calories, then back down through twenty and ten, one minute recovery between each rung. Your score is total work time.
• AIRC Sprint Relay - Four athletes, 500 metres each, one combined team result. Mixed teams run with up to two men. This event is also part of AIRC.
• AIRO 10K Team Relay - Four athletes, 10,000 metres, free changeovers. Everyone rows at least 2,000 metres, then it's down to how your team splits the rest.

Event entry fee is $30 and covers entry for all nine events. Enter via the event website - Row Nation Events