Turning 60 Made Him Want a World Record — At 61 He Beat One That Had Stood for 8 Years
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Bill Nurge, 61 and owner of HardCore Training Center in Ketchum, has won 19 uphill Baldy races over 35 years.
On May 9, 2023, he broke the all-age-groups world record for the 10-kilometer Concept2 indoor row, finishing in 34 minutes and 6 seconds — beating a mark set eight years earlier by U.S. Rowing Team athlete Andrew Neils at age 30.
Nurge offered a free fitness clinic on June 17, 2023 at his training center to share his training methods for outdoor sports.
Key takeaways
- ›Turning 60 became the specific motivation to start chasing competitive indoor-rowing records
- ›Set 44 age-group Concept2 erg records within about eight months of starting
- ›At 61, broke the 10-kilometer Concept2 indoor rowing world record for all age groups, with a time of 34:06, beating a mark that had stood for 8 years
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