Here’s a rough snapshot of my last three days of training, as of the day I’m drafting this post. Saturday morning: 6 x 1,500m on the schedule. For those unfamiliar with rowing, this is no easy task! I wake up in a complete mental fog. It’s strange because I slept like a rock star. It’s… Read More >>>
COVID-19 and Permission Slips Revisited
I read something deeply disturbing last week. In reference to the coronavirus, a well-renowned author and entrepreneur introduced the sociological principle of normalization and wrote: “After processing a constant stream of bad news, dire projections and death tolls, all while waking up each morning alive with the sun rising, these things will eventually not deliver… Read More >>>
Grounded in Gratitude
Preface Hello from Canal 54! If you read my last post, you’ll know that I was still in need of a doubles partner with less than a month out from Olympic Trials, and that it was increasingly looking like I would not be racing. Well, friends, I am disappointed to report that I won’t, in… Read More >>>
How to Rise Up Through Adversity
I just completed my registration application for the 2020 Olympic Games. Check it out! Cool, right?! The application was sent to athletes identified as potential competitors in Tokyo, Japan. Its completion, “does NOT guarantee a selection to the final 2020 Olympic Games Team USA delegation.” If only it were that easy! U.S. Olympic Team Trials… Read More >>>
AMA: Nutrition, Balance and Racing Internationally
When I launched Be Brave in 2015 I envisioned creating community, and establishing a space where readers could send in questions and share ideas. Well, I recently received an email from a collegiate athlete who not only took the time to tell me about her own rowing journey, but also ask for advice! It’s been… Read More >>>
