The holiday season is here, my friends! The Schuylkill’s already seen its first snowfall and the New Year is almost upon us. 2017: Thank You 2017, in sum, was nothing less than transformative. I challenged myself to raise my game in the boat and believe I accomplished just that. I heightened my focus in training… Read More >>>
Mental Strength
Cultivating Art: Thoughts Before World Rowing Championships
The Bhagavad-Gita tells us we have a right only to our labor, not the fruits of our labor. All the warrior can give is his life; all the athlete can do is leave everything on the field. ~Steven Pressfield, The War of Art Hello from Charlottesville, Virginia, home of the University of Virginia Cavaliers! After… Read More >>>
No Wasted Water
The distance race is a struggle that results in self-discovery. It is an adventure involving the limits of self. –Paul Weiss Part 1 Writing doesn’t always come easy. But I love it because it’s a way of sharing what I have to say with the world. Most months, I’m hit with welcomed flashes of inspiration:… Read More >>>
Ride the Wave
The past six weeks have been a definite mix of whirlwind and waiting. Spring Speed Order 1 Over four days of racing the LW1x at Spring Speed Order 1, I went from intensely frustrated after the time trial, to composed and (gasp!) confident both before and after the semifinal, to at first kind of stunned… Read More >>>
(Loss of) Laser Sharp Focus
Sometimes I feel like the queen of distraction. Sometimes it doesn’t matter. I have no pressing deadlines or a day off from training; my brain can happily bounce from one thought to the next without consequence. Sometimes it’s welcomed, like if I’m preoccupied by circumstances out of my control—e.g., the time it takes for an… Read More >>>
