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 >>>
On the Water
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 >>>
Growing Pains (and Gold!)
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. ~Maya Angelou I almost cried before we even got to the start line. Twice! First when I heard another country’s national anthem being played over the loudspeaker, right after we launched for the Final…. Read More >>>
The Power of Team
Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering. ~Theodore Roosevelt Gang, I love what I do. Amy Van Dyken was one of my first role models in sports. I remember watching her on TV, racing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and wanting to… Read More >>>
