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Welcome to my rowing diary. Here I chronicle my struggles, triumphs, and thoughts about life as an amateur masters rower.
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2019 Training Statistics
Updated: 08/09/19
Current weight: 151
Weight goal: Get back to 150
Days on water: 8?
Days on land: Too many!
2k Erg Test: 1:55.9/spilt, 7:43.8
5k Erg Test: 20:30/ 2:03Search my site.
Monthly Archives: July 2013
Time winds down for Rowing Nationals
People are making travel plans. They want to know the race schedule. I opened Microsoft Word and created a preliminary trailer packing list. The treasurer is buying extra uniforms; people are paying their membership fees; the race organizing committee announces … Continue reading
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Tagged benderson park, exercise, masters nationals, practice, regatta, rowing, sarasota
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Food is fuel
On the water rowing sessions are increasing and butt-kicking. Saturday one of my rowing pals brought up how she is looking forward to taper week. I don’t blame her, but in my mind, taper week is nothing compared to the … Continue reading
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Tagged athlete nutrition, diet, exercise, food, food is fuel, nutrition, rowing, training
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Master’s Nationals Training Pictures
With less than a month to go, it’s hard to juggle all the boats and the training time. Rowing right now isn’t always fun or easy. The boats are doing hard 1000-meter pieces. As coach says, they are dirty, vicious, … Continue reading
Protected: Master’s Nationals is one month away–and I’m frustrated.
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Tagged athlete, exercise, frustration, masters nationals, rowing, sacrifices, sarasota, sculling, struggle, struggles, sweeping, training, Women's 8+
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Rowing Blisters
Hamburger Hands. Shredded Meat. Craters of the Moon. Rower hands. Oysters. Call them what you want, but it’s all the same. Blisters. If you row, you have blisters, and calluses, too. One week as I walked around my … Continue reading
Faster, stronger, longer
It’s summer, which means our Florida weather is unstable again. Already we’ve faced a Tropical Storm and the last several days been full of high winds and puffy storms floating in off the gulf. After two years of bone-dry, burning … Continue reading
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