We are well in to winter training and have already logged some serious K's on the erg. No doubt there are more to come based on the layer of ice on my lake at home. Here are my favorite jams that got me through January while I was training with the team in Chula Vista. … Continue reading January Workout Jams
And…We’re Back
Hello again. I'm finishing up the tail end of my first team camp of 2013 down at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista. I've had three weeks with a small group of USA women and men to get back in to organized full time training and readjust to the physical and social demands of … Continue reading And…We’re Back
What Comes Next
Ok, I admit that I have put off writing this post for a little too long. I meant to sit down and do it last week, but I somehow got caught up in the intoxicatingly sublime way of being that involves having nothing to do and nowhere to be. Well, not absolutely nothing, but compared to … Continue reading What Comes Next
One Legend, or Another
This weekend was the Thomas Eakins Head of the Schuylkill Regatta in Philadelphia. I, along with fellow 2012 Olympic Medalists, Henrik Rummel and Esther Lofgren, were once again in attendance to sign autographs, take photos and to present medals to race winners all weekend. Despite the threat of an impending hurricane hybrid being dubbed affectionately … Continue reading One Legend, or Another
2012 Head of the Charles
I made it to Boston and back this year unscathed -- something I never take for granted when taking on the biggest rowing weekend of the year: the Head of the Charles. The Charles in an Olympic year is always a spectacle from this side of things; the window of excitement surrounding the Summer Games … Continue reading 2012 Head of the Charles
The Wait is Almost Over
Coming soon... your 2012 LIST. Thank you to this year's incredible lineup of sponsors--helping to make the LIST bigger and better than ever! I am so excited about what is coming next... I hope you are too. Long Live the Dream, --MK