It's the night before our heat at the 2015 World Championships. As I wrote in my last post, I'm back in the women's quad for this year's Worlds, and this is going to be my fifth season in this event. I've taken a lot of strokes in the women's quad, starting way back in 2007 when … Continue reading In to the Unknown
The 2015 W4X
Team USA has arrived in Europe to finalize our preparations for the 2015 World Rowing Championships. This year, we are starting the trip with a short camp in Erba, Italy before we pack up and move over to Aiguebelette next week. The trip has gone smoothly so far, we love Erba and everything about it, and … Continue reading The 2015 W4X
The Greyhound and the Rabbit
It seems like this blog is getting more and more difficult to write. If there was something that could top the last entry I wrote way back in April, this is probably it. Looking back, I think writing what I did about losing the NSR was a lot about acceptance and moving on from a … Continue reading The Greyhound and the Rabbit
The One I Didn’t Want to Write
I don't want to write this post. I don't want to, and I haven't wanted to since NSR 1 finished up on Saturday morning. I've had a lot of dark and complicated emotions in the past 48 hours, and I haven't wanted to articulate them. I even thought, I don't have to write about it. I … Continue reading The One I Didn’t Want to Write
Winter Fatigue
It's before 7 am on Sunday -- my day off. I've been up since about 5:30, wide awake and trying to rest quietly for as long as I could without disturbing my roommate. By about 6:15 the sound of the fishing boats on the lake had ensured I wasn't going to be getting any more … Continue reading Winter Fatigue
2014 World Championships
We've closed the door on the 2014 World Championships and are headed home. This year's regatta was very different from any other Worlds regatta that I've raced, and as I mentioned in my last post, a lot of being a competitor in Amsterdam this year was taking the good with the bad. We had a … Continue reading 2014 World Championships
Megan Kalmoe, OLY 