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
The Last Unicorn
When I was very young, there was only ever one thing that I wanted in the VCR: a 1982 animated film adapted from the book by Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn. My family never actually owned a copy of it, but we may as well have purchased the local library's copy for how often … Continue reading The Last Unicorn
Colorado Springs Camp
Back in the fall when I first talked to Tom about returning to training in 2013, I told him one of the things that I absolutely had to do this year was attend a training camp at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. He seemed a little skeptical--and indeed, so did many of … Continue reading Colorado Springs Camp
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
Megan Kalmoe, OLY 