It's been a long time since I've used this space. The past four years have been incredibly challenging for me, and I have retreated from much of the online presence I have maintained for a lot of my career. In the past I have been able to use my writing and the depth of the … Continue reading Untitled
the Post-Post-Olympic Year
It found me. For much of last year I was gliding along, smugly brimming with experience and wisdom, expertly dodging all of the most annoying and tiresome pitfalls of the post-Olympic year. It was my third one, so I knew everything I needed to know about how to not have a bad post-Olympic year. 2009 and … Continue reading the Post-Post-Olympic Year
Ready to Launch
It's the last night before racing begins for the 2014 World Championships. We have been at our hotel in Amsterdam for a full week now and have been patiently whiling away hours in between bus rides and rowing sessions in order to get to tomorrow. Before that, we logged hours and countless kilometers on the … Continue reading Ready to Launch
2013 Support Shirts
Team USA will be rocking these shirts in Chungju... will you? I hit the drawing board again for this year's World Championships support shirt. Click below to check out the design! Thanks to Sew Sporty for being willing to print for us again this year. Go USA! --MK
March: In Memoriam
Often resented for offering us little aside from Daylight Saving and tax preparation, March is sometimes overlooked as that awkward month between winter training and launch of spring racing season. It can leave a lot to be desired from the standpoint of an outdoor sport athlete with its characteristically unpredictable weather, but this year March … Continue reading March: In Memoriam
The First Time I Broke 7:00
CRASH-Bs are this weekend, and for a lot of athletes out there this is the highlight of winter training season. Let's face it: basically everything between the Head of the Charles and the Boat Race pretty much sucks because it's almost always cold, dark and indoors, and usually the music playing a little-too-loudly in the … Continue reading The First Time I Broke 7:00
Megan Kalmoe, OLY 