It has finally happened: stardom here I come. I launched my international supermodeling career today with my first (and probably only...ever) paid modeling gig for Boathouse Sports. Boathouse is the new official gear sponsor for USRowing, and asked several of the US Elites to participate in a photo shoot for their upcoming catalog. Ellen and … Continue reading Boathouse Sports Photo Shoot
All’s Fair in Love and Rowing
Another Valentine’s Day has come and gone. This year, I got to spend it on a 155-acre athletic compound, romantically isolated from civilization along with several dozen other elite athletes. The center’s Valentine-card workshop, strategically-placed baskets of chocolate and cookies, and then the ongoing “Slow Jam” satellite radio feed blaring through the main foyer of … Continue reading All’s Fair in Love and Rowing
Work and Play: Balancing Financial Gain with How We Train
Before I came to Princeton, I had established a fairly typical young person’s employment record: glittering instances of food service, delivery driving, and gritting my teeth through low-to-mid-range retail. All of my previous jobs have had their perks and their drawbacks, but none of them have ever been quite like the job I keep now … Continue reading Work and Play: Balancing Financial Gain with How We Train
Testing
On Wednesday afternoon I shaved my legs for the first time in about eight weeks. Going Amazon didn’t start out as a conscious act; over winter break in Wisconsin and Seattle where no one cared about my body hair, I simply wasn’t compelled to waste the time and the water required to shave. When we … Continue reading Testing
Welcome to Princeton, Where You’re Never Too Old to be a Novice
There was a morning this fall that we all met at the boathouse at our usual time, expecting our usual workout, with the usual water and the usual boats. As we all groggily waited for the ok-go from Tom and attempted to position our limbs in ways that vaguely resembled stretching, Tom dropped the bomb … Continue reading Welcome to Princeton, Where You’re Never Too Old to be a Novice
Home Sweet Home: Training at PTC
One of the simplest ways to introduce outsiders into our niche of the elite athletics community is to create a basic understanding of one of the most fundamental elements of the sport that we as athletes may at times take for granted: the training facilities. I know that I am guilty of complaining about not … Continue reading Home Sweet Home: Training at PTC
Megan Kalmoe, OLY 