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September 28, 2017 Megan Kalmoe Racing, Rowing, Strong Women, World Championships, World Cup

the Superlatives

This is my second season racing the pair for the United States. Over the past four years, I have spent more time in the pair than probably any other boat--it's our primary training and selection tool at the US Training Center, and for most of the 2016 quadrennium I had hoped that it would be … Continue reading the Superlatives

March 28, 2016September 28, 2017 Megan Kalmoe Racing, Rowing, Selection, Strong Women

Dear Kerry

Dear Kerry, I’m writing this to you as I make my way back home after the conclusion of our last winter camp together in San Diego. Three months have flown by, and the 2016 NSR is done. I haven’t been sure how to really craft an end to our time in the pair together, because … Continue reading Dear Kerry

July 14, 2015March 28, 2016 Megan Kalmoe Racing, Rowing, Selection, World Cup

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

April 27, 2015March 8, 2016 Megan Kalmoe Racing, Rowing, Selection

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

September 2, 2014September 16, 2015 Megan Kalmoe Racing, Rowing, Selection, the List, World Championships

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

April 28, 2014February 15, 2015 Megan Kalmoe Racing, Rowing, Selection

My First NSR

So, it actually happened. This weekend I competed as a sweep rower at the first National Selection Regatta. This is my fifth NSR1, but my first as a starboard. I have to admit, back in October when I accepted that this was really going to happen, and at some point I was going to get … Continue reading My First NSR