When you've made more than one Olympic Team, people like to ask you how your experiences compare - past to the present. What's different this time? Which one was better? I've talked a bit about how I feel I've grown and changed as an athlete over the course of three Olympic Teams, and what making … Continue reading Keeping the Magic Alive
Stop Trying to Ruin the Olympics For Us
Today we are one week away from departure for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. Competition starts in eighteen days; and in twenty-two days I will have completed the final race of my career. Rio will be my third Olympic Team after walking on to my college rowing team in 2002 with no knowledge or … Continue reading Stop Trying to Ruin the Olympics For Us
Surfacing
I've been back in the US for all of 24 hours now, and I think it's time that I finally put my 2012 Olympic experience to words. As much as I wanted to write about it all as it was happening or immediately after racing had finished, I couldn't. I wanted to have some more … Continue reading Surfacing
What it Means to be a Hopeful
Here I am--I'm still alive after several days of excitement following the official Team Announcement on Friday afternoon. It's been a busy weekend with calls, texts, emails and messages of support from friends and family all over the world--I am so grateful to have such a broad network of support and so many communities of … Continue reading What it Means to be a Hopeful
Rio 2016 Logo Revealed
Happy New Year! I woke up this morning to find the new Olympic Games logo for 2016 has been revealed: I don't envy the guy or gal who had the job of putting this together, and then launching it on the web to receive an onslaught of criticism. Graphic design is difficult, and for something … Continue reading Rio 2016 Logo Revealed
Megan Kalmoe, OLY 