Special. That's a word for today. Despite all the chatter about the weather, my racing schedule was only slightly affected--positively, in fact, as I ended up racing my night time heat about 30 minutes earlier than the original time. Speed order events, however, were not so lucky (M2-, M2X, LM1X, LW1X, LM2-) and their racing … Continue reading NSR 1: Day one completed!
NSR 1 : Day one
Good morning everyone! What time is it...? I'm about to head over to beautiful Mercer Lake to get ready for our Time Trial this morning in the W1X event. I will be starting as bow #47, right behind my teammate, Kate Bertko. There has been a lot of chatter about the weather for this regatta, … Continue reading NSR 1 : Day one
Last Call from Worlds, 2010
So once again I have taken a few days to decompress, think, and rationalize how I feel about our race on Thursday. Despite everything that happened this year (different… though equally ridiculous as last year's story), coming 5th in the quad was every bit as disappointing. A lot of what I struggled with accepting at … Continue reading Last Call from Worlds, 2010
Through the Reps
Well, after the heat on Monday, we were ready to throw down a solid race, and when the Rep rolled around on Wednesday, that's what we did. We're happy with that performance and are looking forward to this afternoon's Grand Final! Conditions at the course right now (1:30 p.m.) are blustery and highly variable. On … Continue reading Through the Reps
Racing: Day One v.2.0
We finally got to take it down the course yesterday in our Heat for day one/two of racing. This was a big day for us, as--true to US training tradition--we had yet to do a full 2k in our lineup. What happened wasn't ideal, but I think that we handled it as well as we … Continue reading Racing: Day One v.2.0
Racing: Day One
Today was a day of firsts. Today I had my first homemade corrugated plastic splash-guard taped to my boat. Today I had Tom give us a running launch off the dock with a Jack-be-Nimble maneuver over two sets of sculling oars for the first time. And today I had my first International event delayed, and … Continue reading Racing: Day One
Megan Kalmoe, OLY 