We've already been in Chungju for a week! We're sleep-adjusted, weather-acclimated, and able to predict the lunch and dinner menus with incredible precision, meaning: we're nearing race day. My crew has been getting some good training strokes in on the Lake over the past week, and one thing is for certain--we are learning more about … Continue reading The View from the Stroke Seat
the Shark Tank
It's been some time since I've taken the time to blog about what has been going on. I wrote a long post about the NCAA championships some weeks ago and never posted it; I went through some erg testing and selection prior to Lucerne which were a little underwhelming and uninspiring; Lucerne was fun this … Continue reading the Shark Tank
2012 Head of the Charles
I made it to Boston and back this year unscathed -- something I never take for granted when taking on the biggest rowing weekend of the year: the Head of the Charles. The Charles in an Olympic year is always a spectacle from this side of things; the window of excitement surrounding the Summer Games … Continue reading 2012 Head of the Charles
The White House and Backwards
Happy Autumn to you all! Time is continuing to fly by and summer has officially left the building and I am really feeling it from the couch in my parents' house in Minneapolis. I had another action-packed two weeks leading up to my departure for Minneapolis on Saturday, and I am here now in the … Continue reading The White House and Backwards
The Adventure Continues
I've been keeping busy since getting back from Charleston. Between logging a few hours of work when I can at the YMCA, working out (note: not "training", there is a big difference), eating, sleeping, and traveling, I scarcely have the time I need to keep up with all of my correspondence for upcoming events, not … Continue reading The Adventure Continues
Picking up the Pace
It's been a week since the final at Non-Qualified Trials, and it has flown by. Between racing, de-rigging and trailer loading, traveling back, getting my house in Princeton back in order, and then reintegrating into the PTC training group, I feel like I've blown through the past several days without much time to stop and … Continue reading Picking up the Pace
Megan Kalmoe, OLY 