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
Breaking the Curse
It's been a few weeks since our race in Aiguebelette, and I've had some time to reflect on the 2015 season. If you've read my writing over the past few months you know that this year didn't go exactly the way I had hoped. Like any other season I've had with the National Team, there … Continue reading Breaking the Curse
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
Arrival in Chungju
Team USA is on the ground in Chungju, and things are going well. The Training Center groups arrived late on Thursday, and have been followed successively by the small boat crews and staff, and we are soon to be joined by our full Para squad. Travel to Chungju was as painless as it could be … Continue reading Arrival in Chungju
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
Megan Kalmoe, OLY 