When I was very young, there was only ever one thing that I wanted in the VCR: a 1982 animated film adapted from the book by Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn. My family never actually owned a copy of it, but we may as well have purchased the local library's copy for how often … Continue reading The Last Unicorn
The View from the Stroke Seat
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
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
Support the 2013 Women’s Four
Senior World Championship Trials wrapped up yesterday, and the remainder of the 2013 US National Team has been named. Among the Trials athletes named yesterday were the Women's Four crew out of the USRowing Training Center in Princeton. The Four is an interesting creature in Women's Rowing; it is no longer an Olympic event for … Continue reading Support the 2013 Women’s Four
2013 NSR 1
Official USRowing selection has started for the 2013 season with the first two days of the National Selection Regatta #1 being held at Mecer Lake in West Windsor, NJ. We have already raced a 1900m time trial and Heats on Wednesday as well as Semi Finals today. A and B Finals in the women's single … Continue reading 2013 NSR 1
Colorado Springs Camp
Back in the fall when I first talked to Tom about returning to training in 2013, I told him one of the things that I absolutely had to do this year was attend a training camp at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. He seemed a little skeptical--and indeed, so did many of … Continue reading Colorado Springs Camp
Megan Kalmoe, OLY 