Happy Valentine's Day. This year is yet another in a long succession of Valentine's Days spent at the Olympic Training Center, deeply invested in the selection process for a World Championship or Olympic Team. Valentine's Day tends to fall right in the middle of winter training... a time of physical and mental fatigue; blisters; chafe; … Continue reading Olympians’ Romance -OR- My Life As a Single Person
For All You Lovers Out There
I had a fairly uneventful but pleasant Valentine's Day this year. Life is good, and I am happy, even though my only Valentines this year came from Esther and my Mom. Serendipitously the Patagonia order I placed last week arrived today, so that turned in to a great Happy Valentines to me from me (Re-Tool … Continue reading For All You Lovers Out There
All’s Fair in Love and Rowing
Another Valentine’s Day has come and gone. This year, I got to spend it on a 155-acre athletic compound, romantically isolated from civilization along with several dozen other elite athletes. The center’s Valentine-card workshop, strategically-placed baskets of chocolate and cookies, and then the ongoing “Slow Jam” satellite radio feed blaring through the main foyer of … Continue reading All’s Fair in Love and Rowing
Megan Kalmoe, OLY 