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
2013 Support Shirts
Team USA will be rocking these shirts in Chungju... will you? I hit the drawing board again for this year's World Championships support shirt. Click below to check out the design! Thanks to Sew Sporty for being willing to print for us again this year. Go USA! --MK
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
2011 Worlds Silver
Finally! After several unsuccessful seasons of struggling with 4th and 5th place finishes in sculling events, this year's USA W4X executed a great race in the Final yesterday and came out with a silver medal just 1.53 seconds behind a strong German crew. The race was just awesome. Again we threw down a stronger first … Continue reading 2011 Worlds Silver
Tales From the Cold Plunge
It's been an exciting couple of days for the W4X. We had an ok start to racing on Sunday coming second to our friends in the German quad in our heat. That race meant a trip to the Reps for us yesterday. The Reps aren't always such a bad thing--especially for a crew like ours … Continue reading Tales From the Cold Plunge
Megan Kalmoe, OLY 