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December is for Down-time? Not Really

December 9, 2008

It's December, and like most masters rowers, I should be cross-training, sleeping, enjoying time off with the family, and catching up on all the stuff I put off this fall. Unfortunately, it's just not going that way. more

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My Coxswain Tells Me

September 18, 2008

Words by Tom Boyd. Inspired in part by the music and cadence to Nettie Moore, by Bob Dylan. more

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It's Master's Race Time

July 3, 2008

I don't know who decided that the summer should be the master's sprint race season. Surely someone knew that as we age, our ability to adjust to fluctuations in temperature decrease, and things such as hormonal changes make some of us feel hot all the time. more

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Spring Madness

April 28, 2008

Cranking on an oar makes you less cranky. more

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Champion Stock?

March 18, 2008

I'm not a champion, nor do I come from champion stock. I'm the most athletic person in my family, and I have no idea why. more

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Tell Me Rowers

March 13, 2008

Tell me rowers eight and strong, why do you pull the boat along? more

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Best Lesson I Ever Had!

September 20, 2007

My introduction to the sport , 20 years ago, consisted of a coach telling me, "You're tiny, you're not particularly strong, and you have no flexibility whatsoever. What i'm trying to tell you in my own subtle way is that you're gonna suck at rowing. If you're willing to accept that I'm happy to coach you." more

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Christening of the Charlie Grimes

August 12, 2007

Comments from David H. Wight of the 1956 Olympic Crew. more

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Orange and Maroon Effect Day at SIRA's

April 19, 2007

Virginia Tech's crews were all entered in SIRA this weekend. After several very gutwrenching discussions on what they wanted to do, they have scratched most of their entries but two boats will still be racing. more

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Misty Morning

March 14, 2007

...a boat gliding across the water, the movement of the crew reduced by the fog. A boat of the dead, the Flying Dutchmen of Townlake. more

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Eight Tough Minutes: Lindsay Meyer

January 9, 2007

US JW1x bronze medalist Lindsay Meyer's account of her Jr. Worlds semifinal; in 2006, Meyer was the first U.S. junior women's sculler ever to medal at the World Championships. more

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Vires et Honestas

November 27, 2006

"Attention!" This is it. Are you ready? more

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Head of the Fox Salutes Matt Fox

October 16, 2006

The 17th annual Tail of the Fox Regatta in was about a lot more than a great day of racing on the Fox River. more

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Next thing I know, I am under water

July 3, 2006

We proceeded at stately pace through the basin, in a two story tall power boat, with an orange Van Dusen perched across the rear guardrails, gently waking everyone and everything more

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8,999 Meters

June 13, 2006

Nothing quite like a warm bath in the morning... more

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Some Thoughts on the Winter Olympics

March 22, 2006

As the Turin Olympics came to a close last weekend, I was thinking about how special the Olympic concept is. more

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MORNING PRAYER: Ode from a Fallen Oarsman

March 9, 2006

Written for a young friend who died more

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Camp Reflections

February 20, 2006

"We learned from the coaching; we learned from each other:" Jim Preston recalls a week at The All American Rowing Camp masters camps. more

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If you're rowing in Texas while Dick Cheney's out hunting, what boat should you row?

February 20, 2006

Great question, Tex. more

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Before Sunrise

February 15, 2006

Standing shove off the dock, as my butt hits the seat I hear over the coxbox that today's workout is warmup to the top of the river, and a three mile headrace all the way down, rating 30. more