In the books we tout the idea of going on a demanding, athletic trip once in awhile. Keep you motivated…get you to crank it up…all that. They are called "kedges". And I just went on a hell of a...
BRUTAL TRIP 2
Arrived at Craftsbury Rowing Center mid afternoon, after six hour drive, expecting warm greeting and nap. Not the deal. Cool greeting and message to meet at the lake in ten minutes. Scary girl already there. Someone mentions that she...
BRUTAL TRIP 3
Having joked about it, let me quickly say that the people who went on this trip were, almost to a man and woman, good company, into rowing and fun to be with. Many were wildly over my level –...
GREAT MEN AT PLAY ….PT 2
Take a peek at this months OUTSIDE magazine, pp 87 et seq and you’ll see some interesting stuff about the guy who started my Old Lyme bike group, Michael Patterson and his pals, who are major backers of the...
SICK, SICK, SICK
I rarely get sick, for some reason, but I got nailed a week ago, on a trip to Ohio to speak at a health club. Just a little chilly on the plane, you know, but didn’t bother to get a...
THE COMING HORROR… ROWING CAMP
It is perhaps time to admit that, once again, I have over-motivated myself with a nut-case trip. Months and months ago, I signed up to go to Craftsbury Vermont to a week-long rowing clinic. This scheme, I believe, is...
