There’s been a touch of drama lately in my quiet, retired life. I had hoped to row in the Head of the Charles Regatta this October (in my case that meant a tough three mile, single sculling race for...
STINKY GRAY DAY
It’s a stinky gray day, here on our lake in New Hampshire. Warm but a steady rain and it’s going to go on all day. It is, in other words, a perfect day to do the Stinky Gray Weights....
THE MOVIES
One of the horrors of rowing camp is that they take careful movies of your rowing and then carefully disect it, a frame at a time, in front of everyone. EEK. It’s odd, but remember…the point of a good "kedge"...
GOALS/KEDGING
Having some goal…some kedge…in place most of the time is an awfully good idea. I recently found that I did not qualify to row in the Head of the Charles sculling race this fall, and the zip went right...