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According to Maria this is for my "rowing time".

Maria was struggling to carry a piece of pizza and her stuffed animal. Our dog was trying to snatch her pizza. I took the stuffed animal and put it in her waistband and she was able to carry her pizza above her head like a single made of cheese and dough. Rowing is infectious. It's a raging staph infection that I am grateful to have.

No matter what craziness is happening all around me.... No matter what kind of day I'm having or week or year...when I just feel like saying fuck it...I can press play and do something for My health, my happiness and my soul.

#insanity

Isn't our cox Emily just the cutest? I'm eat up with how funny she is too. The first time I rowed with her she wrote everyone's name and seat number on her leg. She said she was going to be calling people out because "you think your not the problem but you are" Ha! How delightful, a teenager who is not a sulky, sour puss but also not a bubbly butt kisser! Emily doesn't seem the least bit intimidated and she makes lots of jokes. And they are pretty funny. She gave me some really good advice last week, well she gave it to the boat, but I really absorbed it. It was regarding handle heights and the set of the boat. She said to have confidence with where your hands are, don't try to make adjustments in that stroke. If your height is affecting the set you can make up for it in the next stroke. But for that stroke it is what it is. Wise words for life outside of the boat as well. I need to keep better notes of all the funny things she says, but it is not possible to write them down while rowing(duh). Barb also said something hilarious this morning and I have already forgotten it! AND most importantly!!! I caught a crab when I wasn't even rowing! I was just about to add in and my oar got pulled under. Emily laughed and said she really wished I had caught an ejector crab because that would have been "really,REALLY funny". Then not long after Louise caught a crab that knocked her flat on her back,legs up in the air. That actually was really funny.

#rowing #mastersrowing #coxswains

I am so paranoid about the set of the boat. Handle heights are the new rushed slide. Grumpy cat had that to say about it.

Blisters on top of callouses. What a novel idea.

A birthday card from my teammate Dawn and her husband Tom. This was an unexpected treat in the mail today. It made my day. I row with some wonderful people.

Did I dig deep enough?

Today was by far the deepest I have had to dig since starting Insanity. I'm in my 3rd week. And it was pure cardio day. I don't want to reinforce to my brain that I don't like it, but it is my least favorite. And on top of that was cardio abs. Seriously, I just wanted to eat some Nutella and call it a day. I looked at the calendar that hangs on my wall. Shaun T is doing either the Heisman or the 1-2-3. And his eyes are pleading with me to dig deeper. I'm in my workout clothes. I have my bottle of water and I'm just staring at the poster. "I'm too sore, and I'm tired. I raced on Sunday. I need more rest" I tell this to Shaun T as his knee is pulled to his chest and his hand are somewhere between track star and jazz dancer. But he doesn't care. " I know you tired girl! I feel you but you gotta DIG DEEP". I look down at my feet and try again "I don't want to. I'm sore". I wince waiting for his reply. "What? You sore? So what?! When your racing and it's that last 250m you just going say your tired and sore and give up? No you gonna dig deeper and show some bitches what you all about." Damn him. He was right. I'm not a quitter. I made the commitment to this program so I could be a better rower and to test my limits both physically and mentally. I made it thru pure cardio. I must confess, by the time cardio abs was on and all the jumping started I slowed down. I've been doing insanity barefoot and I think sneakers are in order because my knee and ankle were hurting. I did what I could and gave myself props from not letting myself be a slacker. I tell myself, do insanity now and collect your medals at the regattas.

#rowing #insanity #shaunt

Just when you thought

I could not possibly find one more thing to say about Jan...... Today I was in stroke seat. It was my first time. It was in the 4+ and like I just said, I have never been stroke before. I started to have some bad memories of a time I was 4 seat and was leading the bow 4 in drills. There was a lot of slide rushing and inconsistent rowing. Of course it was one time out of many I have been 4 seat. But that particular practice was what I was thinking of as we walked the boat down to the dock. When I start to have out of control negative thinking, I repeat to myself over and over. Everyday in every way I am getting better and better. And that includes rowing. How does Jan tie into this? Well I got a chance to walk a mile in her shoes. I've coxed when Jan was stroke before and I saw how hard she was working. But now I was getting a chance to feel it. I was drenched in sweat before we even left the puddle feeling the pressure. And obviously the pressure was all from me. After we docked I just started thinking about all the zillions of times Jan has been stroke on a Saturday, when practice is an hour and half. All that paying attention, my God it's exhausting! And I'm probably 20 years younger than Jan. The woman is a beast! She's just so amazing to me. She's bringing communion to the ill one second and kicking ass on the water the next. It makes my head want to explode.

Win a trophy and don't let them get you.

Sadie's pre-race pep talk

Rest day

Today is my rest day from insanity. I love that exercise program. Maybe because it gives me such an endorphin release. Maybe because I like to see how deep I really can dig. I feel really grateful for some of the things in my life. We live in a culture where people glorify 'busy'. Somehow always doing something and rushing and working all the time equal a good life. It must be how you define success. I never want to be so busy that I miss my kids growing up. I spent all morning at the pool with them, just watching them be kids. Knowing that they will never be this age again. I like to ride my bike and talk to my neighbors on my way to running errands. I love learning a new language and all the people I've met because if it. I like the freedom of not over committing myself. This summer the kids and I will spent countless days, hours and moments being together. I will watch them with attention to detail. Not to what they are doing but to who they are becoming. My job is to show my children how to be kind. To be inclusive and accepting. That life is more than the rush and blur. If I could put them in a boat I would row them all over this world. First stop Costa Rica to play on the beach and live in our bathing suits. So this was my rest day. And with rest comes the ability to reflect. And so while I let my muscles repair and rebuild, these are the things I reflected on.

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Athletes train and eat, they don’t exercise and diet.

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What to do when you catch a crab....

Life imitates rowing...... When you catch a crab in the boat or feel like your oar is being sucked under, the first line of defense is to tap down and get control of your oar. Sometimes that's not possible and a person catches a full on crab. If you determine you can't control it, then what to do? Do you fight and struggle? Or do you go with reality and accept it? Bruce Lee said to be like water. To let nothing inside you be rigid. This shows humility and grace. The wisdom to let it pass. Both the rowing kind and the kind you find in life. When that surprise comes and you feel that pull, tap down but if you see you can't pop your blade then to become like water. Move with and not against. To be wise enough to know when to do that. So you don't get thrown from the boat. With age and experience the art of acceptance is honed. Accepting that crabs happen but that of the hundreds of strokes you take in a practice, it's just one. One stroke that wasn't good, one disappointing moment. But it's JUST ONE. That's it! Nothing more nothing less. When I catch an emotional crab I have the same attitude. It sucks in the moment but guess what? That's life, welcome to the suck, it's going to pass. When someone doesn't like me or is critical of who I am as a person, I follow crab procedure. I feel the suck. I accept that it sucks. Then I make the choice to go with the flow and move out of the way. It's one stroke. It's one person. My life is made up of a lot of strokes and a lot of people. One of my secrets of adulthood is knowing that its all about perception. To quote the Big Lebowski.... " yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion man" Happy rowing!

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