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Winning a race you and your boat thought that you did really bad in

once my boat was in a race against only one other boat and the literal morning of the race the other boat scratched but then the race official were all “eh fuck it go down the course anyways” and we legitimately paddled cause whatever it literally does not matter we get nothing and lose nothing either and then this was us when our coach handed us the gold medals from the race the week after

they literally gave us gold medals for racing no one

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debriefing a shitty row

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When your coach tries to make up metaphors on the spot and it's just like

"Cut the head off the chicken! Don't whiff it! Cut all the way through or that's an unhappy chicken!"

-actual quote from my coach today on catching

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When you accidentally walk into a coxswain’s meeting

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the only balls i fuck with are bowballs

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don't insult the coxswain

I was wondering what your opinion might be to row as stealth? I want to be stealth but that would probably mean leavening my team as I transition and coming back as someone new. But I don't want to lose a year of experience and training and everything. But I don't want my team to know I'm trans really

I think if you want to go stealth that should be fine! Training while transitioning would be near impossible, especially if you’re going to have top/bottom/other surgery. You can definitely take a gap year from crew, people do that all the time. If your team not knowing that you’re trans is what’s best for you, do it!

I think your coaches should probably know, especially if you’re gonna be rowing right after starting to transition. Even just one of them, so they can know if anything comes up.

do what’s best for you

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quad goals

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And this is why timing is so freaking important. If you watch the video close enough you can see that when everyone gets the the catch the boat doesn’t stop or get jerked back or anything it just immediately gets more moment from the drive. This is what no check looks like.