LIFE ROWS ON

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Brown University’s Men’s Crew at Head of the Charles

October 22, 2016

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shoutout to the realest, throw a fellow rower a follow on her tumblr and @lizb_photography on Insta

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Running into my Ex (Rowing)

Running into my Ex (Rowing)

Today, I feel like I just watched a scene from the movie of my own life as I sat on the bank of the Charles River. Pausing my bike ride home from downtown, I decided to take a break and just look at the fall foliage because, hey, I was in no rush and I wanted to savor the sounds of the wind and water and crunchy gravel. I set myself up on a bench just behind the tree line, bike propped up over to…

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Happy Birthday

It’s not my birthday. It’s not the anniversary of this blog. In fact, I don’t know anyone who has a birthday today… This is a day of birth. Re-birth. For me and my blog. I am rechristening this blog (specifically the subtitle because the title is fixed in my URL ha) as “Row to No to Go.” That add phrase of clashing sounds is supposed to represent my journey and hopes for what the future holds. I…

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Post-Quitting Check In

Two weeks into the school year and no rowing. It’s like I am a freshman all over again– meeting new people, joining new clubs, exploring a school that I never completely explored. What shocks me the most about my life right now is that I have absolutely zero regrets about my decision. I don’t think I’ve ever felt so strongly and solid on a decision I made. I always go back and forth internally,…

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I am back and I am a NARP*.

I am back and I am a NARP*.

*NARP: non-athletic regular person I can’t even begin to express how difficult this post is to write. Yes, even harder than my injury post. Even harder than my Biblical Heritage paper that I just turned in an hour ago. This is my quitting post. I can’t help but feel like a hypocrite. Brand it on my forehead, embroider it on my clothes. I created an entire blog for rowing, talked about how I…

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Summer Break!

How I give my body (an appropriate amount of) rest while enjoying the summer– plus a sample workout!

What are you doing to stay in shape this summer?

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Summer Break!

Sure, I want to stay in shape for my next rowing season, but I mean, it’s summer. The time for relaxing and stepping away from the usual routine. That’s exactly what I have been trying to do (in a responsible, controlled, way, of course). I don’t want to get too off track, otherwise getting back on will be like hopping onto a train speeding by at 120 mph from a standstill. The summer can be a…

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Back splash on a hot day

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Back splash on a hot day

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my favorite pictures from the season

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The Ultimate Erg Playlists for Any Workout

The Ultimate Erg Playlists for Any Workout

As promised in my “Mixing Up Your Steady State” post, I have compiled all my favorite erg playlists. I made these playlists through Spotify, so you can follow me, or just view the playlists on the web player! DISCLAIMER: this is all personal. Everyone has very different tastes in music. That’s why I’ve created so many different playlists to try to hit a genre that everyone likes! ◊ ◊ ◊…

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Day in the Life: A Soul-Crushing Practice

Day in the Life: A Soul-Crushing Practice

Okay, I know this sounds pretty dramatic. But today was the kind of work out that I had very little hope that I would ever return to the dock alive. I was genuinely unsure if I could will my body to complete a stroke without crumbling. So first, a little back ground so you understand why this was so soul-crushing. This week has been day after day of aggressive workouts. Wednesday: 2k test…

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Mixing Up Your Steady State

Mixing Up Your Steady State

This post is coming at you after a LONG winter and a LONG period of indoor recovery training (which means erging and more erging). I spent the entire stretch of months from mid-January to mid-April inside. 4 months of erging and biking. I’m sure you can understand why I felt the need to get creative and make my 2 hours of practice a little more interesting. So here are my tips on how to get…

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a little rowing promposal

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Guess who’s back

This is my explanation for why I’ve been gone for so long...

...and my advice on knowing you physical limits and when to stop