Then, I remember that I had written a blog four years ago when I was in Wisconsin rowing. That blog really helped me through the highs and lows (lots of lows) of my rowing at that time and in retrospect, was a great way to record everything that went on because that whole experience now is a distant memory.
As I approach my four year rowing anniversary in May, I look back to see how far I have come and realize how far I still have to go. When I started rowing in college, I had no clue about fitness, weight, health, and training. I was just another novice rower in this great big thing called rowing. Coaches set goals and gave advice, but I did not know how to integrate that advice into my mindset, my eating habits, my life, my workouts. There was no consistent guidance for how to get from here to there. I did not have the maturity to figure rowing out without burnout. Now, years later, between quitting rowing, starting work in the real world, breaking my collar bone, traveling for work weeks at a time to fix some damn leaking product, managing my own finances, getting married, having a mind-of-her-own daughter, I have been able to piece together all my rowing into almost four years. Four years down, how many more to go?
Not only do I want to use Lake Loops to document my rowing, training, family, life, etc., but also to document my rowing, specifically, at Lake Merritt. Lake Merritt Rowing Club is a small club on a small lake, but I believe that with patience, passion, and perseverance, small clubs can do big things.
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