For two months after Christmas vacation we limped around campus with muscles too tigh and sore to walk properly, yet we had no good idea of our goal. Without knowing what a real race was like, I couldn't judge whether… — Stefan Kieszling Copy Share Image
The ergometer simulates the physical demands of rowing, packaging the pains with none of the amenities that make it worthwhile ... — Stefan Kieszling Copy Share
Karen rowed for what the venerable American shell builder George Pocock called 'the symphony of motion.' As dawn breaks over the river, the shell… — Stefan Kieszling Copy Share
[Trading] With the French one had to be especially careful. French oarswomen were known to take men aside, point to whatever they wanted, and… — Stefan Kieszling Copy Share
Those of us who stayed were younger, more tractable. Less sure of ourselves socially and intellectually, we gave ourselves to the sport with little… — Stefan Kieszling Copy Share
That morning each of us found a breaking point. Not only a physical barrier, but a point where determination, stamina and duty clashed and… — Stefan Kieszling Copy Share
Once one has attained a high level of success at any pursuit and especially an unorthodox pursuit like rowing, one develops a number of… — Stefan Kieszling Copy Share
I climbed on the rowing ergometer, and started to pull - losing myself in the rhythm of sweat and pain. — Stefan Kieszling Copy Share
As a competitor, winner or loser, one crosses the line into limbo. The adrenaline is gone, the anticipation is gone. The verdict is either… — Stefan Kieszling Copy Share
We shook hands. For a moment our eyes met - which I found surprisingly destabilizing. Then we pulled back and there was a mement… — Stefan Kieszling Copy Share
For two months after Christmas vacation we limped around campus with muscles too tigh and sore to walk properly, yet we had no good… — Stefan Kieszling Copy Share
Once one is beyond a certain level of commitment to the sport, life begins to seem an allegory of rowing rather than rowing an… — Stefan Kieszling Copy Share
Although it takes a long warm-up for an eight to swing, on an erg such subtleties don't matter. For me the sound alone raised… — Stefan Kieszling Copy Share
Being in shape was not my goal. My body was a tool to test the capabilities of my will. — Stefan Kieszling Copy Share
Hundreds of feet above us, cars whisked by, oblivious to our drama. Up there were the shortcuts, the excuses, the world of infinite possibilities… — Stefan Kieszling Copy Share
