The ergometer simulates the physical demands of rowing, packaging the pains with none of the amenities that make it worthwhile ... — Stefan Kieszling Amenities Copy Share Image
Karen rowed for what the venerable American shell builder George Pocock called `the symphony of motion.' As dawn breaks over the river,… — Stefan Kieszling Awakened Copy Share Image
[Trading] With the French one had to be especially careful. French oarswomen were known to take men aside, point to whatever they… — Stefan Kieszling Bargains Copy Share Image
Those of us who stayed were younger, more tractable. Less sure of ourselves socially and intellectually, we gave ourselves to the sport… — Stefan Kieszling Giving Copy Share Image
That morning each of us found a breaking point. Not only a physical barrier, but a point where determination, stamina and duty… — Stefan Kieszling Absurdity Copy Share Image
Once one has attained a high level of success at any pursuit and especially an unorthodox pursuit like rowing, one develops a… — Stefan Kieszling Common Copy Share Image
I climbed on the rowing ergometer, and started to pull - losing myself in the rhythm of sweat and pain. — Stefan Kieszling Losing Copy Share Image
As a competitor, winner or loser, one crosses the line into limbo. The adrenaline is gone, the anticipation is gone. The verdict… — Stefan Kieszling Adrenaline Copy Share Image
We shook hands. For a moment our eyes met - which I found surprisingly destabilizing. Then we pulled back and there was… — Stefan Kieszling Appraisal Copy Share Image
For two months after Christmas vacation we limped around campus with muscles too tigh and sore to walk properly, yet we had… — Stefan Kieszling Campus Copy Share Image
Once one is beyond a certain level of commitment to the sport, life begins to seem an allegory of rowing rather than… — Stefan Kieszling Allegory Copy Share Image
Although it takes a long warm-up for an eight to swing, on an erg such subtleties don't matter. For me the sound… — Stefan Kieszling Eight Copy Share Image
Being in shape was not my goal. My body was a tool to test the capabilities of my will. — Stefan Kieszling Body Copy Share Image
Hundreds of feet above us, cars whisked by, oblivious to our drama. Up there were the shortcuts, the excuses, the world of… — Stefan Kieszling Boat Copy Share Image
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