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Once one has attained a high level of success at any pursuit and especially an unorthodox pursuit like rowing, one develops a number of generally…

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I climbed on the rowing ergometer, and started to pull - losing myself in the rhythm of sweat and pain.
We shook hands. For a moment our eyes met - which I found surprisingly destabilizing. Then we pulled back and there was…
Once one has attained a high level of success at any pursuit and especially an unorthodox pursuit like rowing, one develops a…
Those of us who stayed were younger, more tractable. Less sure of ourselves socially and intellectually, we gave ourselves to the sport…
The ergometer simulates the physical demands of rowing, packaging the pains with none of the amenities that make it worthwhile ...
Although it takes a long warm-up for an eight to swing, on an erg such subtleties don't matter. For me the sound…
[Trading] With the French one had to be especially careful. French oarswomen were known to take men aside, point to whatever they…
Hundreds of feet above us, cars whisked by, oblivious to our drama. Up there were the shortcuts, the excuses, the world of…
Being in shape was not my goal. My body was a tool to test the capabilities of my will.
Once one is beyond a certain level of commitment to the sport, life begins to seem an allegory of rowing rather than…
For two months after Christmas vacation we limped around campus with muscles too tigh and sore to walk properly, yet we had…
As a competitor, winner or loser, one crosses the line into limbo. The adrenaline is gone, the anticipation is gone. The verdict…

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