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