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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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