After a whirlwind September of travel, racing and some much-needed vacation, I got back into my boat on September 24th and was immediately h...

Training Update October 2018

After a whirlwind September of travel, racing and some much-needed vacation, I got back into my boat on September 24th and was immediately humbled. See, when I wrote my training program for the fall racing season, I had these grand plans

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Photo courtesy of  Dan Copenhaver Every single woman from the USRowing team had a chance to race in an A-final at the 2018 World Rowing ...

World Rowing Championships 2018

Photo courtesy of Dan Copenhaver Every single woman from the USRowing team had a chance to race in an A-final at the 2018 World Rowing Championships. This year, that included me. We also came away from Plovdiv with 10 medals, the

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Thank you so much to everybody who has donated to our World Championships fundraiser so far. I'm part of a lot of communities and they...

Training Update August 2018

Thank you so much to everybody who has donated to our World Championships fundraiser so far. I'm part of a lot of communities and they've all stepped up in big ways. It's taken a lot of stress off of us to

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Last week, I qualified for my first national team! This September, I'll be heading to Bulgaria to compete in the lightweight women's...

Going to Worlds!

Last week, I qualified for my first national team! This September, I'll be heading to Bulgaria to compete in the lightweight women's quadruple sculls with Hillary Saeger, Christine Cavallo and Margaret Bertasi. I've been working towards this goal for six years,

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When I last updated you all , I want coming off of a great training block heading into the Senior Trials 1 for the single. It's impossi...

Trials 1 and July Training Update

When I last updated you all, I want coming off of a great training block heading into the Senior Trials 1 for the single. It's impossible to summarize that race in a word or a sentence or probably even a paragraph.

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I get a lot of questions about fueling and eating a vegan diet while training. My eating has evolved a lot over the last six years, but I...

What I Ate Wednesday

I get a lot of questions about fueling and eating a vegan diet while training. My eating has evolved a lot over the last six years, but I'm really happy with my current diet. I try to follow intuitive eating practices

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For years, my body has taken very good care of me, taking hours of hard training everyday with hardly a complaint. My last (and only) injury...

Training Update June 2018

For years, my body has taken very good care of me, taking hours of hard training everyday with hardly a complaint. My last (and only) injury was in high school. My spirit, on the other hand, has been much more delicate.

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Last week, I raced the open weight double at the second Spring Speed Order event hosted by US Rowing. Practice Rosa, my doubles partner, ...

Spring Speed Order 2

Last week, I raced the open weight double at the second Spring Speed Order event hosted by US Rowing. Practice Rosa, my doubles partner, arrived Monday morning, giving us just four rows together before the first race. We had rowed together

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If you're doing things right, you should look back on yourself a year ago and think, "What on earth was I doing? What an idiot!...

2018

If you're doing things right, you should look back on yourself a year ago and think, "What on earth was I doing? What an idiot!" Sounds about right. Last year was a tough year for me. We finished out 2016 without

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