Crew Girl Problems

beachtwin02 asked: I would have loved to get a mdeal at nationals! My boat got out in the semis :P your soo lucky! :D congrats!!

Thank you!  We worked very hard for it.

aleetlepinch asked: wait wow you medaled at nationals? what event?

For my own reasons I don’t want to say which one but it was a sculling event.  And thanks!

to-the-butt-cave asked: Congratulations on medaling! I love that feeling. And it doesn't sound like you're bragging, you deserve to be proud.

Thanks!  I was hoping it wouldn’t come across that way.  I really am just very proud.

My season ended yesterday with the conclusion of SRAA Nationals.  No more races, no more practice, no more anything.  I’m so proud of my boat and everything we accomplished this season.  With the exception of States, I’d literally only dreamed of medaling at the championship races, so accomplishing that at all of them is something I still can’t really believe.  I don’t mean to sound like I’m bragging, because I’m really not, I just want to express how ridiculously proud I am of my boat.  We aren’t the biggest or the fastest or the strongest, but as my coach would tell us, we wanted it more than anything.  Having our biggest competition tell us at the finish line of Nationals that we were their boat to watch out for was surprising and very flattering, considering just how afraid of/in awe of them we were.  Again, I don’t mean to come across as bragging, I’m just so proud and overwhelmed.  This season has been a million times better than I ever could have imagined or hoped for.  Aside from success in racing, my team was made up of the most amazing girls in the world.  I’m more than a little sad that this season is coming to an end, but I’m already excited to come back next year.

That being said, I know my posts have been really sparse lately, and now that I won’t be rowing until November all my inspiration is sort of gone.  I’ll figure something out to keep posts coming.  Also, I’m always open to answering questions so please keep asking!

ksong11 asked: Hey there! I've noticed that you give thorough answers to q's :) My university has an awesome crew program that will recruit anyone who can stay with the training regimen (and we're a D1 school and are pretty premier in the world of rowing which is AWESOME). I have been a varsity athlete throughout high school, but I still feel like I need to mentally and physically prepare myself for the upcoming season. Do you have any tips? Thank you!! I'd really appreciate detailed response!! :)

Physically your coach would probably be better able to help you on this, give you erg workouts, etc.  I can’t tell from your question if you’ve rowed before though.  If you have, I would do the workouts you’ve been doing.  If you haven’t, I would stay away from erging because the form is hard to nail down by yourself and you wouldn’t want to form bad habits, and it would be difficult to judge on your own how you’re doing. It would help to row at a club or something though if you’re willing to spend the time and money.  To work out, I would run for aerobic strength and lift for muscle strength.  Mentally, I would be prepared to have some really really hard workouts.  It’s hard to prepare yourself if you’ve never erged before, but I would get in the mindset of not giving up no matter how hard it gets, pushing yourself when it counts, etc.  Let me know if you have any more specific questions that I didn’t answer!

Anonymous asked: Hi! What catagory do you race in?

I’ve been in a double for most of this season, but it varies for me.

For medaling at Stotes.  I truly never thought this would happen to me.  I couldn’t have asked for a better season, and I can’t wait to do it again next week at Nationals.

Let’s get it.

Anonymous asked: I noticed that you had the "infamous rower thongs". For all the years I have been on my team, we have always gone commando.

Well, to each his own I guess.  But I’m referring to the ones they sell at stotes with oars and CREW written on them, I’ve always thought they were funny.

T shirts, pinnies, tank tops, shorts, long sleeves, sweat shirts, half zips, socks, and the infamous rowing thongs.

rowlikegirls:

Let’s get a head count! What event are you rowing in?

We’re running out of tie dye ideas.

Any life I thought I had outside of crew disappears in the final stretch of the season.

Remember that time I had a social life?

A little dangerous, and doesn’t get much done.