The diary of a pint-sized rower
Posted in Uncategorized on May 14th, 2012
The first symptoms appreared as I lay in bed last night, wide awake and twitching. My mind was racing, my heart was thumping and every few minutes my stomach lurched. Thump-lurch, thump-lurch, thump-lurch. I could feel the adrenalin coursing around my body. Exactly a week before my first regatta of the season, I had my [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 21st, 2011
Forgive me for being indelicate, but I can’t help noticing that with the head season nearly upon us, there’s rather a lot of testosterone in the air. The gentlemen of the rowing world seem to be greeting the prospect of long ergs and distance rows with more than their share of grunting and posturing. The [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 1st, 2011
There are certain things in life that are bound to provoke arguments with your kids. Teaching them to drive is, I’m guessing, right up there. Choosing a playlist for pretty much any occasion. Offering thoughts on what they’re wearing. But what about rowing? Well, we put this to the test at our latest regatta, with [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 30th, 2011
So Ross Regatta has been and gone and my shelf is still empty. It was a bit of a rollercoaster of a weekend; I’m not going to go into the gory details, but if I say it involved my firstborn, a couple of coxing errors, a crash and a disqualification, you’ll understand why I don’t [...]
