And she’s back on the river
For most of lockdown I'd surprised myself by not minding the break from rowing too much. I was so distracted by the enormity of the pandemic - and by the alternative forms of exercise on offer - that not being able to row for a little while felt like a small sacrifice...
No regatta? No problem. My 60km charity challenge
One of the inevitable casualties of Covid-19 is our annual regatta, always held on the May bank holiday weekend (it would have been this coming weekend). Sad though it is for us as a club to be missing out on one of the highlights of our year, it's even sadder for the...
Life in lockdown – the weird new normal
More than a month into lockdown, most of us have settled down into some kind of rhythm. There's definitely a new normal - it no longer feels weird to be exercising via video screen with the wifi dipping in and out - and life in lockdown, for those of us lucky enough...
Training when the rowing club is closed
Training when the rowing club is closed - and when there's nothing in the diary to train for - is a massive challenge. One of the great things about rowing is the accountability. When your name's on that squad list and you're committed to a crew session, you can't...
Covid-19, the sequel
Wow. When I said yesterday that things were moving rapidly, I really had no idea, had I? Since then things have changed so fast with the government's revised covid-19 advice that we are all left reeling. The inevitable flurry of emails last night (not helped by my...
Coronavirus – how we’re dealing with Covid-19 at the rowing club
Crikey, things have moved fast, haven't they? When I last blogged just over a week ago, our minds were taken up with the floods. Now we've moved swiftly on to pestilence. So this post isn't about the environment, after all - it's time to talk covid-19 and how we...
Water, water everywhere – after the flood
Unless you’ve been stranded on a desert island you will, I’m sure, be aware that much of the country has been under water recently. Sadly this included my rowing club, for the second time this year. So far, so normal; we flood fairly frequently and have a good...
Get your sweat on – indoor rowing classes on trial
Girl on the River tries out indoor rowing classes in both Toronto and London and finds out whether they live up to the hype.
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