The ultrashea

"It doesn't have to be fun to be fun"

-Mark Twight

"We don't make sacrifices. If we truly love this sport and we have these goals and dreams in the sport, the classroom, or in life, they're not sacrifices. They're choices that we make to fulfill these goals and dreams."

-Deena Kastor

"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift"

-Steve Prefontaine

January 30

Recap + gratitude

Drove to Indy on Saturday to race in the Indianapolis Rowing Center’s 2012 Indoor Rowing Championships.  Raced in the Men’s Masters Division 2k race.  Placed 6th, 8 seconds faster than my previous 2k PR.  Roughly 3 hours later, raced again in the Men’s Masters Novice Division 1k race.  Placed 3rd, almost 11 seconds faster than my previous 1k PR.  Not bad for only training in the sport for about 4 months.  Thanks much to Tracy Thomas for selling me her erg before she moved, to UCanRow2 for fantastic lessons learned at their Indoor Rowing Foundations and Programming Intensive Courses, to all the coaches and fellow athletes at CrossFit CU, and last but not least, to my lovely wife Kathleen Kern, for putting up with a spouse with a serious case of adult-onset athleticism.

I am truly standing on the shoulders of giants.  Thank you all.