Welcome to This Life

Everything happens for a reason. Crew life would not have happened if I had gone into West Point.  Training for West Point instilled in me the stamina and competitiveness, two qualities which are invaluable to an athlete.  Having gone from a couch potato to applying to West Point to participating in collegiate crew; I now value the characteristics of an athlete as characteristics which apply to much more than just sports.

Welcome to the crew life ! It is not a sport, it is a lifestyle and an addiction !!!

It a life of pain after 2 minutes into a 5000 metres race. A burning, searing pain which one must endure until the pain climaxes, then goes numb.  It is a life of 5am mornings, before even the sun is awake. The sun rises while we are on the river in a blossom of sorbet oranges and golden yellows, rippling slowly across the sky like apricot jam spread by a giant's knife over burnt toast. It is a life of giving the boat all that you have and more.

I am addicted this life !