While it was a fairly cold April morning on the Charles River in Boston, the only thing freezing my veins was panic:
I was paralyzed: arms outstretched like a zombie in the dawn gloom, two long oars stabilizing me as I balanced on the forebodingly black water. While it was a fairly cold April morning on the Charles River in Boston, the only thing freezing my veins was panic.
I’d achieved some version of most of these, but “jock” still seemed a reach. If I was free to fill in the blank on my trophy now, I realized, I should probably start"sportsing." This would be my route to inner harmony, clearly — and more importantly, not to feel so old. So, at 53, I am now competing against lifetime rowers and ex-Olympians. I’m not any younger or any taller, and I am still learning rowing vocabulary, but I have a lifetime of grit, a penchant for hard work and frankly, being a novice gives me some edge. I don’t just welcome, but crave input. And I know each race can show me how much I can improve.
I do identify as a rower now, but also as a lifetime of other things. I can lose a race and my inner punk can find it hilarious that I just paid money to be given commands like a puppy in obedience school, in order to row down a section of the river I could row anytime.
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