The Hammer
This is something I have been meaning to post for a while, and haven’t found the right time to do it. Today we had a side by side workout in the […]
View ArticleDear Kerry
Dear Kerry, I’m writing this to you as I make my way back home after the conclusion of our last winter camp together in San Diego. Three months have flown […]
View ArticleSummer is Coming
There are a lot of things I could write about today — I’ve left a lot of time and space between entries, and a lot has gone on since we […]
View ArticleStop Trying to Ruin the Olympics For Us
Today we are one week away from departure for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. Competition starts in eighteen days; and in twenty-two days I will have completed the final […]
View ArticleKeeping the Magic Alive
When you’ve made more than one Olympic Team, people like to ask you how your experiences compare – past to the present. What’s different this time? Which one was better? […]
View ArticleThe Rio Blog
So it’s finally time to stop sitting on this and publish. I wrote this post several months ago while I was still in Rio after the conclusion of competition. I […]
View ArticleThe Fountain of Youth
In 1513, Ponce de León landed on the coast of Florida near modern-day St. Augustine during his storied search for the Fountain of Youth. His quest was violent and exploitative, […]
View Articlethe Superlatives
This is my second season racing the pair for the United States. Over the past four years, I have spent more time in the pair than probably any other boat–it’s […]
View Articlethe Post-Post-Olympic Year
It found me. For much of last year I was gliding along, smugly brimming with experience and wisdom, expertly dodging all of the most annoying and tiresome pitfalls of the […]
View ArticleUntitled
It’s been a long time since I’ve used this space. The past four years have been incredibly challenging for me, and I have retreated from much of the online presence […]
View Articlethe Undoing
I really struggled to find ways to motivate myself to work with and for people who ask so much of their National Team athletes, and in return expect so little from themselves. And I did it all alone. I...
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