Category Archives: rowing

riding down the river

Posted on March 18, 2008 by Dichroic

The following was first posted on Avontuur. I’ve thought better about crossposting stuff here from LiveJournal: a lot of what I post there is vey brief, or memes floating around LJ, or aimed at the particular community there. It turns … Continue reading →

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Boat name

Posted on March 12, 2008 by dichroic

I’m going to name the new boat Moonrise 嬋 娟 號 It will be silver, with some navy blue. The first two Chinese characters are taken from a famous poem and mean means “beautiful moon” or “full moon”, because apparently … Continue reading →

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spring again on the canal

Posted on March 11, 2008 by dichroic

On Sunday I rowed as a substitute with my old crew in the quad. I have no words to describe the feeling of rightness in fatigued muscles and blistered fingers. Better, I was on the canal in March. The daffodils … Continue reading →

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pride

Posted on March 1, 2008 by dichroic

Away from home, at loose ends and husbandless, I tend to indulge in retail therapy. I may be getting better however. Today I refrained from purchasing one pair of jeans (more expensive than I’m used to paying but not outlandishly … Continue reading →

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how many boats is too many?

Posted on February 27, 2008 by dichroic

I’m tempted to send the Mommy sock to my friend to go with the Baby sock for her daughter. Only one problem: there’s another daughter (not to mention two sons). I think I can send just one pair of socks … Continue reading →

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recounting the weekend

Posted on January 14, 2008 by dichroic

We finally got to go rowing here, for the first time. The high school coach lent me a very nice boat, though unfortunately it was a bit too big for me. This surprised me, since he had a few rowers … Continue reading →

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the hobby report

Posted on September 5, 2007 by dichroic

I went rowing last night in the double. It was a short row, because first we had to help christen Rudder’s new boat (more on that in a minute) and then my partner had to be back in early. We … Continue reading →

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going the distance

Posted on July 26, 2007 by dichroic

Yay! Rudder’s home! The flipside of that is that I biked into work again today, because he has the day off and needed to take the car to Amsterdam to pick up his new oars. He offered to drive me … Continue reading →

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review: Croker oar grips

Posted on July 25, 2007 by dichroic

Our current rowing club has a nice set of equipment, and one thing that has been really useful has been the opportunity to try out a variety of boats and oars. I’ve rowed a bunch of Filippis and Carl Douglas … Continue reading →

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My husband is an alien

Posted on July 11, 2007 by dichroic

Ouc ouch ow ow ow. OK, that’s probably not the best way to start off after that title. Don’t worry, it’s not what you’re thinking. What it is is a bad case of DOMS – delayed onset muscle soreness, from … Continue reading →

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