Good-bye to the best training partner an athlete could ask for:(

Another week passed and in summary, rowing on the water has been great!

I am back to waking up with the number "4" showing up on my alarm clock, and although I am tempted to curl back into bed, I get up because I know it’s worth it.  It’s crazy to be up so early when it’s dark, but it’s amazing to experience the city waking up each day - I get to see the sun rise and hear the sounds of the roads get busy.  Crazy to think that I’m up for 4 hours before heading off to work at the office!!  I feel like it should be lunch at 8:30am, ha!

The training itself has been great, and each day I am feeling more and more confident in my ability to row at my best at the end of this month.  Even with steady state workouts, I am fully committing to my stroke, and no longer just rowing for mileage.  Every workout has a purpose and I am not letting any opportunity for learning slip away from me.

Unfortunately I do have some bad news regarding one of my closest training partners….my boat.  On Friday, there was a collision on the water that ended with my boat getting damaged…and no longer rowable:(

 (OUCH!!!)

As I always say, I think things happen for a reason, so maybe this is an opportunity rather than a limitation.  We’ll see (I'm really searching HARD for this to be a positive thing).

For now, I am so fortunate to have a coach and know club athletes who are willing to help me with getting access to another boat to row in for training, we'll see what I do about racing.

As comfortable as I was in my boat, it's also good to change it up and learn to row in anything (really teaches me to quickly learn how to feel the water regardless of the equipment).

On a side note, I have given recipes before for making juices with several fruits and vegetables, and so I wanted to share something that I came up with that might make your juicing even more fun!

When you juice with fruit, you can use the leftovers (orange pulp, apple skin, etc), to make some Fruity Globs (that’s my official name for them;)).  Why get rid of the really nutritious parts of the fruit when you can still eat them.  Simply take the leftovers and mix them with about 2-3 eggs.  Then you can add some cinnamon, oatmeal, pumpkin seeds and other nuts, as well as raisins or dried cherries.  In the end, you’ll have some delicious Fruit Globs to snack on between training, working, or chillingJ.

Food is definitely becoming my best friend again as my training picks up.  So if anyone has some good recipes out there, please let me know!

Happy Easter & Happy Passover