hey sorry i wasn't at training today guys, coughed up blood in the morning so mother forced me back into bed =( hope it was a good training haha

anyway i was surfing around, found this fountain of inspiration
http://www.ignatiuscrew.com/sicontent/siquotes.asp
(most of it is on sculling but i guess it's all the same)

"The memories of a person in old age are the responsibility of that person in youth."

"In the early months of training you're thinking 'What the hell is all this for?' Because the race is so far off. There's so much tedium and discipline and brutal effort to hammer through. You have to resist the subconsious desire to put an end to all this self-inflicted hardship. But as the days pass and you feel yourself getting stronger, you begin to live for the next day. You punish yourself if with a will in training, because you know you're facing a race that will suspend your life. Somewhere in the race, you will find out what it is you've been working for. And your asking big questions of your body, and when the right answers are coming back, it's a feeling you know you will never forget."

"As I stood in the booth chatting to people, it occurred to me that besides good racing, the Crew Classic provided an ideal setting for the brotherhood of rowing. The brotherhood connects real rowing people. Teammates who haven't visited in years came together, and so do former opponents who once battled like mortal enemies. Suddenly they discovered they have much more in common. Long live the brotherhood of rowing."

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