05-19-2014, 07:25 PM
She did it for the right reasons, for the experience. Early morning practices, seat racing, rowing to the San Mateo Bridge, rowing at Redwood Shores course.conditioning runs and lifting. But she was pretty clear-eyed about it. There were some real athletes coming into the team. Taller, bigger, stronger. I saw some of them. Impressive. So the Redrumette put in a season, plus some offseason work, saw the writing on the wall and went on to other things. She did say that early mornings on the water were magic and she almost always came back to campus revved up. The whole experience was a real gift, among many, that Stanford gave her. I was jealous.