- everything you do is “in 2…”
- you need to have a small pushy person around telling you what to do all the time
- you can get up, get dressed and get out of the dorm before your eyes are fully open
- the phrase “cox box” doesn’t make you giggle
- you believe the world wouldn’t exist without spandex
- you only recognize your friends from behind
- when you need to go anywhere, you have a sudden urge to throw your car over your shoulder
- before you go anywhere, you are at Main 20 minutes early
- you stick water bottles in your shorts for no reason at all
- you believe all authority figures carry a megaphone
- you sit in class leaning to your rigger
- half your body is bigger than the other
- you blame bad moods on “the set”
- your friends need a rowing translator to decipher your language
- you can wear the same thing every morning for a week and not think twice
- you think sleeping late is waking up at 8:30.
- everything’s a race: you walk quickly to class, just so you can pass people
- when someone mentions being awake, you turn parallel and set up for it.
- when you sit down in class, you look for the tie-in shoes.
- you constantly check the tightness of nuts in handrails, chairs, door handles, etc.
- you think gloves are for sissies, but a nice pair of poogies is really stylin’
- you bring up the beauty of the dawn, and people give you blank stares
- overhearing people talk about how little sleep they got causes you to smirk, and maybe get medieval on their ass
- your vision of going away for the weekend is other people’s vision of Hell
- You admire the man who wears boxers under his spandex much more than a woman wearing a g-string under hers
- You watch videos together, and it’s ok to say “She’s looking really long.”
- …you’re giving directions to a friend and you wonder why she’s looking at you funny, until you realize you just said “turn to port” instead of “take a left.”
- …you dress and undress one-handed so you don’t have to take your hand off the oar.
- …every time you sit in a chair you are mildly surprised to discover that it doesn’t slide back and forth.
YOU KNOW YOU ARE A ROWER WHEN…..
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