Fellow alum of the Axe and Oar

I send you greetings from the other side of the country! Boston sure isn't anything like Tacoma. I'm currently in the Institute for Rowing Leadership basically getting a crash corse (metaphorically most days, literally some days with my inability to drive a launch) in coaching rowing. Alex Mann went through the program and graduated in 2014 and while I floundered through the real world I kept thinking how nice it would be to be around rowing and rowers all the time... and eventually I just called him up and asked how the program was. Long story short two years later and many traumatic work experiences later, I'm pursuing coaching specifically focusing on the outreach capabilities rowing has. I hope to do a lot of work with low access kids and with populations who may not have access to rowing.

I miss all of you and wish you were all here to experience this side of rowing with me, ALTHOUGH ALYSSA RAMOND AND I HAVE YET TO HANG OUT AND SHE LIVES IN THEROY CLOSE TO ME! We'll figure it out. I don't have a car and have only minority gotten lost on the bus and train systems.

Miss you all.
Hope everyone is having a wonderful time in life