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Zhoom… zhoom… zhoom… zhoom…
Next door, my 24-year old neighbor has been erging since 4 AM—2 hours on, 2 hours off—training to row a 4-woman boat (with my daughter) from SF to Honolulu.
She’ll stop after 14 hours (@100,000 meters). In June, when Title IX turns 50, they’ll row like that 24/7.
Their extensive preparations remind me of parenthood: imagine, commit, prepare, get support, manage what’s controllable, and accept what’s not.
- Controllable: fitness; team-building; learning about safety, navigation, communications, rescue operations, desalinators; and organizing support (coaches, nutritionist, a weather navigator).
- Uncontrollable: weather, waves, life.
Stay tuned.
