Girlontheriver

LATEST ARTICLES ( 263 )

• Girl on the River is Back!

  

  There’s something I need to tell you… The thing is… I’ve been seeing someone else.I know, I know. I’m weak. You deserve better. It’s not you, it’s me. But... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2012 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Front Rowing: Forward-thinking Or Just Crazy Talk?

  

  “In some ways,” said Hugh Laurie when he appeared on the David Letterman show in 2006, “it’s the most interesting aspect of [rowing]. Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2012 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Best Job at a Regatta (Girl on the River Takes Control)

  It was Monmouth regatta this weekend, so we had all hands on deck. In the past my duties have been confined to sweating it out in the kitchen, frying bacon for... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2012 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Sh*t Rowers Say

  Not much to add to this video except to say, (a) it’s funny; (b) it’s horribly true (though thankfully I don’t have to do the early mornings) and (c) Girl on th... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2012 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Eights Week – a Trip Down Memory Lane

  

  It’s Eights week in Oxford – a week in which the Isis is filled with crews from Oxford University colleges attempting to bump each other (quite literally in man... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2012 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• There Are No Prizes for Coming Second… Oh Wait, Yes There Are!

  

  Bring on the blingAfter my last post about regatta nerves, some of you may have been waiting for the usual, tear-stained, brave post about yet another race lost. Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2012 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway – Girl on the River Has Regatta Nerves

  

  The first symptoms appreared as I lay in bed last night, wide awake and twitching. My mind was racing, my heart was thumping and every few minutes my stomach... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2012 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Duffers’ Guide to Masters Rowing

  

  It all started, as these things do, with some idle Twitter chat with Matthew Pinsent about masters rowing categories.“Went rowing with duffers this morning”,... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2012 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Rowing Journal – a Rowing Blog to Rival Girl on the River

  It’s been a while since I’ve recommended any rowing blogs, but there’s a new kid on the block that I simply can’t ignore. Rowing Journal, the brain child of... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2012 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• How Girl on the Underground Became Girl on the River

  It’s M.E. Awareness Week and I don’t want to let it go by without at least a nod in its direction. As Girl on the River fans will know, I fell prey to this... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2012 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Why Coxes Make the Best Driving Instructors

  

  Son on the Run is having driving lessons, and what a learning experience it’s been for both of us. Although he is mercifully careful, I can’t deny we’ve had... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Doping, Drugs, David and Dwain: Chambers and Millar Return to the Olympic Fold

  So Dwain Chambers and David Millar could be competing for Great Britain in the 2012 Olympics, despite being banned for doping offences. Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2012 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Rainy Day Blues

  

  It’s raining. Really, properly raining – none of this half-hearted sunshine-and-showers business. No, in keeping with the economic mood of the country, it’s jus... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2012 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• An Interview with Sir Matthew Pinsent

  

  You may recall that a few weeks ago I told you that to celebrate the launch of the Official Book of the London 2012 Olympic Games, rowing legend and all round... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2012 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Optimum Nutrition for Rowing

  

  Until recently I’d always taken the view that sports supplements were really for Other People. Bodybuilders who needed to build muscle fast; teenage boys workin... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2012 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• From Monmouth to Dartmouth – the Rowers Go on Tour

  

  Monmouth RC taking race preparation seriouslyAll work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, so once a year Monmouth RC goes off on a jolly. Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2012 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Rowing and Elitism: a State School Has Its Say

  

  After my last post about whether rowing is elitist, a lovely woman called Rachel got in touch to tell me about the Herculean efforts that she and a bunch of... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2012 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Is Rowing Elitist? The Boat Race 2012 and Trenton Oldfield

  So the newsfest that is the 2012 Boat Race continues, and now it appears that we know who the rogue swimmer is: a 35-year-old man named Trenton Oldfield (with... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2012 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Flip-flops and Footbeds for Problem Feet

  

  Now that I am officially a runner as well as a rower (see yesterday’s post about my accidental half marathon), I’ve been spending as much time thinking about... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2012 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• An Accidental Half Marathon

  

  I blame Jürgen Grobler. Or possibly Team GB. Or whoever had the frankly inspired idea to announce the GB Olympic crews by means of a row-past (genius – the... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2012 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION