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• A Pot and a Point – Girl on the River Finally Gets a Win

  

  Already my most cherished possession.It had been a long time in coming. 35 long, hard, disappointing races, to be precise. But when the Monmouth boat crossed th... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2014 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• National Schools Regatta – Another Rowing Mother

  If you enjoyed yesterday’s Rowing Mother Stereotype, thought you might enjoy another. Willing to bet you’ll spot her this weekend.This is the first year that... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2014 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Rowing Stereotypes – the Rowing Mother

  Since it’s National Schools Regatta this weekend, I thought I’d have a rummage around in the archive and dig out a guest post I wrote for another site a few... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2014 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• RICE and Peas and a Neat Solution from Therapearl

  

  Tasty and good for you. But best kept frozen until you eat them.“Tell me you didn’t just eat those peas,” I said to my son as he put his bowl in the sink. He... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2014 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Winning and Losing – Why Girl on the River is Still Smiling

  

  What I didn’t win…By rights I shouldn’t really be smiling. At the end of two hard races, I came home empty-handed from yesterday’s British Masters’ Champs... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2014 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• You’re Never Too Old to Row – Monmouth Celebrates an Ancient Mariner

  

  When I was a youngster the idea of ever being as elderly as, say, 35 or 40 seemed appalling and inconceivable; anyone over the age of 21 was positively antique. Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2014 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Erg Test – a Survivor’s Tale

  

  The aftermath of an erg testIt looked like the scene of a bloodless massacre. Eight bodies lying in the rowing club gym  – some motionless and slumped over,... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2014 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Sit Up Challenge – Girl on the River Bows out

  

  The alternative to sit-upsUsually the decisions that you take in the middle of the  night are bad ones. Viewed in the cold light of day, they seem rash,... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2014 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Rowperfect Rowing Blogger of the Year Award – Girl on the River Needs Your Votes!

  

  It’s award time!I am incredibly flattered to have been shortlisted for the Rowperfect Rowing Blogger of the Year awards. Each week another great rowing blog... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2014 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Springwatch on the River – the Wildlife Special

  

  Watch out, we’re doing sprints tonight!Another day, another evening row, and last night’s was particularly beautiful. Before we’d even pushed off we’d seen a... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2014 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lean Mean Fighting Machine – the ActiVeman Update

  

  ActiVeman Focus and ThermoleanNot long ago I told you that, in an unusual mid-life crisis, my other half was embarking on the Zero to Hero white collar boxing... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2014 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Boat Race 2014 – What Happened to Cambridge?

  For non-rowers watching this year’s Boat Race, I imagine it’s all a bit confusing, with talk of ejector crabs, blades, and straying into other crews’ water, so... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2014 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Spring is Here and Girl on the River is Happy

  

  ‘Simply messing about in boats’ … EH Shepard’s illustration of Ratty and Mole. Photograph: EH Shepard/PAIt’s the time of year that makes it all worthwhile. All... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2014 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Parable of the Tides – the Vets’ Head Results Foretold

  

  Mystery documentMuch has been said about how it came to pass that the Monmouth RC men’s Vet C crew came to win the Vets’ Head this year. Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2014 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• From Sit-up to Slip-up

  

  March – almost perfectSo, then. March turned out to be the month when the Sit Up Challenge 2014 really became a proper challenge. Until then I’d been a bit... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2014 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Uptown Girl – the Vesta Vets’ Head

  

  Time was that Girl on the River was quite the Girl about Town. More than a decade of living and working in our fair capital city meant that I knew the tube map... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2014 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• From Zero to Hero – the Activeman Challenge

  

  Matthew “The Thriller” HallSome guys buy a sports car. Others take a lover. Quite a lot get into triathlon. Most content themselves with drinking for Britain. Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Vesta Vets’ Head, Sponsored by Stanna Stairlifts*

  

  The veteran’s toolkitThe smell of Deep Heat is filling the air, and up and down the country men and women of a certain age are popping ibuprofen like it’s... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2014 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Make a Champ – the Stuff That Champions Are Made of

  

  At the Home International RegattaMost people, when faced with a lifetime in a wheelchair and a dependence on intravenous feeding, would resign themselves to a... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2014 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Best Sports Bras for Rowing

  

  Boobs! Breasts! Knockers! Higgly jigglies! Oh, for heavens’ sake! You there, sniggering at the back. See me at the end.Oo-er, don’t be shy! Get a sports bra. Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2014 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION