Girlontheriver

LATEST ARTICLES ( 263 )

• Toasty Warm on a Cold, Wet Day – Why Girl on the River is Kitted out in Quba

  

  There’s a particular kind of cold that you only get from prolonged exposure to the wet – that chill that penetrates right through to the bones and settles for... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Clean Eating? Girl on the River’s Dirty Secrets

  I’m normally a fairly mild-mannered sort of girl, but there’s something that I really need to get off my chest. It’s this business of “clean eating”. Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Can You Exercise with a Cold? Girl on the River Succumbs to Man Flu

  

  Girl on the River fans know that I have a hate-hate relationship with the erg and won’t be surprised to learn that my heart gives a little lift on the rare... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Girl on the River’s Road to Recovery: Meet the Incredibrace

  

  Back in the dark days after I fractured my ankle, I had a dilemma on my hands. I had the trip of a lifetime coming up and somehow had to make myself fit for... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Rowing Blogger of the Year Awards – Girl on the River Celebrates Her First Win

  

  Anyone who has followed Girl on the River’s exploits will have noticed something of a theme emerging – namely my consistent failure to win. Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Ergs, Cars and a Damsel in Distress – Girl on the River’s Snowy Adventure

  

  My legs are shaking as my foot stamps ineffectually on the brake. The car slides another foot backwards. I’m right in the middle of the road on a sharp double... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Cold Weather Rowing – How to Stay Safe When the Temperatures Drop

  

  Nothing keeps the Monmouth boys off the water…Photo by Sue GriffithsThey make ‘em tough at Monmouth. We laugh in the face of the cold and let the rain run off... Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• And She’s Back on the Water, Too!

  So, after some squadlist shenanigans I finally made it back on to the river this weekend. This is what I learned (or rather, remembered again, having forgotten... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• New Year – and Girl on the River is BACK!

  Sometimes it feels as though the Gods of Rowing have got it in for me… or at least want to keep me off the river. First there was the injury. Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2013 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Winter Socks for Rowing and Other Sporty Stuff

  

  Another day, another confession. Yes, Girl on the River has been playing away again. This time it was skiing (and the breathtakingly beautiful Canadian... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2012 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Book Review – Go Faster Food by Kate Percy

  

  Every rower I know has two main preoccupations – how to make the boat go faster and what they’re eating at their next meal. In Go Faster Food, £12.99 from... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2012 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Robin Williams – Yes, That’s THE Robin Williams

  

  It must be bad enough going through your adult life sharing your name with a loud and uber-famous Hollywood actor – you spend your entire time explaining to... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• How a Spider Helped My Bad Back

  When I was offered a sample of the Spidertech kinesiology tapes, known as spiders, I thought I had no need for them. “I’m not carrying any injuries at the... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2012 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Lifecycle GX and How I’m Getting My Life Back

  

  What a handsome devil…I’m one of those people who never wins anything in a raffle… or so I used to say. But not any more. At a Fitness Industry Association... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2012 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• If Not Now, When? A Review of Greg Searle’s Autobiography

  

  Picture the scene. You’re having dinner with your wife, who is heavily pregnant with your first child, and a couple of friends. Midway through the evening your... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2012 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Girl Off the River (again)

  

  I should have known better, really. My fitness was building up nicely, my technique was improving in leaps and bounds and I was all set for the Vets’ Fours... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2012 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Victoria Pendleton: a Rower in the Making (and Remember, You Heard It Here First)

  

  I have to confess to having a bit of a girl crush on cyclist Victoria Pendleton, having met her at a book event today. Witty, self-deprecating, engaging,... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2012 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION, SPORTS

• How the Girl Came to Be on the River

  “Rowing. Should I or shouldn’t I? You decide.”This was the question I asked on Facebook exactly three years ago.Looking back, I’d forgotten how close I was to... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2012 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Five Go Mad in Switzerland – More Endurance Craziness

  

  If you read the last couple of posts thinking that endurance challenges were only for people who could devote themselves to training full time, think again. Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2012 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• Charlie Pitcher, an Atlantic Crossing and One Heck of a Mid-life Crisis

  

  Charlie in his boat, in the sleeping compartment. Not quite the Hilton…Most guys undergoing a mid-life crisis buy themselves an ill-fitting leather jacket and,... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2012 FITNESS, SELF EXPRESSION