First, I
think introductions are in order –my name is Sierra Luther, I am a first year
at lovely Wellesley College from sunny Sarasota, Florida, currently exploring
various major choices among computer science, economics or psychology. It’s a
wide rangeJ Outside academia, I rowed throughout high school, love all pets of
a feline nature and have a bit of a nail polish hoarding problem.
Coming
back to campus after Thanksgiving break was pleasantly punctuated with teammate
reunions and a lot of hard workouts. As a native Floridian, the idea of winter
training was initially a foreign concept to me, but I’ve actually begun to
enjoy daily workouts outside-given it’s 32 degrees outside and the Charles is
currently a chilly 43 degrees. However, Blue Crew has been taking advantage of
winter training with a lot of personal bests, and it’s been exciting to see
novice rowers begin to realize how fast they can really be.
Outside
of the erg loft, Blue Crew also welcomed December with a bang, completing a
team WOD (workout-of-the-day) and embarking on an ice skating expedition this
past Saturday, December 1st. With Apollo Anton Ohno-quality skills, our
rowers traded in their blades for skates, with varying degrees of balance.
Demonstrating their superior skills included Ali Pierson ’13 and Nina McKee
’16, both current members of Wellesley’s Ice Hockey team this winter. Both of
them skated circles around me with much more grace and balance then I could
ever manage. Although ice skating made me realize that I should probably stick
to sports where the water isn’t frozen, I loved starting my first proper “New
England” December with my teammates on a such festive note.
For daily updates on what Blue Crew is doing,
eating or excited about, please follow @WellesleyCrew on Twitter.
-Sierra Luther ‘16
