Team Sports, and How They Changed my Life

Theodore Piercy
Nov 1 · 5 min read

I joined rowing in high school back in 2015.

Why?

Maybe it was the allure of the incredible pain of a good ole’ 2000 meter session on the rowing machine.

Maybe it was the exciting jolt of my novice coach’s screaming her head off into a microphone, her eyes bugging out of her head with her face crimson red, veins bulging out.

Maybe it was the thrill of waking up at 4 AM on a Saturday in 15-degree weather to row on a half-frozen river dodging barges that didn’t see/ pretended not to…

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