Instructor: Deb McCabe, of Boulder, the founder of the Longmont Sculling Club. McCabe learned to row in Boston and competitively rowed at Northeastern University. She began with sweep rowing, using ...

Key Quote: “Being strong doesn’t mean you go fast, being technically savvy doesn’t mean you go fast. You need to learn how to use your strength most efficiently to get the most out of your body, the ...

PITTSFIELD — Once settled into a single-person ocean shell at the Berkshire Rowing and Sculling Society on Onota Lake, I took a deep breath before Lauren Miller launched me out toward the open water.

In rowing, and especially U.S. rowing, the open-weight single scull is the loneliest event. Long considered the sport’s glamour competition, the single in practice is a slow, grueling affair ...

Frank O’Mahony is up before the sun. By the time the birds sing their good morning music, the Longmont man has already worked up a sweat. There’s something surreal about the water before the world ...

Each year, on one magical day, Bostonians are seemingly transformed into the foremost experts in long distance running. Somehow, we watch the Boston Marathon and become clear about the signs of ...

At Lake Hall in northeast Tallahassee, morning sunlight is lacing its way through the silhouettes of trees. Nearby on the bank, proceeding toward a long dock, come a mostly silent parade of men and ...

A stiff breeze whipped off the rippling, inky water of the Port of West Sacramento, making me shiver in my thin workout shirt and leggings. Eight of us, each with a portion of the gunwale wedged on a ...