Training Week 5 in Review
As promised, last week was more exciting than the one before. After Sunday’s regatta, I felt a bit drained and exhausted, primarily due to the hot weather. My car’s thermometer said that i...
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Training Week 4 in Review
Last week wasn’t very eventful apart from the regatta we participated in on Sunday. After three weeks filled with torturous workouts on the water and in the weight room, we thought to ourselves ...
“Guys, I Won a Race”: STAW Regatta Recap
Tina and I participated in the STAW Sprint Regatta on the Old Danube in Vienna yesterday. Our decision to enter was quite last-minute because we thought it would be a good opportunity to try out our n...
Vegan in Toronto
I recently went to Toronto for a conference and wanted to share a few restaurant suggestions with you. Had I known I was going to start this blog, I would have taken more and better photographs. Sorry...
Training Week 3 in Review
This past week went by even quicker than the one before. It was full of ups and downs, primarily because of the rainy and stormy weather, and ended with a very exhausting, but surprisingly enjoya...
Review: Klean Kanteen Reflect
I had toyed with the idea of buying a stainless steel bottle for my workouts for quite some time, but I kept thinking that I had enough plastic bottles that I’d gotten for free and that I...
Post-Workout Popsicles
This week, I have a special treat for you. We just survived our third heat wave — 14 days in a row over 35 degrees celsius — here in Vienna, and this summer has the potential of becoming t...
Training Week 2 in Review
I don’t know why, but this week went by really fast. It was wonderful for me to see that I am already making a lot of progress after only a bit more than one week of serious training. More impor...
Overnight Oats: Breakfast For Champions
“Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.” Many of us, including myself, have grown up with this saying. While I must confess that I now “eat like a king” thro...
“Pig-Dog”: Friend, Not Food! Picking Up Our Boat From Italy
Ciao, my name is “Schweinehund” (read more about my name HERE) and I was born in July 2015 near Florence, Italy. I am a wing rigger double scull rowing boat and my “skin” color is ce...