@clive_edwin: Lindsay made sure of no escape on this 2k erg test yesterday when the last stretch came up and my head went down, gritting for another gear. Little did I know this rowing coach just appeared at the last stretch and told me: “Don’t give up…keep going”. Lonely place the erg. Especially those last few meters. The few little words is it all it takes for the mind to wake up again in the moment. A second decision to harness the smallest units of energy is what it looks like sometimes. It’s a solitary conversation with the work, but what difference it makes for someone to plant a seed in your head to tell you there is more. To keep on going. In my head is a battle. The reminders of the latter days of training are ringing in my head giving me excuses and questioning each second I decide to push on. You have to be able to focus that mind. It’s always looking for escapes. The second to second moments on the erg or in the work that turns your face up are very raw. It’s a conversation with yourself. You choose to go on or you don’t and that’s another story in itself that you will have to reflect on at some point. You have to visit it again and again and again. No one can do that work for you. I say the tough job of a teacher is being able to spot the talent, the little spark that whispers and know how to nurture it and let it flourish into something new. Lindsay gave me something to think about that session. Forever grateful to be able to train another day and to build great moments. The space of training is a conversation that many connect to for how raw it is. #rowing #athletes #teacher #coach #row #rowerg #test #conversation #hardwork #keepgoing #dontquit #rower #mindsetmotivation #coachcarter #lindsay #concept2 #keeppushing

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Wednesday 01 January 2025 13:07:06 GMT