which means crew is back. I like rowing. It's very hard, it's very challenging. it centers you as a result. the most visible thing about participating in crew, from rowing, is that your hands fall off. the skin on your hands falls off. there's blood on the oar handles from the blisters breaking open. they heal tough, but in the beginning, there's blood. I'm a skinny guy and I never gained much muscle from crew, though I could breath better and I was stronger indeed. I like that I have something in my life that is hard. I like having to get to the end of the river and having that be an objective in itself. I don't even worry about that not being the end of practice. There are few things in life like that.