Until last Fall, I played competitive water polo at one of the top California clubs (Del Mar WPC) and was invited to the Olympic Development Program.
I was encouraged to try rowing to mix up my training and after a few weeks I realized that I enjoyed the team atmosphere and quantitative evaluation of performance and made the decision to just row.
I rowed my first 2K after Christmas and pulled 6:47. I just pulled my 2nd 2K last weekend (Jan 28th) and pulled 6:37. I am targeting sub-6:30 by March and hope to get closer to 6:25 this season. I won seat racing this week (2/7) and earned a spot in the 1V.