I’ve been meaning to listen to this for like, a week now and finally had some time to do it yesterday. It’s about 40 minutes long and well worth the time.

Related: Interview with 2004 M8+ Gold Medalist Pete Cipollone

Pete talks about his coxing career (how/why he got started as a coxswain, not getting selected in ’96, the 2000 and 2004 Olympic cycles, etc.) as well as how he used a lot of the skills he picked up in rowing through his career(s) in the “real world”. There’s a lot of really solid advice in here regardless of the stage you’re at in your rowing career so definitely check it out when you’ve got some time.