During the beginning of this year I decided to try novice Crew for my “choose your own adventure” assignment. Crew was a sport that I have always wanted to try and I thought that this was a perfect opportunity. After the first couple of practices, which were very intense, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to continue doing it. However, my family and friends pushed me to stick with it and continue. I started out rowing but quickly became a coxswain. I really enjoyed being a coxswain, it brought more of a mental aspect to the sport and it was a really good way to learn about it. When I signed up for Crew I thought that I would be only rowing; I didn’t think that I would like being in charge of an entire boat that I knew nothing about except that it would be really expensive to repair if we hit something. However, I really enjoyed it even though I had to be awake before 6 a.m. almost everyday. I liked the intensity of the sport and the way other people had some sort of respect for you. The only reason I stopped doing Crew was because I was quickly becoming burnt out between school, work and the early practices. If Crew wasn’t so early in the morning I would have definitely kept doing it. I am really glad that I tried it because I discovered a sport that I really liked and would definitely do again if given the chance.
Crew was an adventure for me in multiple respects, the first being that I had never tried it before and I consider trying something new to be an adventure. I also think that it’s an adventure because it challenged me to go past my limits and attempt things that I never thought I would be able to do. I really enjoyed Crew and I learned that I could do a lot more than I originally thought I would be able to. I also learned that when given the chance to try something new I should take it because you never know how much you are going to like it. I really enjoyed my chance to do Crew and I might actually try it again next year.
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