I was recently invited to participate in the annual "Norfolk Rowing Rumble" in order to raise funds for The Buckley Foundation. This foundation helps brain injury survivors in the Norfolk area. The rowing event takes place down the Elizabeth River that runs right through the city and each boat is a mixture of athletes and brain injury survivors. I was honored to be rowing on the same team with some other great athletes like the climbing legend Colin Duffy. The most important thing I will take away from this event was from my conversations with the brain injury survivors. It was amazing to see them succeeding despite what the world has thrown at them and that determination is something I want to bring to my game. It was also great to see the Mayor come down and hop in a boat himself. Although it looked like he hindered his team more than he did to help them. In the end my boat finished in third place after we lost one of our members down the last sprint.
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