Crissy Goodness

Saratoga Springs, NY

Sports has always been my therapy since childhood playing basketball and soccer. Running became my default sport after high school and I have run 3 marathons and many half marathons.  A business colleague who was a rower asked me if I ever rowed before and quite honestly I didn’t know anything about the sport. He suggested that I should give it a try due to my 6’1” stature. Ironically, I met the Varsity Girls coach at Saratoga Rowing that same year and he urged me to bring my daughter to a practice. That was 2007, she was 15 and I was 42.  We were both hooked from the first day! She was on Varsity and I joined the Masters. After 17 years I mostly train on my own in my single when not traveling to various rowing clinics.  I feel blessed to have made many lifelong friends and have traveled to some amazing places to row and race.  Rowing accomplishments are medals in US Masters Nationals, Canadian Masters Nationals, Canadian Henley, UK Masters Henley and Head of the Charles.  I love the challenge and fitness that the sport provides and look forward to continuing until I can no longer get into a boat.  Another fun fact, I became a USRowing Referee this year and completed Level 2 coaching.