MIT Rowing Club 
| Who we are |
- We are a group of cheerful, beautiful and healthy students who enjoy rowing on the legendary Charles River in racing shells.
- We are committed athletes who have become addicted to pain and discipline, and acknowledge no personal weakness. We relish competition for the immense discomfort it provides, and the opportunity to destroy the spirit of other human beings.
- We like to row early in the morning -- so early that we rarely bother going to bed. We know that we can squeeze in a good long sleep after the outing, and still wake up before breakfast.
- We like to row in terrible weather, through thunderstorms and hurricanes, in freezing rain and snow. There is nothing we love more than the sound of our hull scything throught the winter ice, and the machine-gun rhythm of hailstones bouncing off our rugged features.
- We like to row in summer, when the river has dried to a muddy sludge, in sun so hot that our weathered skin wrinkles and blisters under the flow of salty sweat.
- We like to row fast, to wind the rating up until our movements become a mere blur, and nearby observers remark on the dangerous time-space distortion.
- Our powerful physiques draw admiring glances as we stride confidently around the halls of MIT, and gasps of amazement when we appear on the beach.
- Our club is run with ruthless and exacting efficiency. We think and move as one coordinated team. Our extraordinary unity and sense of purpose attracts visiting professors from far-flung termite colonies, who travel across the globe to learn our secrets.
- Above all though, we are a bunch of good-natured, overworked folks who view the sport of rowing as an ideal means for building good ol' character, physical and mental strength, with a pinch of great sense of humor and humility.
| What we (really) do |
- We have year-round programming!
- We start in the Fall semester until it gets too cold to row (Boston = mid-November), we train indoors during the Winter and get back out on the water around Spring Break, after the Thaw. We then row all the way through the Summer. Repeat cycle.
- During on-water seasons, we hold practices six days a week: five weekdays of early morning rowing from the MIT Pierce Boathouse, and Saturday morning conditioning in the Z-Center at 9am. Often we venture as a group onto bike rides, hiking treks, marathons, camping trips, barbecues, yoga studios and whatever else we want, really.
- The club is informally divided into three groups: experienced men, experienced women and novices, about fifty members in all. Currently, we are rowing three experienced eights and one or two (depending on the day) boats for beginners.
- We actively welcome all members of the MIT community who fall into DAPER-approved categories.
