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Un hombre pasa por muchos cambios en 2000 metros. Algunos no son muy bonitos. Algunos te hacen odiarte a ti mismo. Algunos te hacen preguntarte si has estado remando sólo tres o cuatro días. Para evitar ese destino, nos preparamos para todas las posibilidades. Si un meteorito aterrizara a 3 metros de nuestra popa, no pestañearíamos. [Estaríamos atentos, pero impasibles, al mundo exterior. Cada gramo de energía se canalizaría hacia el agua, y no se desperdiciaría mirando a nuestro alrededor, preocupándonos por los rivales, preguntándonos cosas que no tenían que ver con nuestro objetivo principal: ser los primeros en cruzar la línea de meta.
![A man goes through many changes in 2000 meters. Some are not very pretty. Some make you hate yourself. Some make you wonder if you've been rowing for only three or four days. To avoid that fate, we prepared for all possibilities. If a meteor landed 10 feet off our stern, we would not blink. [We] Would be aware, yet impassive, to the outside world. Every ounce of energy would be funneled into the water, and not wasted by looking around, worrying about opponents, wondering about things that didn't concern our primary goal-to be the first across the finish line. - Brad Alan Lewis](https://www.azquotes.es/public/picture_quotes/04/47/04478483c58d042b13c09290b3e599b7/brad-alan-lewis-829252.jpg "A man goes through many changes in 2000 meters. Some are not very pretty. Some make you hate yourself. Some make you wonder if you've been rowing for only three or four days. To avoid that fate, we prepared for all possibilities. If a meteor landed 10 feet off our stern, we would not blink. [We] Would be aware, yet impassive, to the outside world. Every ounce of energy would be funneled into the water, and not wasted by looking around, worrying about opponents, wondering about things that didn't concern our primary goal-to be the first across the finish line. - Brad Alan Lewis")
