Elizabeth Gilmore has had in insanely meteoric trajectory from indoor rowing newbie to indoor rowing champion and world record holder, to Head of the Charles course record breaker.

It all started with getting on the erg to rehab a running injury. Then came the Concept2 Logbook and challenges. Then virtual racing (and winning), before stepping onto the gym floor at Erg Sprints for her first in-person event where she took home two gold medals.

She was scouted by Capital Rowing Club where she learned to row sweep on the fly with the competitive women’s program, and today is to training for a row across the Atlantic.

And all of this in the span of just about two years.

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00:00 - Episode lead-in

04:20 - The Huddle: Get to know Elizabeth in a minute

05:07 - Rowing Week on a scale of 1 to 10: 7 - good training, bad weather

05:53 - Hot Seat Q&A

08:44 - When ball sport coordination is lacking, run

10:57- Elizabeth’s rowing origin story began while rehabbing a running injury

13:57 - COVID and the rise of virtual indoor rowing training and racing

16:04 - Elizabeth’s first in-person indoor rowing event: Erg Sprints

18:54 - Getting scouted by Capital Rowing Club and how learning to row with the competitive women’s program was like drinking water from a firehouse

25:35 - Endurance rowing: training to row the Atlantic in 2024; December 2023 erg 100k with friends; passing the time on the erg; Lessons in Chemistry

31:25 - What’s next in 2024?

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To see photos of Elizabeth, and get links to the people, clubs, and events, mentioned in this episode, check out the show notes on our website.

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This episode was made possible in part by Breakwater Realty, Concept2, EB5 Investors, RowSource, and our Patrons.

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This episode was written, produced, hosted, and edited by Rachel Freedman and Tara Morgan. Tara provides additional audio engineering and is our sponsor coordinator. Rachel manages the website, social media, and e-newsletter. Our theme music is by Jonas Hipper.