Mom Patti Wagner on her daughter becoming an Olympian

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Kristi Wagner  0:05  
When somebody's yelling at you, if you're nice to them, it just makes them feel so much worse. Yes. And it's so true. And like, it's amazing. It's like, it's almost like, with like the flick of a switch changes their opinion, or their mind or whatever. So

Patti Wagner  0:22  
dealing with difficult people at work is such a great life lesson. And you know, your there's always going to be those people out there that you have to learn how to work with and learn how to live with.

Kristi Wagner  0:38  
Welcome to episode six of the other three years. This week on the podcast, I interview my mom, her name's Patti Wagner, and she's basically the greatest human on the planet in my totally unbiased opinion. But yeah, we go into my childhood, and what she really thinks about the fact that I've spent the past decade plus of my life sitting backwards in a tiny little rowing shell. But it was a great conversation, I feel like, I learned some stuff I didn't know about what she really thought about me rowing and, you know, accomplishing my dreams, but maybe sometimes coming up short. So I'm excited to share the conversation with you. And she really is, like the greatest person ever. So you're welcome. I think my biggest takeaway from the conversation was that I'm really lucky to have a parents that I have. And I've known that my mom is really great for a long time. But I think the fact that we could have a really open and honest conversation, but I could leave it feeling so happy and good about it and feel so comfortable sharing it with other people. I don't know if everyone would feel that way sharing a conversation with you know, that they have like that with their parents. So I just feel really lucky that I was raised and as a 30 year old continue to be raised by such great people. Before we share my mom right now, in training, I am back in Saratoga, I just got home on Sunday evening. So the last time that we recorded a week ago, I said that we were doing some selection, and we're going to find out who all got to go is getting to go gets to go. Not sure the correct lingo there to the World Cup, the Second World Cup in Italy. And it was bit anticlimactic, because really like almost everyone was selected, which is really exciting. But the group that I was in like the Openweight, women's scholars, we're all going to go and we're going to primarily focus on our quad and also racing to doubles. Probably still a little bit in the air. But I'm really excited. We spent a couple of days rowing in the quad. So quad is a four person boat where every person has to oars. So eight hours total for people. And yeah, it was really fun. We we were able to get in the quad everyone was feeling better and good and healthy. And it was really fun. It was a we think we did three practices or four maybe and they were all good. Got better every day. So now we're all home for a week, everyone went back to their separate homes. And then this coming Sunday, we're all going to fly to Italy. And we're going to have a two week training camp in Aruba, Italy. And then we're gonna go and race in Baray, say at the Second World Cup. So it's really exciting. It's a little nerve wracking. You know, it's one of those things where you're like, all I want to do is make this team and then you're like, okay, but now that I've done that, the pressure is mounting, you know, so it's kind of one of those things where, like, you just focus, you just have to focus on the next thing and you know, just keep it going. But I am really excited. And I feel like overall, it was a good time in California and I'm definitely feeling a lot better than I was, you know, a couple of months ago, so I feel, you know, like, there's still things that I want to improve and still things improve on and still things that I want to prove and get better at and I have goals that I want to accomplish, but I also feel like I'm doing the right things and on the right path and headed in the right direction. So and going To like going to Europe every summer, or when you get to go is so fun. It's like, it just feels really special and really cool. And it's those moments where, like, this is a really cool life, like, all of the super cold, super early, miserable mornings, when you're doing a really hard workout, you're like, Okay, this is like, really awesome. But it's also, you know, a business trip. And you know, you're there to work. And I think I think we're gonna have a really couple, a good couple of weeks of training, and then hopefully a really great week of racing. And it'll be fun to be with the rest of the team and everything. But this week, I'm home, which is so nice, like, got home and was just like, This is great. So great to be home, it feels so nice to just be able to have a week where you can sleep in your own bed and see some of your friends and do some things to make you feel normal. I was I was so happy that we had a week at home. And it's been really nice to have practice with my team and you know, spend some time just feeling a little bit more comfortable. And it's nice. It's like, if right before I left, because I live in upstate New York and Saratoga and right before I left is like still a little gray a little cold and like instantly coming back. It's like beautiful and sunny and really nice. Now, it is time for the review of the week. And our review this week comes to us on Apple podcasts. And it's from fun. Oh fun, we love you. And fun shout out like a lot of people have loved your ads. So hopefully everyone is going to the beauty bar to be glamorous. She said Kristi is so inspiring. I love hearing her story. I had the pleasure of meeting her and she is the sweetest, I'm looking forward to more episodes. Thank you fine. It's really nice. If you want your review shared on the podcast, be sure to leave us one on Apple podcasts or Spotify. And then maybe your review can be shared for everyone to hear on the podcast, which would be awesome. Cuz you're awesome. Now it's time for Yeah, meat and potatoes of the episode. Or really good dinner? No, it's so exciting. So this week, I am talking to my mom. And yeah, we just delve into my life, my childhood. Growing up when I started rowing, what I was like as a kid, spoiler alert, I was not that competitive, which I think really surprises people. I actually don't think I'm that competitive a person just like baseline. I think I'm just really competitive and growing, which I think surprises a lot of people because I am very competitive and rowing. It was really fun conversation. I'm excited to share it. So without further ado, I thought we could just start by talking about me as a little kid because like mom said, I was not competitive. And I was not that good at sports.

Patti Wagner  8:23  
Now I remember a soccer game and they had put her in goalie and they lost the soccer game to to nothing. And she said to me after the game, she said, Can I do great mom, I only let two goals and I said yes, Kristi you work?

Kristi Wagner  8:41  
Yeah. And when I was a kid, I would only ask questions that I wanted a positive answer to so I'd phrase everything like, didn't I do a good job? Don't you love this artwork I made? Aren't I good at this? Like, yes, I only wanted positive reinforcement.

Patti Wagner  8:59  
And she only got positive reinforcement. But then I

Kristi Wagner  9:02  
started doing sports a little more you should tell the story of when I first started playing basketball when I tried out for basketball and Mr. Not put me on the ATM and you called him and said you must have made a mistake.

Patti Wagner  9:15  
I said are you sure this is right. Does she even know how to dribble like what are you doing? I don't think she can shoot. I don't think she can dribble. I think they're going to eat her alive and he said, rebounds. She's gonna get all the rebounds. And I said she's not that aggressive. And he said we can teach her that. And boy did they ever. She got the rebounds and she learned to dribble and she learned to shoot. But at first I was like, Are you kidding? This is a big mistake

Kristi Wagner  9:47  
whose mom calls the coach when they've been put on the top team and says you've made a mistake.

Patti Wagner  9:54  
I just thought he should know.

Kristi Wagner  9:58  
Hilarious So funny.

Patti Wagner  10:03  
I worked I never wanted her to be set up for failure. I wanted her to be set, exceed. Yes. And I thought you were being set up to fail. That was my concern.

Kristi Wagner  10:14  
But that it was actually okay. It was great.

Patti Wagner  10:17  
It was. Basketball is actually a really fun sport to watch. I mean, I'm a big Celtics fan, but I enjoyed watching Kristi even more.

Kristi Wagner  10:27  
It's more fun to watch than rowing.

Patti Wagner  10:30  
Yes, rowing is, you know, rolling was okay, when you first started because I could run by the boat and keep up. But now you go too fast. I can't keep up anymore. So basically, it's just, you know, they go rarely see a little bit. Yeah, but I do like watching rowing. I like being at the finish line. You've had some very tight races. And it's fun to be right there. Especially when you come from behind and when it's very.

Kristi Wagner  10:57  
So Mom, do you remember when I first started rowing?

Patti Wagner  11:00  
I do. You loved it right away.

Kristi Wagner  11:03  
It was really fun. It was so fun. At the beginning. I loved being a novice. It was great. There were a lot of people to the big team.

Patti Wagner  11:11  
They were. And you also had a lot of success, which was super exciting. So most of you are not this races you guys won. And then we had a fun car pool. And it was a great experience was really great experience.

Kristi Wagner  11:27  
Do you think that I was like competitive at it right from the start?

Patti Wagner  11:32  
Oh, yes. You wanted that hat. They only gave hats to people on varsity. And you talk to one of the coaches and you said if I can get my ERG under a certain time, can I get a hat? And it was, you know, the same time as some of the people in varsity. And you said yes, Kristi, you can? Well, you did you had that app. You're not this year.

Kristi Wagner  11:56  
It was Jesse? Yeah. Eight under eight minutes.

Patti Wagner  12:00  
Yes. Yeah.

Kristi Wagner  12:00  
I guess the hat? Yes. Yes, I did really want it. You weren't

Patti Wagner  12:04  
very, very competitive.

Kristi Wagner  12:07  
Were you guys like, this is a weird sport. Why is she doing it?

Patti Wagner  12:11  
Yes. I mean, your dad and I had never rode before, we didn't really understand what it was all about. And it seemed like an awful lot of work. You know, you're carrying the boat down to the water and, and it's cold, you're out there in the cold. And you have to be there so early in the morning. And the regard is, you know, we would bring food to the regardless, and we'd have to leave at like five in the morning. And we'd be standing out there freezing. And we were like put, why does she love this so much. But you did. And then and then after you went to college, I learned to row as like I need to learn how to do this because I need to understand what what she loves so much about it. So my friend Beth and I started learn to row class. And we were able to both row and singles and Kristi even invited me to a mother daughter race. And I remember saying to the coach, I need to practice in a double because I'm going to race with my daughter and he said, you're making a terrible mistake. He said it's going to ruin your relationship. She is so much better than you you are not anywhere near her league. And I said I know that and she knows that. But it will be fun. And it was really fun. And if anything it brought us closer. John Smith was wrong. Yes, he was fraud. He was I really never be mean to my mom. Yes. And it Kristi was you were amaze, you were just like, keep going, Mom Don't stop.

Kristi Wagner  13:46  
We did this race. And they didn't have the mother daughter event anymore. So we had to race in the college double. So I'm like, oh, and then it was so windy and so cold. I'm like, oh gosh, this is horrible. But then Mom did such a good job. And we we passed someone So Kristi

Patti Wagner  14:07  
just kept saying you're dealing great, Mom, you're doing great. Keep going. You're doing great. Don't look over there. That boat that just flipped over. Look over.

Kristi Wagner  14:16  
Oh, yeah. That was funny. Also, I remember you and dad being a little skeptical when I first started getting recruited to college.

Patti Wagner  14:25  
Yes, that was that was an interesting. We had we had no idea. I mean, coaches were coming to our house and they all wanted you. So many coaches wanted you. It was

Kristi Wagner  14:40  
I know but you and dad were like, I don't know if we can trust them.

Patti Wagner  14:45  
Like, right, right. Do they really mean what they say? And, you know, they'd say, Well,

Kristi Wagner  14:52  
I get told you horror stories.

Patti Wagner  14:55  
Yes. People had told us horror stories that coaches will say when thing but then they, they won't come through with it and, but we never experienced any of that.

Kristi Wagner  15:06  
And then I picked Yale, and they picked me.

Patti Wagner  15:11  
Yes. Yay. And we all love Yale. We did. We were all Yale clothing. Kristi just gave me a new Yale shirt and I've been wearing it non stop.

Kristi Wagner  15:22  
Yes, because we're super proud. Yes. But everything at Yale wasn't easy. Like, I feel like I called you all the time and was upset or, you know, it was definitely really hard. Did you ever feel like, but you would always just tell me like, it's gonna be okay. You know, like, I feel like you're you were never telling me? Oh, you can just quit. You can just give up. You know, like, you never acted like anything was too much of a challenge for me. Like, even if you maybe thought that it was.

Patti Wagner  16:01  
Yeah, of course. It's It was upsetting when you would call and you were overwhelmed. And it was really hard. I think it's hard to go to call it to, to such a competitive rowing college because you were one of the top rowers that Wayland, Weston, and you expected that you would be a top rower. Yeah. And so freshman year, you went in, and there were all these other really good rowers. And it's, it's hard, it is hard. And it's a lot of work. I think it was a lot more work than you had experienced in high school. So, you know, we definitely did get the car, I got the calls, where, you know, if you can't complain to your mother, who can you complain to? And I knew that I knew I was that person that you could complain to. So I knew I was getting the worst of it, and that things weren't as bad as you are telling me that you were, you were putting up a good front with everybody else. And you were just kind of letting loose with me. So I kind of knew that. And I, I also went to college. So I know how hard it is to be away from home for the first time. And I I knew things would get better. And and they did. You figured it out. And you did just fine. You loved it there. So you made such nice friends, all your friends were terrific. And that was the other nice thing. You know, we came to the booster tonic freshman year. And for us, it's just a, I don't know, two hour drive, or not even. And when we got to the race, we realized that there were parents from Chicago and the West Coast. And you know, parents were coming all over to this race. And so it was really fun to meet all the parents and a lot of parents went to every single race. And that was really fun, too. And you know, as Kristi might complain that something's really hard. Another parent would say their daughter had the same complaint. So that was reassuring to me as well. Listen, you were all feeling it. So

Kristi Wagner  18:03  
yeah, I feel like, obviously, and you know, when you're growing up, and in high school, you can meet other people's parents, you know, you become friends with all of my friends, parents and whatever. But I think in college, that can be hard, but rowing definitely gave you Yes. Access. And yes, you guys are still friends with

Patti Wagner  18:23  
us? Oh, yeah. No, it's it was a wonderful experience. And your senior year, we were kind of the, you know, the snack, we brought the snacks to the race. So we, we, you know, everybody would reach out and say, What can we do to help and we just kind of organized the whole thing. So it was it was a great experience for everybody. Even Joe came to NCAA.

Kristi Wagner  18:48  
Even Joe, even Joe,

Patti Wagner  18:51  
Joe is Kristi's younger brother. Yes. And He idolizes her, and she idolizes him, they both really, really look up to each other and like each other. So they didn't always but they have for a really long time.

Kristi Wagner  19:08  
So then Mom, I graduated from college, and then contrary to what you told Joe, you guys said, you have to get a job and apartment, you can't come and live at home. Joe went and lived at home. Yes. And so I had a job and an apartment and and it seemed like I was going to live a quote unquote, regular life. But then that didn't last that long. No. And I talked in the podcast a little bit about you and dad being kind of surprised at my decision to row.

Patti Wagner  19:43  
Yes. I just. I just Well, I loved the fact that you lived in Boston, and I loved the fact that you were working in Boston and it was a great company and I thought you were doing a great job and I Just thought you would, you know, keep doing well there and keep getting promoted and have a great career. And, you know, I've been in the same job my whole life. So when you said you were quitting your job is like, what? What do you mean, you're quitting? But, you know, dad, and I also wanted you to follow your dreams. So if that meant quitting your job and moving to Saratoga, and you know, we were behind you, you can work forever, anytime. So and you are working and you've never been dependent on us. You've always earned your own money and, and paid your own bills and taking care of yourself. And so, you know, we were supportive of it after the initial shock.

Kristi Wagner  20:49  
Yeah, but I remember like, I think it was that first Christmas, you said, Oh, what do you want for Christmas? And I said, Oh, maybe a gift card to Trader Joe's or something like that, because I like had no money and that might have freaked you out a little bit that did. Only thing she wants for Christmas is groceries. Yes.

Patti Wagner  21:09  
Yeah. Yes. Say, Kristi, if you need money for groceries, you said no. And I'm okay. But you asked what I wanted for Christmas. So that's what she got for Christmas. Yeah.

Kristi Wagner  21:24  
Yeah. But I wasn't like, I mean, I was not bad at rowing. But I definitely wasn't like winning all of my races those first few years. So tell the truth. Were you surprised when I made it to the Olympics?

Patti Wagner  21:46  
I honestly thought it. I thought it was going to be impossible to make it to the Olympics. I really, really hoped it would happen. But I couldn't imagine it ever happening. It just seemed like such a lofty goal. I mean, I don't know any Olympians. I didn't know anybody that went to the Olympics. You know, you loved watching it on TV. And yeah, those people were really cool. But we didn't actually know people that made it. So yeah, I remember that race. I, you and Jebi were racing in the final. And originally, Joe and I were going to try to be there. And they ended up moving it a day earlier because of bad weather. So I was at my office, and I was watching it on my computer while screaming at my computer cheering, you know, everybody was around, and you win the race. And it was like, Oh, my gosh, she won the race. She's going to feel it. And I couldn't. I just kept telling everybody. I'm a people pleaser. And when people ask me to do things that work, I do it for them. But everybody that asked me to do something that day, I said, I'm sorry, I can't do that for you. My daughter's going to the Olympics. Did I tell you my daughter is just so excited. I was beyond any I knew it was your dream. And it was a dream come true. And it was just the most exciting thing ever. Just so happy. I'm still so happy.

Kristi Wagner  23:16  
I know. Well. That's why we that's why I'm still rowing so that we can all go to the Olympics. That would

Patti Wagner  23:21  
be amazing. It was sad not to be able to go, but

Kristi Wagner  23:25  
and you guys had a very stressful time watching my final.

Patti Wagner  23:29  
Oh my gosh, we were gonna watch the final from our house. And just before the final. We lost all power in the house. And we have no reception. Our phones don't work at our house. We had no Wi Fi no TV, nothing. And so we had to in the pouring, pouring rain go find a bar. They couldn't get it on their TV. It was a sports bar. But it was like a different channel. And oh yes, it was a we ended up watching it on somebody's little computer in this noisy bar. And it's not an ideal experience.

Kristi Wagner  24:06  
But my brother was apparently Yeah, the surfing or whatever had been on before was like running late. So the live coverage was delayed of rowing. And my brother was talking to the bartender and he's like, it's supposed to be on this channel, you know, whatever. And the bartenders says I'm I'm on this channel. And my brother is like, Is your sister racing in the Olympic final right now? Because I don't think you understand the stress and what's actually happening. I need you to give me the remote like, freaking out at this poor bartender. Yeah.

Patti Wagner  24:51  
He was totally freaking out. He was hilarious. He will we all wanted to watch that race but I I think he was the most stressed. Yeah, it was crazy.

Kristi Wagner  25:07  
I feel bad. I feel bad. But it was so stressful.

Patti Wagner  25:13  
We just wanted to watch. We just Yeah. We just wanted to watch.

Kristi Wagner  25:17  
But I feel like you guys also had some funny experiences, you know, with people like when it was when the Olympics were coming up with different people.

Patti Wagner  25:31  
Yes. So people would stop me in the grocery store and say congratulations, and yeah, you got to do a quick grocery shop and, you know, 45 minutes later. No, it's really it was it was amazing. We got so many cards from people who knew Kristi growing up. I actually heard from her sewing teacher today. She took sewing classes when she was little. And she she sent me an email and said, How's Kristi? I think about her all the time, my star sewing student and I said, Did you know she went to the Olympics? And she? She said, Okay, I need to see you. I need to hear all about this. She said, I'm not surprised.

Kristi Wagner  26:15  
Were you surprised that I wanted to row for another cycle?

Patti Wagner  26:20  
Yes. I thought you were going to be finished. I thought.

Kristi Wagner  26:25  
I thought so too.

Patti Wagner  26:30  
I understand. And you love it. And you've always loved it. You loved the practices you love competing, and you're in a great place. So why wouldn't you keep rolling in? I understand.

Kristi Wagner  26:45  
You guys have you guys came on two trips last summer. We

Patti Wagner  26:49  
did. We did. We went to London and we watched you in Henley, which was really, really fun. And then we went to Prague. And you know, I'd heard about Prague, but it wasn't really on my radar. But the World Championships were there. So we got to visit to sightsee in Prague, which is beautiful. And no, we it's been really, really fun.

Kristi Wagner  27:12  
What do you think is my like, least favorite thing about rowing? And what do you think is my favorite thing about rowing?

Patti Wagner  27:18  
I think your favorite thing about railing is your teammates and your success and being outside. I think you love being outside and you love being on the water and you love exercising. your least favorite thing? I would say maybe on really bad weather days. That's probably not so much fun. And if you have any kinds of works in your body, you know, that isn't feeling 100% Still feeling like you need to get out there and, and grow.

Kristi Wagner  27:55  
Don't think it's that I don't get to see my family that much. Yeah, no, I definitely think that to you guys, that I miss so many things. Like we have a big family that gets together a lot. Yes. I never thought I was going to be known as the person that didn't go to stuff. But

Patti Wagner  28:16  
well, yeah, but everybody understands that. And everybody is excited about your success. You have a lot of support in the family. And when you do show up, boy, I remember you were home for the weekend. And we usually take Kristi's grandmother out for dinner on Saturday nights. And your dad mentioned to his siblings that you were going to be there. And everybody was there. We took over the whole rest.

Kristi Wagner  28:53  
That was crazy. Yeah, it was fun, though. Yes, yes. You're right. It is nice people. People are very supportive and our family. Yes. But it's amazing. Because I feel like you've always like been able to give I mean, even though what I'm doing is not really like anything that you you know, we're not really going down like the same path so to speak. I I feel like you always give me really good advice. And, and again, like, it's just amazing. You always just listen and are like, it's gonna be okay, you know, but don't make me feel like what I'm feeling isn't valid. Like I'm valid, but at the same time. I got a bucket up a little bit. Yeah, I don't know. It's kind of amazing.

Patti Wagner  29:47  
You've had some people that may not have treated you the way that we would have liked to seen them treat you and, and I always think Well, that's a good lesson on how to They, you know, we want to treat people the way that we want to be treated. So if somebody's not treating us, well, we don't want to treat them unwell. We just want to learn from it and treat Be the bigger person. Yeah. And then you never have any regrets. Right? Because you've been the bigger you, you've been kind to people and support it.

Kristi Wagner  30:23  
Yeah. It always I know when I, I feel like you told me that when. When I started my job, and it's dealing with some people that are sometimes less than happy. And like, when somebody's yelling at you, if you're nice to them, it just makes them feel so much worse. Yes. And it's so true. And like, it's amazing. It's like, it's almost like, with like, the flick of a switch changes their opinion, or their mind or whatever. So,

Patti Wagner  30:54  
yeah, dealing with difficult people at work is such a great life lesson. I mean, you know, you're there's always gonna be those people out there that you have to learn how to work with and learn how to live with and

Kristi Wagner  31:11  
yeah, yeah. Rowing and teammates is just like life.

Patti Wagner  31:18  
It's true. That's right. It's like one big family. And families are not always easy.

Kristi Wagner  31:27  
No. I mean, our family is perfect.

Patti Wagner  31:32  
Yes, we're very, very lucky. Yes.

Kristi Wagner  31:37  
Did you think you were gonna have a daughter that looked exactly like you?

Patti Wagner  31:42  
I hope that I had a daughter.

Kristi Wagner  31:46  
Do you want to tell everyone? Why you named me Kristi?

Patti Wagner  31:50  
Yes. So when my mother was in college, she spent a year abroad in Madrid. And the host family that she lived with was this woman. And her name was Kristina. And she was like a second mother to my mom. And my mom adored her. And when I was little Kristina used to visit us from Spain. And one time when I was I don't two or three, she brought me a doll. And the doll came with a suitcase full of clothes. And I named the doll Kristina. And I told her at that time that when I grew up, I was going to have a little girl and her name is going to be Kristina. So when I was pregnant, I told your dad that you were going to be called Kristina. And he said, Can we call her Kristi? And I said, Sure. So why I think he was at Christie Brinkley. I think he thought Christie Brinkley, was very pretty girl. So can we call her Kristi like Christie Brinkley? Said? Sure.

Kristi Wagner  32:59  
So I named after both a doll and a supermodel. Yes. That's right. Perfect. Yeah, I love your name. Me too.

Patti Wagner  33:10  
It's very, very fitting for you. And everybody, and I love the name. And everybody in our town calls me Kristi. And I just go by your name? It's not my name, but it's okay.

Kristi Wagner  33:27  
Okay, that's a little funny. Yes. Okay.

Patti Wagner  33:30  
Well, they seem to think of you. So that's fine.

Kristi Wagner  33:35  
So that is fine. Well, Mom, I feel like my last question is like, in your mind, like, what is the best end scenario of my rowing career? I'm not talking about like finishing at the Olympics, but like, what do you like, hope to remember from all of this?

Patti Wagner  33:59  
Well, I don't think you will ever stop rowing. I think you will row for the rest of your life. Because I think it makes you happy, and you enjoy it. And I just I want you to have happy memories always have it. I guess that's my hope. That's what I hope for is that it brings you happiness. I mean, that's all a parent wants for their child is for them to be happy.

Kristi Wagner  34:27  
It's been over half my life though of doing that. So now it's time for one of our fan favorite segments. Ask Kristi anything.

Speaker 3  34:40  
Hi, Kristi. My name is Alyssa. My question for you is what's your favorite food? But also what's your favorite food? Fuel for a big race?

Kristi Wagner  34:52  
Alyssa, great question. That's a hard question because I love all food. But I think my favorite food and the food that I like to fuel For a race are actually pretty similar. So first of all, I eat the same thing every morning of my life. Before race before practice, whatever I eat oatmeal on toast. Sounds weird. It's amazing plain oatmeal, plain bread maple syrup in the oatmeal butter on the toast. I literally put the oatmeal on the toast to take a bite. It's amazing. It's how I get all my carbs. You know rowers need carbs before their workout. And I just love it's I think it's really good. And it's weird, but I do it. You create this. Okay, so I started doing it. I I I'm not sure I started doing it. I wrote it craftsbury up in Vermont one summer when I was in college, and I like to eat oatmeal because people say oats move boats before practice but a crap spree they make homemade bread. And so I was like, can't have a meal where I'm not eating the bread. Like can't waste the opportunity to eat homemade bread. So I started to eat the the toast are also but my overall favorite food is just the category cereal. Like I literally love cereal, followed in a very close second by like donuts and ice cream. Everyone's got a favorite cereal, which is why I think cereal is just like a food group categories like universal. My favorite cereal actually is really boring. It's probably cornflakes. I know it's a bit I do like really like like Lucky Charms. I love honey nut cheerios. I actually like Raisin Bran which is to be

Unknown Speaker  36:44  
on a waiting stock.

Kristi Wagner  36:45  
Oh my gosh, I don't know. I mean it would be cool to be on a Wheaties box let's be honest but maybe I'll be on a Cornflakes box

next week we have my coach. His name is cat but short for but Pat is short for Eric Catalano. Nope, that's not how you say that. His name is cat which is short. Ah short for short for long for his real name is Eric Catalano and he's been my coach for a long time and I think he's kind of like a guru guy. He's got a lot of wisdom to share. He's he's definitely a bit of a guru a coach. So it was fun to talk to him. I think I made him pretty nervous because I didn't let him prepare anything which was a little bit mean of me but that's okay

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