From where I’m sitting in the motorboat with Derrick, I’m impressed that these women work so hard for their sport and don’t get paid for it. They’re doing a lot of the same things we do at hockey practice, just for the hell of it. At six in the fucking morning.

My coffee is long gone, but I don’t need caffeine to feel the thrill of watching Juniper row. I can’t take my eyes off her, loving the determination on her beautiful face as much as the movement of her long ...