dragonboat festival 30th june - 1 july 2007
bedok reservoir
800m race
FLUS
inter-bussiness 10 men crew - right rower
mixed open 20 men crew - drummer
timing
inter-bussiness 10 men crew - 5.06.61
mixed open 20 men crew - 04.08.34
yeah for both boat, we came last
it was really bad
reaaly demoralising
the distance between ours and others were like ... almost by 10boats
dat is very very bad :'(
i couldnt row the full stroke
during the hard 30 and hard 10
it was horrible
during long pull, the turning did not happen in every single stroke
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did i give my 100% ??
well they said it was expected
we are not up to standard for 800m race
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it makes me question myself
what do i row for ?
do i even know why ?
is it just because of a mere interest
or sumtin more ?
are there reasons behind the obvious ?
if there are, then why didnt i put enough effort ?
the feeling of being the last is horrible
its disasterryfic
i will never ever want this to happen again, esp not for regatta
for now, i can only focus on regatta
its on november which clashes with my a level
its going to be tough
very tough
but i wanna row for regatta
not going to miss a single race
dragonboat
ive rowed
ive drummed
ive coxed
i wanna learn more
technique ...
more or less ive gotten it
sum part missing here and there though
its tough to : pause, press, pull, recover for every single stroke under the speed of 11m/s or 60-80strokes/minute
not forgetting that we have to twist, a frame, 11 oclock
check timing, always see the pacer
lift up high
3 fingers above the blade
dragonboat : commitment + power + endurance
am i lacking all the components ?
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ok here is my plan
well since the race is over, and so has mid yer
weekly run : try to finish at least 10k
weekly gym : 3 times a week
weekly swim: try to finish at least 50 laps
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regatta is in 4 months time
4 months to increase power and endurance is not asimple task
power especially as regatta is all about power
individual power dats what lele says
starts training for it now
we are aiming for finals yeah
5.06.61
a lesson, a mistake, an enlightenment
FLUS DRAGONBOAT
kelvin used his rune at // 10:12 PM