Dragon Boat Racing race 2:18 [5] 0.5 km (4:36 / km)
slept:7.0 weight:194lbs
Schuykill River Dragon Boat Festival
RACE 1 - Fairmount Park Commodores
This is what all the practice has come down to - race day.
First race of the day at 8.10am. A cold start to the day, but we raced well, but had a heck of a race winning by less than a second. Made the A Division
Dragon Boat Racing 2:23 [5] 0.5 km (4:46 / km)
RACE 2 - Men's Divison: All male boat with the Riverrunners males who we just beat in the first race. Came 5th
Dragon Boat Racing race 2:44 [4] 0.5 km (5:28 / km)
RACE 3: E Division Semi - raced with the Knoll boat as they were short of rowers. They did remarkably well considering they'd only practiced 2X. Won the race.
Dragon Boat Racing race 2:22 [5] 0.5 km (4:44 / km)
RACE 4: Fairmount Park Commodores - A Division Semi
A breeze against us. We got in a good groove and it felt great - Won the race. Some strong competition ahead in the final.
Dragon Boat Racing race 2:48 [4] 0.5 km (5:36 / km)
RACE 5: Rowed with Knoll - E Division Final
Everyone drove hard and we came 2nd which was agreat result for them
Dragon Boat Racing race 2:16 [5] 0.5 km (4:32 / km)
RACE 6: Fairmount Park Commodores - A Division Final
Felt really good to have made the A Division final, best we'd done in previous years was make the consulation A division finals.
We all felt strong and really gave it everything and had a brilliant result coming 3rd! Big time for celebration after that. It was a shame Carol was not able to participate with the race having been postponed 3 weeks because of the storm. Definitely tired after it all but the adrenalin kept one going.
A fabulous day, good weather, great teammates, fun time, and exceeded expectations in the result
Cycling 40:00 [2] 6.2 mi (6:27 / mi)
Early morning ride to the Dragon Boat Race at 6.30am
Gentle ride home in elation at 5.30pm. A long day, but what a great day.