#253 - DragonBoat

One for my InstaGram

Guess who's the noobie :-)

The left side of the boat showing some charm

This is the new pontoon for kayaks. Those 2 guys serve as
the anchor.

After Saturday Trail Ride last weekend I joined my group

for the (usual) after ride drink(ing spree). So after a few bottles

of beer I learned a few things :

1. We were drinking because it was Neil's last trail ride

with us. Good luck to all your future endeavors, Neil!

2. Gambling in wakes in the Philippines is a

really lucrative business.

3. IronMan Randy runs 10-20km in the afternoons after

our usual 50km trail rides in the morning.

4. Fast Pao has taken up running ??!?!?!

5. and I was reminded that another friend, Efren,

swims as a form of cross training.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Those were alarm bells ringing

in my head! So! My friends are all having some sort of cross

training without telling me! It took them 5 rounds of beer

before they spilled out everything.

... and so, Podium Louie and Tabs put to action this thing

we had in our minds for the past 3 weeks. Tabs called a friend

of a friend belonging to the DragonBoat group Spanish Armada.

She said we were total newbies BUT we are fast learners hehehe.

Our contact told us to show up at the Kallang DB place at 8:45am.

... and so the night before, I smsed Podium Louie (who's a real newbie)

of what to wear so she'll be comfortable for 2 hours in the boat.

Next morning ... she showed up looking like the picture above ...

and she forgot her water bottle ... it doesn't look good for her hehehe.

Anyway, after a few minutes of basic introduction to paddling,

we were off. Tabs and Podium Louie were put in the back part

of the boat and I was put in the front right side of the boat.

After a while, the coach/steer told Tabs to go to the front of the

boat, beside me because the guy in the white cap (AKA me!) needs

some instructions LOL. So she went beside me and both of us

were giggling at the thought of her teaching me paddling :-)

Anyway, we were off again and this time the coach apparently

thinks I have grown by leaps and bounds paddling wise. He asked

Tabs and I if we were married as we look good paddling together.

.... followed by more giggling on our part. We said I am just a

very fast learner.

So, after the two hour session, I asked Podium Louie if

she's coming back. She said instead of her core hurting from

the exercise, it's her butt that hurts! Come on! I'm sure the first

time anyone cycled, it wasn't the legs that hurt but the butt from

sitting on an unfamiliar shaped object we now call a saddle !

Me? I think as long as this DB thing is relegated to Sundays

and nobody asks me to race, I think I should be ok joining the

Spanish Armada... and yes, my wife 'okayed' the quarterly fees :)