Today was the 2nd practice for dragon boat. SO AWESOME! It's so different from what I had in mind. It's not at all about brute strength and having biceps the size of footballs. It's actually all about teamwork and staying in sync. It's incredible that we're all different shapes and sizes, with different histories of experience, yet can still come together united to form one mean rowing machine. Near the end of the practice session, we had a race back to shore against 6 other boats. As usual, I was just focussed on the person in front of me, trying to match his pace and not punch him in the back with my paddle. So I didn't really have a chance to check out how the competition were doing. By the time I finally lifted my head at the end of the race, we had come in FIRST!! I was so amazed, we were all so pumped up! But win or lose, doesn't matter, as long as we have fun as a team. Who knew getting sea water splashed in your face could be so fun?
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