So yesterday (April 4th) was our last dragon boat land training session with our trainer. For some strange reason, the team really just wants to paddle for 30 mins rather than get an ass kicking for an entire hour, so we decided to go out onto the water for 30 mins, come back to the gym and finish our workout there.
me and my big mouth, asked whether i was paddling or steering.. oops! Coach had forgotten i could steer.. so of course i get put into the steering position cuz, well I need to practice steering right? Well, everyone reassures me that i did well, but I know that I am so rusty after the winter off steering. How do i turn again? How does one leave the dock? ohhh, the problems I had staying straight last night :/ Oh well that is what practice is for i guess, making mistakes, learning from them, etc.
Then we had 30 mins left -- with the trainer.. hrms this could be bad. We did chin ups, followed by kettle bell lunges? with some shoulder component (held the kettle bell straight up, as we lunged around the gym) -- Sorry UA gym folks that were actually trying to use other equipment.. Then we did some hip workout, followed by wall squats, and then we ended the workout with a plank contest... whew! i'm sore thinking about all this again...
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Dragonboat practice 04.02.2012
Yesterday (04.02.2012) was the first race practice on the water. Firstly-- its in the upper 40s to lower 60s in MD right now. The water temperature is not much better -- having been cold all winter and all. So, you would think with it being the first race practice of the season we would have it easier.. hrms but wait! all of us have been working out together in the gym so of course all of us are fit enough to be killed on our first official race day practice, right? It doesnt matter that the water temperature is probably 32F, nor that there is gusting winds that makes the cold water that was splashed on you even colder... nope. So yep, for about an hour i was out in the cold Baltimore Harbor paddling my heart out.
We started the practice off with a bit of a warm-up on land - squats, lung twists, suicide runs (or burpies), a bit of stretching -- this was about 5-10 mins and then we were off! There were 14 paddlers yesterday so we just took 1 boat out with a coach sitting in the drummers chair and a steersmen. So I guess we had 16 people show up for practice. We paddled out towards Little Havannas (Baltimore Museum of Industry) going up in intensity so starting at 50% power to 100 % power till we got a bit past Domino's Sugar. Then we came back around doing drills and such (such as odds/evens, rotation drills, paddle exit drills, power drills, etc) Then we switched strokes and did some more fun intensity drills going from 25% to 100%, start stroke (power) drills. Then we switched strokes to Ada and myself for the last 20 mins of paddle.. with more fun start stroke drills, paddle exit drills and such.. then we had a fast cool-down paddle (ramping down from 100% to 25%)
Quick stretching and we were off to the locker room.. to shower and get warm
We started the practice off with a bit of a warm-up on land - squats, lung twists, suicide runs (or burpies), a bit of stretching -- this was about 5-10 mins and then we were off! There were 14 paddlers yesterday so we just took 1 boat out with a coach sitting in the drummers chair and a steersmen. So I guess we had 16 people show up for practice. We paddled out towards Little Havannas (Baltimore Museum of Industry) going up in intensity so starting at 50% power to 100 % power till we got a bit past Domino's Sugar. Then we came back around doing drills and such (such as odds/evens, rotation drills, paddle exit drills, power drills, etc) Then we switched strokes and did some more fun intensity drills going from 25% to 100%, start stroke (power) drills. Then we switched strokes to Ada and myself for the last 20 mins of paddle.. with more fun start stroke drills, paddle exit drills and such.. then we had a fast cool-down paddle (ramping down from 100% to 25%)
Quick stretching and we were off to the locker room.. to shower and get warm
Monday, April 2, 2012
Sunday, April 1, 2012
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"So cold at the national mall waitin for cherry blossom 10 miler to finish #cherryblossomrace"
So while the fiance and friends ran the cherry blossom race that I ended up not signing up for back in December because of the broken foot.. i knitted, read a bit, stared out into the cloudy cold sky... I started this project because I have quiet a few friends/co-workers that recently announced their pregnancy.. so i figured i should knit them baby blankets. But first I needed to learn how to knit the blankets, and figure out which pattern to choose, etc! So this was a really easy pattern that I found on ravlery--and since this required circle needles, and I dont own a pair I had to obtain a pair. The pattern uses the Lion brand Pound of love yarn which i found to be too scratchy, so i picked the Lion brand Vanna label but dont quite like the texture either. So its probably back to the drawing board for yarns but I do like the pattern and will be using it. Here its about maybe 1/8 done (so about 20 stitches on this row?) I have to go to about 209 stitches.. so hopefully I will have this done before my friend comes down in May. AND have a color yarn picked out since she's not told me if its a boy or girl...
random babbles: new knitting project
random babbles: new knitting project
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