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Adventure Archives
Tag Archives: dragon boating
Medals and Memories
The Senior C team was successful beyond all expectations in winning medals at the IDBF club crew world championships this past week. This is different for me; hoping to win and winning anything beyond a participation medal has been off … Continue reading
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Tagged Dragon boat competitions, dragon boating, False creek, FCRCC, fitness over 60, IDBF world club crew championships, middle aged fitness, midlife adventures, Off the Couch and Out the Door, outrigger canoes, Ravenna Dragon boat championships, Vancouver. Eh team
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Here’s another fine mess you’ve gotten me into…
We are half way through the regatta schedule; I continue to be amazed. It’s a roiling cascading kaleidescope of events and a tempest of emotions. Chris, my paddle caddy, advisor, sports mentor and coach/psychologist is monitoring my vital signs minute … Continue reading
Polish and Glue
We arrive in Cervia Italy, near Ravenna, on Thursday evening after a full day of travel over 9 time zones. The Hotel Rouge, our home for ten days, is a gem – a ruby. Friday morning marks our first practice; … Continue reading
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Tagged Dragon boat competitions, dragon boating, False creek, FCRCC, fitness over 60, IDBF 2014, IDBF Dragon Boat championships, middle aged fitness, midlife adventures, Ravenna Dragon boat championships, Senior B FCRCC, Senior C FCRCC, Vancouver. Eh team, Westcoast Dragons.
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The Road to Ravenna – part 4.
The last month has been surreal. Six days a week my day is focused on TODAY’S PRACTICE SESSION. The only thing that matters is an hour or more of intense physical activity that leaves me breathless; drained and intoxicated, depleted … Continue reading
The Road to Ravenna – Part 3
At the age of 65, well past my prime for every competitive sport except maybe bocce, I am heading for an international dragon boat competition in Ravenna Italy. My late evolving chance at glory came as a huge surprise last … Continue reading
Drowning Fear
“the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.” – Franklin Roosevelt I think I should have that quote tattooed on my arm or some other key … Continue reading
The Road to Ravenna – Part 2
At the start of the new year, I set out to achieve something I had never hoped possible. I tried out for a team representing Canada in an International Dragon Boat championship in September in Ravenna, Italy. The False Creek … Continue reading
The Road to Ravenna – Part 1
The temperature in Vancouver last weekend hovered around zero, windchill on False Creek took it below zero. It snowed all weekend; abnormal weather for the lower mainland. No one expects sympathy from the rest of Canada, locked in their deep … Continue reading
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