Reality Bites

The onli reason I am blogging on the 2nd day of the Dragon Boat Festival was due to the fact that the 2 day event turned out to be a single day event for us. Did not make the semis for any of the events we took part. Failed miserably to reach our targets. This 800m competition proves to be a reality check for the team; I hope. We lack the endurance, strength & technique to compete with the REAL competitive teams. We were always neck to neck with the rest of the fields till the 600m mark. While the rest are ready to charge, we began to slow down. Haha. The last 200m is wat differentiates a good team from the leisure one.

I was really glad to see Xiao Pang so disappointed cuz it means she wants to be better. She was telling me tat she is also sian cuz she dun feel every1 is as disappointed as her. Haha. Told her it is their 1st race & now they noe the standard of the competitive teams so it is up to them how they want their future races to go. Win, lose by boat length or lose by no. of buoys?

The guys did ok but still not good enough. Not enough power to pull away while we were leading & not enough endurance to last the race. The truth is the better teams trained way harder than we did & they totally deserve to kick our ass. Really glad this race provides a reality check for the team. How well we want to do really depend on ourselves. No doubt we have fun during races but is the way we want the club to continue???

Training & S'pore Dragon Boat Festival

The last land training saw a great turnout of 5 pax. No point carrying on so it will be the last land training organized by me. Guess I was expecting & hoping too much. Every1's commitment & priority is different. So sian sometimes. Haha. Starting to feel the sport is not as fun as it use to be leow. Alvin was telling me today abt retaining the good rowers but I told him it be hard cuz sooner than later pple who put in more will want to see results. Seriously dun tink the team can keep pace with some of the better rowers. The pig keeps telling me how badly he wishes to win something for all the efforts he put in & how enjoyable & fun it is to row with pple tat has the same objective & is willing to put in effort & commit. Can't really argue with him on tat so I guess it is pointless & not possible to ask him to stay with the team leow. I would also like to win something with this team but I guess it is juz not possible. This team is so fun to row with but so frustrating at times to train with. Wonder whether I should row with a more committed team for future competitions??? Hehe. But this team is so close to my heart that it is juz not possible to give it up oso. A lot of good pple & friends & we have so much fun training & toking cock. Haha.

We got quite an ok draw for the coming competition. Some of the better teams were lucky to avoid us in the Heat. Hahaha. Not expecting great results but praying for some miracle. Hehe. Told every1 our results will show the level of commitment we put in. Hope the team can manage their expectations. Looking forward to seeing the gals in action. Hope they can do well & make it past the Heat. Jia you & fly high! Sunday Dragons! Sa! Sa! Sa!