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Originally Posted by Illuminate (Post 6622703)

ooooo, Dave O'Connor is in my small boats coaching group, I look forward to battling him

Really?? I didnt know he took it. How was the course?

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Originally Posted by Illuminate (Post 6634575)

omg, Ontario's Mayfair Predators are gone. Noone can challenge FCRCC for Team Canada now

Where did you hear that from?

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Originally Posted by sho_bc (Post 6634809)

Some other team will pop up who are able to challenge. It always happens.

Chances are, those teams will probably have ex-predator paddlers lol

Again, I wish I am out paddling instead of resting and bulking up.

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Originally Posted by Illuminate (Post 6635639)

Bulking is easy, do more all you can eat sushi's, eat like a pig, have Sophia sit beside you all the time lol.

^LOL

But yeah, it is indeed true. Mayfair is done. I was talking to the Hydrophobic guys that took the trip and paddled with Air Canada down in San Fran. They said that although they're done, they're certain that another team will arise because the paddlers still want to paddle and are looking to form a new team.

Favourite quote from them:

"Guys! Guys! You just need to be agressive! Just DIG DEEP AND BE GREEDY WITH THAT WATER! JUST BE GREEEEDY WITH IT!"

^LOL!
Everytime i read that, I imagine him doing his air paddling while saying that haha

What'd you think of Kamini's coaching?

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Originally Posted by Illuminate (Post 6637211)

Meh, I dominated everyone by a fair margin. Dave will need some work to catch me, something about his technique looks odd, wonder if he's still doing the Magnum stroke in the OC

Don't let your head get too big! :p

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Originally Posted by Illuminate (Post 6637211)

Meh, I dominated everyone by a fair margin. Dave will need some work to catch me, something about his technique looks odd, wonder if he's still doing the Magnum stroke in the OC

lol, I do have to ask what the distance was on this?

Keep in mind, being good on OC1 doesn't necessarily equate to being good on DB.

Yea, how was Kamini's methods?

Its a good thing if Kamini ignores you. It means you're doing things right. :thumbsup:

Time Trials next year is confirmed for Whistler btw

http://www.dragonboat.ca/node/122

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Originally Posted by Illuminate (Post 6637587)

Just doing the loop from Cambie to Science world. It was my goal to dominate everyone lol, I dunno how hard everyone else was going, I was going 85% from Cambie to Science world, which needs a bit of endurance.

Ya, wish I was still DBing so I can translate my OC skill, my technique on the OC is quite different than on the DB now. And my problem was always more in timing than technique

Kamini was just going around to different people in her coach boat to assist them, we were all different speeds so fairly far apart from each other. She's actually fairly nice, my coach said she's mean sometimes and ignores you, I didn't find that at all. Maybe cause she was dealing with new people.

I was at the cinema with Dave tonight and I asked him how it was and he told me Kamini got him to do 70%, probably to assess what your technique is like, to use it as a baseline or whatnot.

I just wonder how the video session is actually going to work out with it being so dark out there lol

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Originally Posted by Illuminate (Post 6637831)

Ya, I figured that for my own coach. She said she "loved my body movement" though lol

Loved your body movements eh.... :haha:

Eh. I went from Rec C to paddling at the NTTs and CCWC in less than a year. [voice from Waterboy]You can do it![/voice]

Time to see how fast I can do 5km, going to be aiming for your 27 mins lol. Going to give it a try next week I think

haha! my 27 min is probably going to be closer to, or above, 30 min this time around.... I've been off the water and out of the gym for way too long.

post your times after the time trial :D

haha Alex signed up, now it's going to be a party

I'd be lucky to hit 35mins this time around. Haven't paddled since San Fran and all I've been doing are intermittent gym workouts. :| Just about the entire Magnum is telling me to keep my ass on the ground, but I'll see if I can paddle within the next couple of weekends.