I got into paddling after I asked my friend Sharon - what does she do to get so ripped?! She told me about dragon boating, lent me her paddle & pfd, brought me to a Gilas practice and the rest is history. Here I am, almost exactly 3 years later, more fit for sure and a regular at Tempe Town Lake paddling on my oc1 & on multiple teams (SunGi/Gilas/SunSoon / occasionally support paddling for Team Blue) and learning the ins & outs of co-coaching a new youth team AZ SnapDragons. We train together & at festivals we are together supporting each other. It’s really fun! This is definitely a sport and community that I want to keep learning with, grow & get stronger, well into my 80’s. I love it so much. Challenges I face are managing work-home-paddle life balance. I hope to find that magic combination of carving out personal time to weight train, time on the oc, & still have quality time with my family & friends. Long term goal: I want to get to the point where I can qualify to compete at an international level one fine day!

This was set #1 of 20 sets of these 30" sprints. I was doing dragon boat paddle one sided for the whole 30". Always nice to have someone push alongside you. This is my buddy Will on the Draco pushing hard. We are lucky in San Francisco to get to paddle year round. PS. this is a 360 video so you can click and drag to look around

Anyone else racing in MDR tomorrow?

Anyone else going to Sante Fe Dam Team USA camp?