Sunday, January 11, 2009
HAHAHEHEHOHO
Hello TEAM! This blog is really getting dead so I'm here to make a post. Nope this time no lame stuffs, no funny SAJCcanoe editions, no random stuffs. Today is the CanoeMarathon'09, and i must say, I'm really impressed and proud of our team. =)
I'm really angry/disappointed that I didn't get to paddle in this race, ( as this is actually one of my priorities and goals that I want for myself in Canoeing ) but in the end I realised that it wasn't that bad being at the portage area, doing my part to help the team in ANY way i could.
Being a helping crew actually made me realise that how important it is to have supporting roles in any races. Plus I see most of us doing their best to not finish the race, but to WIN it. The sense of urgency, the need to drag your tired bodies across the sand for the portage, the refusal towards any accelerade or water, owns most of the other competitors out there. I can see the growth in our team, plus the increase in medals hoho. Congrats to the K4 crews, Dayna&Rach, DSA girls, Raymond, Ben, Gideon, Cheehao&Louis, the TP canoeists and the seniors! ( hope i didn miss out anybody if i did im sorry =\)
For the rest who didn get any placings, dun feel bad abt yourself. In fact, pick out the positives out of the race and improve on ur mistakes. Yes tell yourself that u will do better next time, but there is not much " next times " anymore, so we really have to push ourselves. Well I have an excellent view at the portage area haha. I can see Eleanor paddling hard in her T1, increasing her frequency when she heard our cheers for her, I can see Fiona refusing to give up, I can see Ben chasing real hard after " Chenyang ".
Well the most imporant thing is to keep the " Feel Good " factor so we can keep improving. I guess Im really naggy now lols and sorry to those whom I've been quite cold towards cus Im thinking really hard about how I need to catch up and achieve my goal the whole day. Err.. and Im feeling much better from my injury hmm.. hope no complications.. Maybe u think I'm in no position to talk so much, but I think this post will help all of us including myself yeah.
Rest well!
AARON
I'm really angry/disappointed that I didn't get to paddle in this race, ( as this is actually one of my priorities and goals that I want for myself in Canoeing ) but in the end I realised that it wasn't that bad being at the portage area, doing my part to help the team in ANY way i could.
Being a helping crew actually made me realise that how important it is to have supporting roles in any races. Plus I see most of us doing their best to not finish the race, but to WIN it. The sense of urgency, the need to drag your tired bodies across the sand for the portage, the refusal towards any accelerade or water, owns most of the other competitors out there. I can see the growth in our team, plus the increase in medals hoho. Congrats to the K4 crews, Dayna&Rach, DSA girls, Raymond, Ben, Gideon, Cheehao&Louis, the TP canoeists and the seniors! ( hope i didn miss out anybody if i did im sorry =\)
For the rest who didn get any placings, dun feel bad abt yourself. In fact, pick out the positives out of the race and improve on ur mistakes. Yes tell yourself that u will do better next time, but there is not much " next times " anymore, so we really have to push ourselves. Well I have an excellent view at the portage area haha. I can see Eleanor paddling hard in her T1, increasing her frequency when she heard our cheers for her, I can see Fiona refusing to give up, I can see Ben chasing real hard after " Chenyang ".
Well the most imporant thing is to keep the " Feel Good " factor so we can keep improving. I guess Im really naggy now lols and sorry to those whom I've been quite cold towards cus Im thinking really hard about how I need to catch up and achieve my goal the whole day. Err.. and Im feeling much better from my injury hmm.. hope no complications.. Maybe u think I'm in no position to talk so much, but I think this post will help all of us including myself yeah.
Rest well!
AARON
signed off at 5:56 AM