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07-18-2008, 07:46 PM
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I've never participated, but Jim and I go see the races when they are going on.
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07-20-2008, 08:30 PM
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I've never heard of it either. Did you get pictures to share with us?
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07-20-2008, 08:46 PM
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Our next practices are Tuesday and Wednesday, but I probably won't get pictures until the actual event day. Basically it's a long skinny wooden boat (think a really long canoe!) with 20ish paddlers, split evenly on each side of the boat, and a drummer (to keep the pace of the paddle strokes) and a steerperson in the back with another paddle that steers.
Here's the results of a google image search: http://images.google.ca/images?um=1&...q=dragon+boats Unfortunately, ours don't have the cool dragon heads on them lol
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07-21-2008, 10:38 AM
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Ok, I've seen pictures of races like those, but I didn't know they were called dragon boats. I don't think that the ones I saw had the dragon's head on them either. It sounds like fun!
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07-21-2008, 07:13 PM
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Are those like the rowing boats that some of the Ivy League universities up north use for rowing competitions? If so, I saw some practicticing when I was in Philadelphia a few years ago.
The people who compete in that are first class atheletes. Rowing is supposed to be some of the best exercise. Works your entire body.
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07-21-2008, 11:03 PM
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lol I'll believe it because my entire body has been sore! My butt is still sore from the seats, and that was 4 days ago. Now I have practice tomorrow, the next day, and then races on Saturday! I'm barely going to have time to recover! I was telling Kyle after the last practice that I'm probably going to have arms like Popeye when the races are over
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07-22-2008, 07:12 PM
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Practice kicked my butt today. I sit on the right side of the boat and the paddle has to be tight against the side, like scraping the side of the boat with each stroke. So of course, my arm has also been scraping the side with each stroke! I will be using a tensor bandage on it tomorrow because it gets so red and irritated. I just took these pictures now, 2 hours after the end of practice. It doesn't come out quite as red in the pictures. It still hurts to have anything touching it!
Now I just hope I don't get a tan with one bandaged forearm
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