Week 2

2010 20K Challenge - what a day!

We're into week 2 with a vengeance. Already we hate the erg though.... we bitch and moan the whole workout. But we're sticking to the plan no matter what... despite complaining the entire time we make it through to the end and feel all the better for it. It's great to be able to do two workouts a week at home (rather than go to the gym 6 days a week) so we'll take it. I've dragged mine into the kitchen and the living room now, trying to find a place where i can have the most entertainment. G & I were throwing around the idea that we'll load them both into our trucks and go workout in a field or something. Heh heh. Hey actually, that's not all THAT bad an idea... hmmm.....

First day at the gym together

Yesterday we went to the gym together to do our Wednesday resistance program. It was so amazing to be back in they gym with a partner who is working toward the same ultimate goal. The only bad part was we really suck at chin-ups. REALLY suck. Hopefully with a little practice and determination we'll get to the point where we can actually do a couple!

Week 1

Got our training guide ... there are approximately 90 weeks until Hong Kong 2012. The 2 years have been split into phases, so this first phase is approximately 48 weeks. This is week 1. G & I will have to start getting together at the gym here 3 times a week, and then in Montreal on Saturday mornings. Today's workout was all resistance training... bench presses, curls, rows, planks and a little ab work. Tomorrow, the erg. Wednesday more resistance. Thurs we'll have to improvise a circuit as we can't be with the team up north. And Friday is more erg time. Plus: we have "at-home homework"... 20 chin-ups apiece. Eeeek!

Winter training schedule has been set!

Beginning 10/23, our Saturday mornings will consist of going north for an hour of paddling followed by an hour gym circuit... it's gonna be awesome. During the week we'll be working out together in the gym at home. Our first training as a duo will be next Tuesday. We have to get ready for our first fitness test in less than a month! AAA!!

It all started with an itty bitty 20KM dragon boat race...

2 hungry dragons determined to become world champs!

We started paddling in 2006, but it was the summer of 2008 that we REALLY decided this dragon boat thing was pretty awesome... and found out that there was this whole big world of it we hadn't imagined even existed. We threw together a team of misfits and entered our first ever 20km race... ("who knows what will happen but hey, it sounds like crazy fun!")... and realized... THIS is what we wanted to do for the rest of forever.

We didn't do spectacularly well in the race - unless you count the fact that we a) finished and b) didn't come dead last. It inspired us to get fitter, lose a little more weight, and see what else we could accomplish. We've run road races together in sun, rain and snow, tried the Sugarbush Winter Games (err.. nuts!), and just had a lot of fun in the process. Now, 2 years later, we're hungry for more more more, we're training our butts off and traveling to Montreal (that's where the action is!) on a weekly basis, and have set our sights on 3 world championships: 2011 in Tampa; 2012 in Hong Kong, and 2014 in Italy. The road ahead promises tears, laughter, sore muscles, frustration, anger, joy and a whole lot of paddling. The journey starts today.