Wow what an awesome wkend. It was Great White North Dragon Boat Challenge held over two days at Ontario Place. The weather was absolutely perfect for it too. Sunny and warm (but not too hot). On Saturday, heats took place to find out what division each team would be placed into on Sunday. We didn’t do as well as I would have liked, on Saturday. We got placed in division K, which is a division lower than what the team was in last year. But this year, there were a lot more teams (faster too). It’s amazing to see how many paddlers there are though. The dragon boat teams took over the park with all of their team tents, chairs, signs and towels. Anyway, we had two races on Saturday which totally wiped me out. Isn’t it amazing how a sprint of just over 2 minutes can tire you out?
Sunday was a better day cuz we made it into K division finals after our first race. Then we just barely beat out another team to take the K finals! So exciting to win our division. I think our team did really well for our level. Can’t wait to do this again next year.
Love the Fox man! And our beavertails yumyum.
This weekend was Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation’s weekend to end breast cancer. While the dragon boat races were unfolding, there was also a 60km walk to end breast cancer and part of the walk was along the waterfront. While we were paddling out to start our race, I saw 2 young girls standing infront of the walkers, holding up a bristol board which said: “You are our heroes”. There was also a special race where the participants were all breast cancer survivors. Very inspiring and emotional.
Thank you to everyone who helped support me. I raised over a thousand in donations!
