#outriggercanoe

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I’m a big advocate to go out of your comfort zone.

Move to a different country without speaking the language, it might change your life path.

Take that trip with a bunch of strangers, they bout to become friends.

Sign up for activities that you might not have thought of, it might become your saving grace.

The coaches I didn’t think I needed in my life, especially in the past 2 years: Leeanne, Denes, Jane (+ missing from this picture Eams). I wasn’t the most dedicated teammate, I only trained once a week but I showed up every single week without fail.

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When your friend’s husband take a picture of the team in the outrigger canoes passing by their apartment.

With the restrictions back to group of 5 we can paddle again in the oc6 (minus 1 team member) and coach Denes kept us along the Sentosa coast so we could admire all the nice villas and condominiums 😂

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When I started outrigger canoe sessions 2+ years ago I did it because a friend invited me to try it.

My husband was a bit surprised… you do know it will be on water and you might get wet. 🙄

My love for the beach, the sun and exercice is no secret but somehow I persevered and I quite enjoy it. Ok don’t get me wrong, I still only commit to one training a week (some of my teammates do 2 trainings back to back on Tuesday AND on Thursday, plus some on the weekend) and I’m not disappointed when it’s canceled because of bad weather (BUT I have never canceled any sessions on my own!!).

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I have been doing Outrigger Canoe for the past 2 years now but I’m usually in a oc6 which means I share our great speed or lack of it with 5 other teammates.

Lately with the group size restrictions in Singapore, we have been doing a lot of oc2, again sharing the win and the lost with somebody else.

For the past couple weeks coach Denes has been putting me in a oc1 which mean I can only blame myself when I’m not moving in the right direction and/or the right speed.

I also had to remind him that it was the only sport I was doing*. I don’t go to the gym to help with my endurance and strength and I only go to the session once a week (some of my team mates do double sessions (the 7am and the 9 am) on Tuesday AND Thursday plus often go at least once during the weekend. I, on the other hand, congratulate myself I don’t send a text to cancel my session every Tuesday morning when my alarm clock goes off.

It’s all about the small wins 😂

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When you are blessed with the reverse farmer tan, as my son call it.

White leg and tanned feet.

We have been doing outrigger canoe sessions in oc2 (2 seaters) lately so we are seated a bit differently than on the big 6-seat canoe, hence my feet are getting all the sun (and water reflection).