so sore...first dragonboating practice saturday totally wore out my lowerback/core. by the end, it was hard even to hold the oar on the paddles up call, but i did manage to hit some sort of rhythm. afterwards, brunched with arati+her parents, and then hiked the twins in 80min. i felt like the uphills were super slow/harder than usual, but i think the times are actually ok. we also ran into linda+hubert in the middle, so spent 5 min or so talking to them (we were on the downhill, so i don't think the rest is relevant). it was definitely a completion=success hike. sunday, disc'd on uberhard fields...first competitive practice so ran some throwing drills (i'm in dire need of them), and then scrimmaged. it's hard to hike/run without your lowerback. today my calves and lowerback are both still sore...so i'm hobbling around the office in heels.