AeroDragons News

Sunday, October 30, 2005

 
AeroDragons ---

This SAT NOV 5, 10AM, Mary/Jerry's house - AERODRAGON GENERAL MEETING in lieu of practice. Afterwards, moderate HIKE the trails in the AGUA MAGNA CANYON next to our house (3 miles)! CHECK the website - http://www.aerodragons.org for address/directions . . .

PRACTICE ON SUN NOV 6 at normal time (8:30AM).

COACH DEE SAYS for land training start doing HORSE STANCES --- with feet shoulder width and a half apart, squat down, back straight and hold for 10 minutes.

VOTE/COMPLETE AERODRAGON SURVEY if you haven't already! Most popular races so far: Long Beach, Hawaii, SFO, Las Vegas, Vancouver and China . . .

COMMUNITY RELATIONS - in the future, please try to park in either the metered parking OR the Boy Scouts parking lot (south side of the 2nd St. Bridge). Do NOT park on Appian way if at all possible.

REMINDER: Eat something in the morning before you come to practice (think bananas, energy bars, carbs/protein, etc..). Your body needs food to produce energy to paddle. We don't want you to get sick while out on the water. Also, bring water or Gatorade to hydrate yourself while paddling.

--- M.
http://www.aerodragons.org

Tuesday, October 25, 2005

 
AeroDragons ---

OK GUYS --- even though we don't have any races planned in the near future, that doesn't mean you don't show up for PRACTICE! Technically, this is the beginning of the NEW SEASON for us and Coach has new techniques and strokes that we need to start working on so we can win that GOLD in LONG BEACH next year.

SO. . . back to normal practice this weekend SAT & SUN --- WE NEED A FULL BOAT. PLEASE RSVP FOR THE DAY YOU'RE COMING and make sure you arrive PROMPTLY at 9:30A SAT or 8:30A SUN for warm-up.

THANKS to Eric, Lorie, Dorothy and Bryan (coming) for being photographers at Miami --- over 1000 pics so far --- I have some "Best of" pics up now on the website --- action shots of the race, links to ALL the pics and pics from Bryan will be up soon.

THANKS ALSO to everyone who donned rubber gloves and performed manual labor to paint, sand, varnish and disinfect all the equipment last SAT - GREAT AERODRAGON TEAM EFFORT!

COMMUNITY RELATIONS - in the future, please try to park in either the metered parking OR the Boy Scouts parking lot (south side of the 2nd St. Bridge). Do NOT park on Appian way if at all possible.

SAVE THE DATE - SAT NOV 5, 10AM, Mary/Jerry's house - AERODRAGON GENERAL MEETING in lieu of practice. AGENDA: Elections, next year's race schedule, other miscellaneous business (ski day, ice-skating day, volleyball day, biking day, etc.). For those interested - we can HIKE the trails in the AGUA MAGNA CANYON next to our house (3 mile hike) after the meeting!

REMINDER: Eat something in the morning before you come to practice (think bananas, energy bars, carbs/protein, etc..). Your body needs food to produce energy to paddle. We don't want you to get sick while out on the water. Also, bring water or Gatorade to hydrate yourself while paddling.

--- M.
http://www.aerodragons.org

Tuesday, October 18, 2005

 
AeroDragons -

CONGRATS to the Miami crew who took 4th Place in the South Florida Dragon Boat Festival!

NEWSFLASH --- We have tickets to Knott's Scary Farm for THIS SAT 7PM-2AM @ $40/ticket --- let Lorie or me know ASAP if you want to go! DEADLINE TOMORROW!!

THIS SAT OCT 22, 9AM, Boat Repair/Maintenance Day - no practice SAT only. We will all pitch in to help sand and varnish the boats along with the other year-around teams.
DIM SUM lunch at Seafood Empress/Gardena afterwards!

Practice this SUN ONLY. PLEASE TRY and come - we have a new stroke technique we're implementing and we need a FULL boat to see if it works for us!

COACH DEE says maintain your sets to 30 sit-ups/push-ups and add stretching to your regimen. PLEASE RSVP and make sure you arrive at 8:30A SUN for warm-up.

COMMUNITY RELATIONS - in the future, please try to park in either the metered parking OR the Boy Scouts parking lot (south side of the 2nd St. Bridge). Do NOT park on Appian way if at all possible.

SAVE THE DATE - SAT NOV 5, 10AM, Mary/Jerry's house - AERODRAGON GENERAL MEETING in lieu of practice. AGENDA: Elections, next year's race schedule, other miscellaneous business (ski day, ice-skating day, volleyball day, biking day, etc.). For those interested - we can HIKE the trails in the AGUA MAGNA CANYON next to our house (3 mile hike) after the meeting!

REMINDER: Eat something in the morning before you come to practice (think bananas, energy bars, carbs/protein, etc..). Your body needs food to produce energy to paddle. We don't want you to get sick while out on the water. Also, bring water or Gatorade to hydrate yourself while paddling.

--- M.
http://www.aerodragons.org

Monday, October 10, 2005

 
AeroDragons -

Wish the MIAMI Crew luck this weekend at the South Florida Dragon Boat Festival . . .

Practice this SAT ONLY. Street closures will be in effect on SUN for the Long Beach Marathon . . .

PRACTICE on SAT is at 9:30A on L1 Blue Boat (the small one). COACH DEE says maintain your sets to 30 sit-ups/push-ups and add stretching to your regimen. PLEASE RSVP and make sure you arrive at 9:30A SAT for warm-up.

COMMUNITY RELATIONS - in the future, please try to park in either the metered parking OR the Boy Scouts parking lot (south side of the 2nd St. Bridge). Do NOT park on Appian way if at all possible.

SAVE THE DATE - SAT OCT 22, 9AM, Boat Repair/Maintenance Day - no practice. We will all pitch in to help sand and varnish the boats along with the other year-around teams.

SAVE THE DATE - SAT NOV 5, 10AM, Mary/Jerry's house - AERODRAGON GENERAL MEETING in lieu of practice. AGENDA: Elections, next year's race schedule, other miscellaneous business (ski day, ice-skating day, volleyball day, biking day, etc.).

VICE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER positions are open. If you're interested, you must be accessible to Aerospace Corp (El Segundo) to attend AEA meetings, sign checks. Nominations are being accepted - please send to me!

REMINDER 1: Eat something in the morning before you come to practice (think bananas, energy bars, carbs/protein, etc..). Your body needs food to produce energy to paddle. We don't want you to get sick while out on the water. Also, bring water or Gatorade to hydrate yourself while paddling.

Have a great week and think about us in MIAMI!

--- M.
http://www.aerodragons.org

PS --- GO ANGELS!!

Thursday, October 06, 2005

 
AeroDragons -

MIAMI CREW MANDATORY PRACTICE this weekend.

SAVE THE DATE - SAT OCT 22, 9AM, Boat Repair/Maintenance Day - no practice. We will all pitch in to help sand and varnish the boats along with the other year-around teams.

SAVE THE DATE - SAT NOV 5, 10AM, Mary/Jerry's house - AERODRAGON GENERAL MEETING in lieu of practice. AGENDA: Elections, next year's race schedule, other miscellaneous business (ski day, ice-skating day, volleyball day, biking day, etc.).

VICE PRESIDENT AND TREASURER positions are open. If you're interested, you must be accessible to Aerospace Corp (El Segundo) to attend AEA meetings, sign checks. Nominations are being accepted - please send to me!

PRACTICES on SAT 9:30A and SUN 8:30A on C2 Yellow Boat. COACH DEE says boost your sets to 50 sit-ups/push-ups and add stretching to your regimen (while standing, bend your head down to your knees)

PLEASE RSVP FOR THE DAY YOU'RE COMING and make sure you arrive PROMPTLY at 9:30A SAT or 8:30A SUN for warm-up.

REMINDER 1: Eat something in the morning before you come to practice (think bananas, energy bars, carbs/protein, etc..). Your body needs food to produce energy to paddle. We don't want you to get sick while out on the water. Also, bring water or Gatorade to hydrate yourself while paddling.

REMINDER 2: Rashguards are $17 for the short-sleeved/ $18 for the long-sleeved versions. Make checks payable to me or exact change PLEASE - if you won't be at practice, mail to me at: 27402 Sunnyridge Road, Palos Verdes Peninsula CA 90274!

Have a great week and see you on Saturday/Sunday!

--- M.
http://www.aerodragons.org

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