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Mar 31, 2012

Tempe Day 2 Call Time!

@ Lobby: 6:40am
@ Tent: 7:30am

Check out and luggage in the car BEFORE 6:40am. Even those driving to the race site need to be in the lobby by 6:40, since the parking lots will fill. It will take extra time to walk from overflow parking to the tent site.

Mar 28, 2012

SD Digest 3/28/12

Hooray, It’s Digest Day! 
 
Word of the week: Taper!  ...  (double hooray!)
  
1.  TemPEEEE – 3/31
  • Did you pay your tournament fees? Of course you did! Right!?!?
  • Watch out for the LOGISTICS email! Many important details in there.
  • TAPER does not mean NAP, here's what it means:
           * Keep up light workouts focus on oxygen/endurance (running, jogging, cycling, swimming, treadmill)
           * Eat well, good nutritive food
           * Rest!
 
2.  Baby LONG BEACH – Sun 4/29
  • We're registered for 3 boats. That means YOU should sign up on the Evite!
  • It's just around the corner!
3.  PORTLAND - June 9 & 10
  • Guarantee your spot on the boat by letting us know your flight/travel plans on Evite. Just saying "yes" does not guarantee a paddling spot!
  • We have a full boat of participants already, let's make it TWO! Ripple has 2 boats going, so can we!
  • 1st boat Roster will be capped at 22 paddlers. Will register a 2nd boat at 35 confirmed paddlers
  • SO, if you already have your flight, update the Evite, if not, GET A FLIGHT and update Evite to secure your spot, NOW!
 4.  FRIENDS AND FAMILY DAY – April 7, 1pm
  • The SATURDAY AFTER TEMPE!!!
  • Great opportunity to introduce your friends and co-workers to what you spend so much time and effort on.
  • Join the FB Event and share it with them.
  • Easy, friendly afternoon time, hooray!
  • Be a peach and email  captains  if you are coming and/or bringing people! Don't worry, we know some people will flake and so the numbers might be a little off - but we still need a plan for the estimated number of people attending.
 5.  BDR Earth Family FUN RUN – Sun Apr 22
  • What:  Inaugural BDR Earth Day Family Fun Run to support the Brian D. Robertson Foundation! Space Dragons is sponsoring this event, so it would be great to have some of us out there.
  • When: Sun April 22, 11a
  • Where: Bolsa Chica State Park, CA
  • Register: Register Now: www.bdrfunrun.com or here: http://www.active.com/5k-race/huntington-beach-ca-ca/bdr-earth-day-family-fun-run-2012
  • Let’s do this!   For information, Facebook Event here!
  • Space Dragons is a sponsor for this fun run, Bolsa Chica is just a few minutes from Mother’s, WE can do the run right after practice!
 6.  DRAGONAUTS
  • Dragonauts want your balls!  If you've got some basketballs/soccer balls, etc. that you wouldn't mind donating to the Dragonauts that would be muy excelente. We've plans to turn those unloved toys into wonderfully useful medicine balls for FUN land workouts!
  • Dragonauts will have a yummy spam musubi fundraiser on April 7, so plan accordingly!
7.  VOLUNTEERS FOR BLINDSTART
  • Team BlindStart is looking for volunteer coaches.  Think you have what it takes? Email captains if you are interested or for more details.  You can get more paddle in and lots of warm fuzzy feelings too!
 8.  OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS
  • April 8: OC-2 #2:  Pre Baby LB checkup, another chance to measure your hard work!
  • April 14 Ladies Night:  At Marinas, save the date.
  • May 4: SD Social: First Friday @ Natural History Museum in LA (Date Change)
  • May 5: SD Yard Sale in Torrance:  Spring cleaning? Save your stuff for the Annual Yard Sale! 
 
 -- Captains!

Mar 21, 2012

SD Digest 3/21/12

It’s Digest Day! 

Word of the week: Hell!  ...  (Tempe-Hell-Week that is) Let’s do this!

1.  TemPEEEE – 3/31
Only 2 practices to bring your A-GAME: 
·         Carpooling: If you haven’t cleared up your transportation, now’s the time!  Email captains if you need carpooling buddies.
·         Lodging:   Email captains if you need bunk mates.
·         No Flake Date has passed: Make sure you pay your Tempe fees!!!
·         ******
·         Practice: All Tempe paddlers should make every effort to come out both Sat and Sun to sync up in the boat before Tempe.
·         Team Gear: If you need team paddles/pfd’s, YOU should take it (and take care of it) at practice this weekend!  Rod is not transporting team practice gear!!!

Note: Email the captains if you have any questions! 

2.  Baby Long Beach – Sun 4/29
·         3 boats STRONG!!!
·         Stay tuned for potluck signup
·         One day only! sign up on the Evite!

3.  PORTLAND
·         Sign up, Sign up, Sign up!
·         June 9-10 is approaching fast, so sign up via Evite!
·         We have a full boat of participants already, let's make it TWO! Ripple has 2 boats going, so can we!
·         1st boat Roster will be capped at 22 paddlers. Will register a 2nd boat at 35…
·         Signing up on Evite is NOT a guaranty of a spot on the boat!  You must secure a flight and update the Evite with flight info
·         SO, if you already have your flight, update the Evite, if not, GET A FLIGHT and update Evite to secure your spot, NOW!

4.  HELL WEEK
Train Hard, Win Easy!  ...  Enough said

5.  FRIENDS AND FAMILY DAY – April 7, 1pm
·         SATURDAY AFTER TEMPE!!!
·         Introduce your friends and co-workers to what you spend so much time and effort on
·         Join the FB Event and share it with them!
·         It is in the afternoon, so no early-morning issues
 
6.  BEACH CLEANUP UNO – Give back to the community! March 24
·         THIS SATURDAY!!!
·         Most successful community outreach we can do!!!
·         Just 30 to 45 min of time
·         Save the local children from syringes and other cool stuff
·         Good for us, the greater DB community and public relations
·         Make sure to bring your SD Bling!  Wearing your SD Jersey will let everyone know who's keeping the beach clean!

 7.  BDR Earth Family Fun Run – Sun Apr 22
·         What:  Inaugural BDR Earth Day Family Fun Run to support the Brian D. Robertson Foundation! Space Dragons is sponsoring this event, so it would be great to have some of us out there.
·         When: Sun April 22, 11a
·         Where: Bolsa Chica State Park, CA
·         Register: Register Now: www.bdrfunrun.com or here:
http://www.active.com/5k-race/huntington-beach-ca-ca/bdr-earth-day-family-fun-run-2012
Let’s Do this!   For information, Facebook Event here!
Again, the Space Dragons is a sponsor for this fun run, Bolsa Chica is just a few minutes from Motther’s, WE can do the run right after practice!

8.  BASKETBALLS  FOR  DRAGONAUTS
Listen up! If you've got some basketballs/soccer balls, etc. that you wouldn't mind donating to the Dragonauts that would be muy excelente. We've plans to turn those unloved toys into wonderfully useful medicine balls for FUN land workouts!

9.  VOLUNTEERS FOR BLINDSTART
Team BlindStart is looking for volunteer coaches.  Think you have what it takes? Email captains if you are interested or for more details.  You can get more paddle in and lots of warm fuzzy feelings too!

10.  OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS
·         April 8: OC-2 #2:  Pre Baby LB checkup, another chance to measure your hard work!
·         April 14 Ladies Night:  At Marina's, save the date.
·         May 4: SD Social: First Friday @ Natural History Museum in LA (Date Change)
·         May 5: SD Yard Sale:  Spring cleaning? Save your stuff for the Annual Yard Sale!


--  Your Captains

Mar 18, 2012

SD Hell Week 2012 - Part 1

Only TWO WEEKS 'til TEMPE....
....you know what that means....


SD HELL WEEK PART 1!
March 19 - 25

Monday:
SQUATS
BICYCLE CRUNCHES

PUSHUPS (set 1 - diamond, set 2 - regular, set 3 - wide)

Tuesday:

SHOULDER PRESS (pushups from downward dog pose)
WALL SITS (max out duration for each set)
LEG LIFTS

Wednesday:
SUPERMANS
BURPIES (w/out the pushups, unless you're BEAST)
CRUNCHES


Thursday:
MASON TWISTS
MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS

LUNGES


Friday:
PUSHUPS (set 1 - diamond, set 2 - regular, set 3 - wide)
SQUATS
V-UPS


Saturday:

RACE SETS!


Sunday:

RACE SETS!


BONUS: Do at least 30 minutes cardio per day.

Rules:

- Do three sets of each exercise to failure. If three sets is too easy, do five.
- There are three tiers: bronze, silver, gold. For example, on Monday, completing 3 sets of squats completes bronze, adding 3 sets of bicycle crunches completes silver, and adding 3 sets of pushups (variations indicated) completes gold.
- If you don't know what an exercise is, ask your teammates (or youtube)!
- Warm up before you begin. No injuries!!

- Post on Facebook when you finish each day's challenge.

- Do this on top of your regular workout, not as a replacement for it.

Mar 15, 2012

Coming Back to Paddle



1. Had a nice long break from paddling but you're worried about getting yelled at?
2. Or maybe you don't think you are fit enough?
3. Afraid you look goofy doing Land or Core with Coach Galen?

Here's an article about getting back into shape that I think we can learn from...
http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/training-day/201203/how-get-back-gym-after-long-layoff

Key Take Aways:


  • Fitness is a personal choice and it’s all about personal goals. Don't compare yourself with the young super fit ones...


  • No matter how long you have been in the gym, ensure you are using proper technique for all your exercises


  • It's exercise and this is your personal time, you decide when, what, where and how long. The more you do it, the easier it will get





    • And the answers to the questions above are:

      1. Getting yelled at by a coach is an honor, we're checking out your form and paying special attention to you. Don't worry about it being personal, we just want you to have the best form possible so that you won't hurt yourself and to get you super duper efficient. Who doesn't wnat that?


      2. You get what you put in. Delaying coming out will only make it harder. No one will question your fitness, the effort is what counts.


      3. Don't worry you will...but Coach Galen looks goofy all the time, land and core aside. So you will fit right in!


      So come on out and try it again...who knows, maybe you will run into some of our special new recruits!






      Mar 14, 2012

      SD Digest 3/14/12

      Happy Daylight Savings Time! 

      Word of the week: Team!  ...  Let's route on or fellow teammates that enjoy pain and suffering in many disciplines.  Many Space Dragons have triathlon and marathon coming this weekend!  Cheer em on!

      1.  Tic Toc TemPEEEE – 3/31
      2 weeks to bring your A-GAME: 
      ·         Carpooling: If you haven’t cleared up your transportation, now’s the time!  Email captains if you need carpooling buddies.
      ·         Lodging:   Email captains if you need bunk mates.
      ·         No Flake Date has passed: Make sure you pay your Tempe fees!!!

      Note: If you have already setup transportation and lodging and have space in your car and/or room, email the captains so we place our orphans! 
       
      2.  Baby Long Beach – Sun 4/29
      ·         WE ARE REGISTERED for 3 boats!!!
      ·         Stay tuned for potluck signup
      ·         One day, local fun in the sun, sign up HERE!

      3.  PORTLAND
      ·         Sign up, Sign up, Sign up!
      ·         June 9-10 is approaching fast, so sign up via Evite!
      ·         We have a full boat of participants already, let's make it TWO! Ripple has 2 boats going, so can we!
      ·         1st boat Roster will be capped at 22 paddlers. Will register a 2nd boat at 35…
      ·         Signing up on Evite is NOT a guaranty of a spot on the boat!  You must secure a flight and update the Evite with flight info
      ·         SO, if you already have your flight, update the Evite with flight info to secure your spot, NOW!

      4.  PRACTICE ATTENDANCE
      ·         Attendance Poll:  Accuracy here is VERY important as we ask for boats on a weekly basis based on the poll numbers. WE have been way off in both directions the last FEW weeks!
      ·         Attendance Sheet:  It is YOUR responsibility to sign up on the attendance sheet.  Since the attendance sheet is used for land drill attendance as well, if you skip the attendance sheet, you may miss being counted for land drills as well!!!

      5.  BEACH CLEANUP UNO – Give back to the community! March 24
      ·         Most successful community outreach we can do!!!
      ·         Just 30 to 45 min of time
      ·         Good for us, the greater DB community and public relations
      ·         Make sure to bring your SD Bling!  Wearing your SD Jersey will let everyone know who's keeping the beach clean!

      6.  BDR Earth Family Fun Run – Sun Apr 22
      ·         What:  Inaugural BDR Earth Day Family Fun Run to support the Brian D. Robertson Foundation! Space Dragons is sponsoring this event, so it would be great to have some of us out there.
      ·         When: Sun April 22, 11a
      ·         Where: Bolsa Chica State Park, CA
      ·    Register: Register Now: www.bdrfunrun.com or here:
      http://www.active.com/5k-race/huntington-beach-ca-ca/bdr-earth-day-family-fun-run-2012
      Let’s Do this!   For information, check out the Facebook Event!
      Again, the Space Dragons is a sponsor for this fun run, you can do the run right after practice!

      7.  WEEKDAY WORKOUTS
      Keep up the good work! The Space Dragons Weekday Workouts are going strong! Email Devant for South Pasadena and Em/Galen for South Bay.  Train Hard, Win Easy!

      8.  VOLUNTEERS FOR BLINDSTART
      Team BlindStart is looking for volunteer coaches.  Think you have what it takes? Email captains if you are interested or for more details.  You can get more paddle in and lots of warm fuzzy feelings too!

      9.  OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS
      ·         April 6: SD Social: First Friday @ Natural History Museum in LA
      ·         April 7: Friends and Family Day:  It's not too early to start thinking about who to invite.
      ·         April 8: OC-2 #2:  Pre Baby LB checkup, another chance to measure your hard work!
      ·         April 14 Ladies Night:  At Marinas, save the date.
      ·         May 5: SD Yard Sale:  Spring cleaning? Save your stuff for the Annual Yard Sale!

      --  Your Captains

      Mar 7, 2012

      SD Digest 3/7/12

      Hello Space Dragons!  

      Word of the week: Support!  ...  We have fundraisers, community service and paddlers in TRAINING in the next few weeks!  Show your SD Spirit and support these efforts for a stronger community, a stronger TEAM.

      1.  Tempe, Tempe, TemPEEEE – 3/31
      March 31st is one week closer!!! Time to take care of business:  
      ·         Carpooling: If you haven’t cleared up your transportation, now’s the time!  Email captains if you need carpooling buddies.
      ·         Lodging:   Our room block is CLOSED!   Email captains if you need bunk mates.
      ·         No Flake DateWas Sun March 4th  Make sure you pay your Tempe fees so we can make sure we have enough to register for Big LB EARLY!

      Note: If you have already setup transportation and lodging and have space in your car and/or room, email the captains so we place our orphans!  

      2.  Baby Long Beach – Sun 4/29
      One day, local fun in the sun, sign up on the Evite!
       
      3.  PORTLAND
      Come with us to the land of rivers, big fat dragon boats, VooDoo Donuts, and more Canadian Geese than you can shake a stick at. Oh, and the tasty beer! (for kiddies age 21 and older only)
      We have a full boat of participants already, let's make it TWO!
      June 9-10 is approaching fast, so sign up via Evite!

      4.  PRACTICE ATTENDANCE
      ·        Attendance Poll:  Accuracy here is VERY important as we ask for boats on a weekly basis based on the poll numbers. WE have been way off in both directions the last couple weeks!
      ·        Attendance Sheet:  It is YOUR responsibility to sign up on the attendance sheet.  Since the attendance sheet is used for land drill attendance as well, if you skip the attendance sheet, you may miss being counted for land drills as well!!!

      5.  BEACH CLEANUP – Give back to the community! March 24
      ·        Most successful community outreach we can do!!!
      ·        Just 30 to 45 min of time
      ·        Good for us, the greater DB community and public relations
      ·        Make sure to bring your SD Bling!  Wearing your SD Jersey will let everyone know who's keeping the beach clean!

      6.  BDR Earth Family Fun Run – Sun Apr 22
      ·        What:  Inaugural BDR Earth Day Family Fun Run to support the Brian D. Robertson Foundation!
      ·        When: Sun April 22, 11a
      ·        Where: Bolsa Chica State Park, CA
      Let’s Do this!   Facebook Event here!
      The Space Dragons is a sponsor for this fun run.  You can do the run right after practice!

      7.  WEEKDAY WORKOUTS
      Keep up the good work! The Space Dragons Weekday Workouts are going strong! Email Devant for South Pasadena and Em/Galen for South Bay.  GET YOUR BEAST ON!

      8.  LADIES NIGHT
      Marina is hosting the next Ladies' Night for April 14.  Sign up on the Evite!

      9.  OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS
      ·        April 6: SD Social: First Friday @ Natural History Museum in LA
      ·        April 7: Friends and Family Day:  It's not too early to start thinking about who to invite.
      ·         April 8: OC-2 #2:  Pre Baby LB checkup, another chance to measure your hard work!
      ·        May 5: SD Yard Sale:  Spring cleaning? Save your stuff for the Annual Yard Sale! 

       
      --  Your Captains

      Mar 2, 2012

      What's Space Dragon Baseline Fitness?

      Good question!

      We will find out THIS SATURDAY!

      Like the lady said - "Just give it a go!"

      Wot?

      Yarp! THIS SATURDAY!

      What does that mean?

      Nothing special, just that after practice, instead of land drills, we will do a little baseline testing. Bring your shoes, some water, a yoga mat - if you need it, and a winning smile. You are only challenging yourself.

      Join the fun!



      Maybe one day we will look like these two and rock their workout without breaking a sweat...