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first race of the year

Had my first race of this year today at Bedok Reservoir. The event is the PA Paddle Championship and our team decided to participate to warm ourselves up for another race in July.

Surprisingly, with only 1 month of official race training, both our 20-men and 20-mixed team managed to advance to the next round of the competition! No words could really express how happy and excited I am feeling right now. If we were to win tomorrow, think i'll just faint or cry on the spot with tears of joy.

It's great to see the hunger we have in trying our very best to win that medal. What HY said is true. We must all row with our hearts, not just base on techniques. If we want it, we can feel it and it will happen. I dig underdogs, and I think we are the underdogs this time round ;)

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