This video is from our second race in Salem. I'm in the green vest in the very last row. During practice Sunday I started thinking about Malcolm Gladwell's book Blink. The book talks about how when people reach an expert level at something they approach it differently when approached with a problem. It's because they know what information to discard, what's relevant and what's not. I think once you've reached an expert level at something (for me it's singing), you start to really understand how to analyze new things that you try and how to latch on to what you already know. That said I've been trying to find parallels in the technicality and physicality of boating that relate to what I know already and so far I have a pretty good list going. Here's what I got so far. Dragon Boating Singing Requires controlled breathing Requires controlled breathing Has you engage core strength to rotate and pull the paddle Has you ...