Today was my team’s first Dragonboat racing practice! We did pretty well for our first go! I’m super psyched to be participating in such a neat event. The next couple of weeks I’m going to be working to improve my flexibility and rowing muscles so we can power past all the other teams on race day.

(^^ What a dragonboat looks like ^^)

You can sponsor me and my team, the CHEO FitHeads (half CHEO staff, half bitHeads) on my 500m Sprint at the Tim Horton’s Ottawa DragonBoat festival! The money we’re raising goes to a number of local community charities, including the Sens Foundation, CHEO, Bruyere Foundation and the Humane Society.

I hate begging for money, especially when you’re paying me to do something I love. So to sweeten the pot a bit, the person who donates the most on my profile is going to get a fantastic prize. I’m just working out the details now – I’ll come back to you in a few days with a wicked prize-pack.