Dragons Den 2016, UWCSEA EAST |
Over the weekend, I watched my boy compete inward Dragons Den, a yearly International Swim Meet held at UWCSEA EAST with swimmers coming every bit faraway every bit Thailand as well as Japan. As expected, the swimming was unbelievable, the coaches amazing, as well as the spirit minute to none. However, every bit I sat nine hours conduct nether the Sun each day, in that place were a few things I learned. Mostly virtually myself.
1) Watching a swim come across inward Singapore Map is the closest I volition e'er come upwardly to participating inward an extreme sport.
2) Singapore Map swim meets are grueling, stamina building, heatstroke defying tests of endurance...and the swimmers bring it pretty tough every bit well.
3) Like existent estate, place is key. If possible, avoid sitting behind the guy with the whistle or microphone. Likewise, the overzealous mom who sounds similar she wishes she were inward the puddle swimming with her child.
4) Bring an advil. At or as well as thence point, you lot volition involve one.
5) After sitting for as well as thence many hours on a metallic bleacher, you lot volition lose all feeling inward the bottom one-half of your body.
6) Thanks to the humidity, your pilus volition frizz to novel heights as well as your wearing apparel volition stick non entirely to you lot merely to the somebody adjacent to you.
7) Bringing a paper to the meet, may bring sounded similar a proficient sentiment at or as well as thence point.
8) Only article of apparel suede shoes as well as sit down ringside at a pool, if you lot desire to exam how proficient you lot are at anger management.
9) Jump upwardly to cheer entirely if you lot don't bring a loving cup of real hot java inward your hand.
10) You are watching or as well as thence of the best immature swimmers inward South East Asia, or as well as thence are fifty-fifty headed to the Olympic trials. So sit down dorsum as well as savor yourself. Just shout back in that place are no backs on bleachers.
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