on the Eastern shore of MD there are about 6 small town canoe/kayak races each year. today is the first one this season.. 8 miles, 6.5 on a tidal creek 1.5 on the Naticoke river. i got a call from Gil Thornton, one member of a regular tandem canoe team who needs a partner beceause his brother can't be there. so i agreed to paddle with him and we did a get-together paddle a few days ago....4.5 miles on the Wicomico river. Gil paddled nice and smooth, just as i've seen him in previous races. he prefers 20 strokes per side before switching... his general shape is good, their team normally paddles every other day year round and he works with weighs at a club. Gil's brother also bikes and recently won two ribbons in the 75-80 class at the local Senior Olympics. So Gil, who's 80, and i will be giving it our best at noon. tandem-novice-seniors. the conditions should be good because after a week of rain, the weather seems to be in our favor. we're using my 18ft kevlar Sundowner because i don't want to go swimming from his 17 ft Jenson. this is going to be real fun! ... Joy Ride... bye bye bliven *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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