I started racing in 1966, quit racing in 1994, trained a lot. Since 1966 I have averaged 150 days a year paddling a kayak. Really conservative estimate of daily mileage [allowing for short slalom days and long marathon races] gives a minimum of 35,000 miles. Although I should say that my training log records time, not distance. A generous estimate would be closer to 40,000 miles. I never calculated this before, but it is really scary. Especially when I consider that it is about thirty one million strokes. If I had only worked for a dollar an hour instead I'd have a huge bank account. But I'd be really unhappy. Jim Tibensky _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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