OT a little bit, but at the Philadelphia World Dragon Boat competition this last spring, most boats were maintaining stroke rates of about 130 per minute... Subject: [Paddlewise] stroke rates About a week ago someone asked about what sort of stroke rate racers use. About 7 miles into the race I was passed by the lead pack of surf skiis and racing kayaks (start times for the classes are staggered). I normally paddle a canoe at about 65 strokes a minute. Greg Barton, the eventual winner, was doing slightly less than twice as many strokes as I was - so my estimate is his stroke rate was between 100 and 110. He did the race in the Epic 18' touring kayak, finishing in 2:41, six minutes ahead of the surf skiis and about an hour before me ;-) *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jul 23 2002 - 08:23:57 PDT
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