RE: [Paddlewise] 2000 Mile Goal

> At the turn of the new year, there was a brief thread about a gentleman
> who had set a goal for the year, to paddle a large distance.  I think it
> was 2000 miles, and I believe you said you'd have to paddle at least
> every other day to achieve the goal.  My memory isn't so good, though,
> so I may be way off base.
>

The original post mentioned a 3000 Nm goal.  I said something like I was
already 500 mile behind in the first month so why bother to make
resolutions.   Back channel  I wrote you about my plans and explained that
I had laid out a schedule for 3000 Nm but I knew that I could not actually
keep up with that plan.  I was hoping to use that schedule as incentive to
get in an actual 2000 Nm.  

Well its not even going to be close.  I will have about 500 Nm done by the
end of August.  I am still hoping to get up to 1000 Nm.  Our best paddling
season is October - December so it is possible, but not likely unless I can
get closer  to the 150 Nm/month level.  Most months I have been paddling
around 70Nm, but in Feb and July I got in less than 20Nm which really hurt
my efforts.   One of the of the factors has been the lack of 4-6 hr
paddles.  I have been doing regular 2 hour paddles in the 6 to 7 Nm range
but I just can't seem to find time to get in the 12-18 Nm paddles that I
use to do fairly often.
  
Still it has been interesting keeping track of my progress.  I have an
Excel spreadsheet with dates, miles and paddling times as well as highlight
notes describing each paddle.  Its nice to be able to look back and see
where I went, who I paddled with and what interesting things we saw.  

Mark J. Arnold





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