[Paddlewise] Run of the charles.

Did anyone from paddlewise make the run of the charles this year?

I was surprised by the number of SUP that did the race.   By my count
twelve did the 6 mile, nine did the 9 mile and eight did the 19 mile. 
Including one guy who pulled off 19 miles in 3:14.   The only DQ that I
saw for all races was a SUP who did 19.  He finished but was
disqualified for having done the course without a PFD.

My wife and I paddled the final leg of the relay as part of the
blackburn race committee's entry.   We managed to finish second in the
mixed division.  Way behind first place.   The first place team mixed
team was billed as the 'boston area distance and sprint ski club'.   At
the start they were welcomed during the race directors meeting as a
group of olympic hopefuls who put together a mixed team.   When they
portaged they ran faster with a canoe than I can run by myself.   Once
again I screwed up on the last portage, 'enjoying' the feel of steel
girder to the skull when I didn't duck enough going under a pedestrian
bridge.   The sad part was that this was the second time that I've
engaged that bridges structure.

Kirk
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  Kirk Olsen
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