Re: [Paddlewise] Run of the charles.

On 01/05/2012 6:14 AM, Kirk Olsen wrote:
> 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

Well, obviously they need to move that bridge. To get in the way once 
is unfortunate; to get in the way twice is just being obstructionist!

-- 
   Darryl
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