Re: [Paddlewise] Run of the charles.

Kirk:  I'd be happy to loan you a helmet. Our bridges are pretty tall.
Brad

On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 6:59 AM, Darryl Johnson <darryl_johnson_at_rogers.com>wrote:

> 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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