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| **Larry Goolsby **05/05/07 #2900 | **Larry Goolsby **05/05/07 #2900 | ||
| - | Great race today on all accounts. Joost did a wonderful job of organizing it and the race was started with only a minor delay because of late arrivals. I don't know the final count in watercraft but it must have been 70+. The weather kind of cooperated with a breeze that was a little stiffer than expected and some chilly temps (I wore poagies). After the race was started, Shaun and I got boxed in by a bunch of singles. Simon was blocking the front of us while we drafted his wake and there were boats on both sides of us. I was getting anxious because I wasn't use to starting the race at a cruising speed but we couldn't get anyone to open a hole for us for the first mile. Finally we got free and the singles swarmed onto our stern much like a dog in heat at a puppy parade. We caught a rower and drafted his stern for over a mile leaving us with Keisling (K1) and Brandon (on the Vector). Then Rainier Storb came by in a tandem rower and we latched onto his stern. This is about when we lost Keisling and surprisingly Brandon was still hanging on. Brandon likes to be real close when he drafts so we banged paddles all the way down the lake and back. Once in awhile he would switch to our other side and bang my other blade just to even things out (nice guy). Rainier was laughing because of all the never ending noise that we were making from slapping paddles and boats. | + | Great race today on all accounts. Joost did a wonderful job of organizing it and the race was started with only a minor delay because of late arrivals. I don't know the final count in watercraft but it must have been 70+. The weather kind of cooperated with a breeze that was a little stiffer than expected and some chilly temps (I wore poagies). After the race was started, Shaun and I got boxed in by a bunch of singles. Simon was blocking the front of us while we drafted his wake and there were boats on both sides of us. I was getting anxious because I wasn't use to starting the race at a cruising speed but we couldn't get anyone to open a hole for us for the first mile. Finally we got free and the singles swarmed onto our stern much like a dog in heat at a puppy parade. We caught a rower and drafted his stern for over a mile leaving us with Kiesling (K1) and Brandon (on the Vector). Then Rainier Storb came by in a tandem rower and we latched onto his stern. This is about when we lost Kiesling and surprisingly Brandon was still hanging on. Brandon likes to be real close when he drafts so we banged paddles all the way down the lake and back. Once in awhile he would switch to our other side and bang my other blade just to even things out (nice guy). Rainier was laughing because of all the never ending noise that we were making from slapping paddles and boats. |
| Near the end we broke apart and sprinted for the finish with Rainier holding his lead and Brandon graciously falling back about 2 seconds to let us be the first kayak in. I guess he knew that if he beat us in the last seconds that he would have been walking around the kayak symposium with my Epic paddle parked up his backside. The war canoe with Brian and Idoh did another impressive performance by almost beating everyone (couple of rowers stayed out of their reach) and Heather continued with her plight to 'win everything all the time' and got first in womens. | Near the end we broke apart and sprinted for the finish with Rainier holding his lead and Brandon graciously falling back about 2 seconds to let us be the first kayak in. I guess he knew that if he beat us in the last seconds that he would have been walking around the kayak symposium with my Epic paddle parked up his backside. The war canoe with Brian and Idoh did another impressive performance by almost beating everyone (couple of rowers stayed out of their reach) and Heather continued with her plight to 'win everything all the time' and got first in womens. | ||
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