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| - | ==== Re: The Dan - now for the Sour Grapes ==== | + | ===== Re: The Dan - now for the Sour Grapes ===== |
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| + | ([[:bobputnam|More Stories From Bob]]) | ||
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| But when I pull myself back to reality, I realize that it was a great race and tons of fun. Thanks John for organizing a great event. I can see as this thing grows and if Canada continues to destroy the US in Hockey you will need something to cling to. If Canada continues to lose the Think Challenge we will struggle to overcome the Bellingham powerhouse, and maybe just maybe the Nelsons will move to another state or choose to immigrate to Canada. | But when I pull myself back to reality, I realize that it was a great race and tons of fun. Thanks John for organizing a great event. I can see as this thing grows and if Canada continues to destroy the US in Hockey you will need something to cling to. If Canada continues to lose the Think Challenge we will struggle to overcome the Bellingham powerhouse, and maybe just maybe the Nelsons will move to another state or choose to immigrate to Canada. | ||
| - | It was great fun being in a double with my partner Reid Carter and hanging with the Big Dogs at the front of the pack. It was impressive to watch Brandon N. and Gareth TJ maintain the fast pace. Clearly they are on a level above. They pretty much drafted our double till Chuckanut Island and then Brandon struck out on his own, moving to the middle of the channel. i saw our role as "domestique" for Gareth who in Tour de France lingo was the "protected rider". Stay with Brandon and let Gareth ride our wash until the final sprint. So we did this while Brandon pushed his own water of to the side. Here we were doing 12.5 - 13 kmh ( 7.75 -8 mph) As we approached the can, Brandon caught a wave and started to accelerate ahead. We were one wave back and couldn't get the boat moving. Here we were pushing up to 14kmh / 8.7 mph and Brandon was pulling away!! I was impressed. About half way to the finish Brandon had put 75 metres on us and Reid and I tried to sacrifice our bodies to help Gareth catch up. We did a big push for about a minute and then when we started to fade Gareth took off. With a herculean effort he managed to split the gap between us and Brandon, but alas it was too little too late. As Mike Fitz always says, in his moments of wisdom "You should have just paddled harder" | + | It was great fun being in a double with my partner Reid Carter and hanging with the Big Dogs at the front of the pack. It was impressive to watch Brandon N. and Gareth TJ maintain the fast pace. Clearly they are on a level above. They pretty much drafted our double till Chuckanut Island and then Brandon struck out on his own, moving to the middle of the channel. i saw our role as "domestique" for Gareth who in Tour de France lingo was the "protected rider". Stay with Brandon and let Gareth ride our wash until the final sprint. So we did this while Brandon pushed his own water off to the side. Here we were doing 12.5 - 13 kmh ( 7.75 -8 mph) As we approached the can, Brandon caught a wave and started to accelerate ahead. We were one wave back and couldn't get the boat moving. Here we were pushing up to 14kmh / 8.7 mph and Brandon was pulling away!! I was impressed. About half way to the finish Brandon had put 75 metres on us and Reid and I tried to sacrifice our bodies to help Gareth catch up. We did a big push for about a minute and then when we started to fade Gareth took off. With a herculean effort he managed to split the gap between us and Brandon, but alas it was too little too late. As Mike Fitz always says, in his moments of wisdom "You should have just paddled harder" |
| Any rate it was a well earned and impressive victory by Brandon and a great performance by Gareth. | Any rate it was a well earned and impressive victory by Brandon and a great performance by Gareth. | ||
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| What can I say, the race was on a Sunday morning after all! ; ) | What can I say, the race was on a Sunday morning after all! ; ) | ||
| - | nternational Challenge Scoring Help.\\ | + | **International Challenge Scoring Help.\\ |
| - | John Rybczyk\\ | + | John Rybczyk** \\ |
| 04/26/10 #8280 | 04/26/10 #8280 | ||
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