UPDATE !
I didn’t write a report last week so I have missed two people off! Sorry to Wayne and Phil for that. Wayne posted a respectable 2:46.7 to go 5th overall and 2nd adult, but Phil powered to 2nd place overall and top of the adults with 2:40.2. It was “powered” too, he had his feet in the water! (or would have been if he was in a kayak: he had his feet on the floor!). Sorry John, but at least you were leader for 10 minutes!
500m
The sprint series continued on Saturday with 3 people racing. Well done to Connor who took 1.5 seconds off his best tine to stay top of the overall and junior leader boards.
Well done too to John who took 6 seconds off his 500m time.
We welcomed Alfie for his first session and he posted a time of 2mins 46.8 to go 4th in the juniors.
1000m
We have finally started the 1000m series with Connor and John posting times. They both took it steady with Connor at 6mins 31.6 and John at 7mins 10.5. The three paceboats are set at 6 mins, 6:30 and 7 mins but these will be adjusted when more people have raced.
We hope to do ergo sprints before we get on the water for the river sessions throughout the winter, from 1:00pm until we get on the river at 2:00pm, dependant on a coach opening up. We will post on Facebook if this is the case. This is so non-marathon paddlers can still have a go.
We will also do ergo sprints on Saturday afternoons either when the conditions prevent us paddling or we have insufficient coaches to paddle
Martin
