Race 1

Last night was race one of the double header and it was held under the lights. The spectators were treated to fires lit on the river bank and John Hastings rocking the PA, it was a great atmosphere.

The first run was tough for me, I had some trouble adjusting to the lighting and my depth perception was a little out of whack. My second run was much better and I was able to move into second place. It was a surprisingly international field with paddlers from Canada, USA, Ireland, Great Britain, Chile etc.

Today is race number two and I am looking forward to some natural lighting.

All is well, its summer here!

It seems that I have no long lasting effects from the car accident and training has been going very well. Today the temperature has gone past 25 degrees C and its still not even noon. Life out on the water is a lot of fun when its this warm in December.

Car Accident

Our first day on the course went by fairly well with the time spent acclimatizing to the river and the conditions. With the course only being on from 12pm to 5pm, the time between sessions is not ideal.

 

The excitement of the day came after dinner when on the way home we were hit by a driver who didn’t see us, wrecking both cars and shaking up everyone involved. The Toyota Prius we were driving did not deploy the air bags which is a little bit scary but thankfully everyone is okay if quite sore. I was in the back seat and didn’t actually see it coming and was lucky to be leaning to the side so I did not hit my head, Jim was not so lucky and took a pretty solid nock. I am curious to see how my body feels in the morning.

 

Back in the USA

Today is the start of another two week camp here in Charlotte. After the snow we had in Canada I am looking forward to warmer temperatures and some good training.

 

I will keep you posted and hopefully post a few pics as well.