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May 12, 2009 Results
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Course Route: To the entrance of Bedwell Bay and Back
Course Length: About 5 km
Description:
80 paddlers again. Many were tired from Sunday's 19 km Tour de Indian Arm. You could feel the lactate acid still in the muscles.
Thanks to those who responded to my readership survey. I have determined that my readership consists of 3 people. Thanks Mom for letting me know you read race write-ups each week, and yes I will schedule the Tour de Indian Arm on a different day next year.
So I have noticed that many people sit on shore until moments before the race and then paddle out to the start line. Aging endurance athletes... Yes I am noticing that many of us are aging, should liken ourselves to Diesel Engines which need a good warm up and a good cool down. If I have time to warm-up, which I didn't last night, this is what I will do.
What I discovered from participating in Jodi Boates' great spin classes, is that as you warm up you hit areas of uncomfort or resistance as you move up into a different heart rate zones. I find that after a bit I will settle into that zone and then I can move up to the next level. So you can start the race cold and spend the first part of your race moving through these various levels of uncomfort, 70% of max, 80% of max etc, or you can warm up the diesel engine prior to the race and be fully ready to go at the start.
Prior to the race I will paddle around slowly getting the joints working while exaggerating my stroke and range of motion. Working on technique, 10 - 15 minutes, Then I will pick up the pace and watching my HR monitor push up to about 75% - 80%. This takes about 3 - 5-minutes. Here I can feel I am starting to warm-up. Usually the race starts with a sprint, so I like to hit this HR level a couple of times before the race. I will do a couple of pick-ups or light sprints where I will hit 85%. These will last for about 30 - 45 seconds and maybe I will do 3 - 5. Finally I will do a couple of full out efforts that would mimic a race start. 15 - 20 seconds and I might do 2 - 3 of these. By the time I finish this I will want to have a light sweat going.
Timing of these is important because now I want it to be about 1 - 2 minutes before the race time. Any longer and you will cool-down
More people are paddling double skis and seem to be having fun. It helps people become more competitive and it is fun to work together. Last night the Hope Bros. Were at it in DCCKC's double ski. Jodi Boates and Katja Rademacher have joined to make a formidable women's doubles crew and Marshall House and Curtis Brock are working together each week.
Many people are intimidated by surf skis but the Double Fenn Mako XT is very stable and is a great way to test out surf ski paddling. Most sea kayakers can jump right into the double Fenn and feel comfortable. My advice is to stick to Deep Cove until such a time as you feel really stable. The only problem is that we only have one and people tend to book it for the race. Why not rent it on another occasion like the weekend and then once you have tried it in a low stress situation then book it for the race.
Gary Cassulis put the hurt on Cypress's Tuesday Night Cross-Country Ski Race organizer Bruno Bagneres. Bruno has a thing or two to learn about kayak racing but put him on some classic xc skis and not many people can keep up to him. Carolyn Hubbard was mixing it up with those guys until she fell off her ski 500m from the finish line. Brigid Wong was paddling solo tonight while hubby Brian paddled his new V10L. Brigid who normally paddles double with Brian, showed that she was no slouch by stomping a on couple of Nordic skiers too. Hollyburn Race Team's coach Abi Holt and West Coast Nordics Biathlon Coach were chatting it up trying to figure out to go faster using their arms instead of there legs.
If you are interested in purchasing a double surf ski we will be receiving two just in time for Round Bowen. Fenn Mako XT which is really stable and really fast and Fenn's new Elite double, a tiny bit less stable and super fast. The Fenn Elite has been receiving rave reviews. Both are $4000 USD. The fun thing about the double skis is that you can take Newbies out paddling and let them experience the thrill of surf ski paddling.
Coming up:
Last Name First Name Boat # Boat Type DK Partner Time 1 Rillard Jean 1185 HPK 27.21 2 Tudor-Jones Gareth 1117 HPK 27.36 3 Fitzmaurice Mike 600 HPK 28.25 4 Raymond Jeff 179 HPK 28.27 5 George John 333 HPK 29.10 6 Remmler Darryl 69 HPK 29.13 7 Stanick Ken 1248 HPK 29.21 8 Hope Rod 1249 HPDK Greg Hope 29.29 9 Dobrovolny Chris 71 HPK 29.33 10 Boates Jodi 1119 HPDK Katja Rademacher 29.39 11 Lewis Terry 200 HPK 29.43 12 Gee Ty HPK 13 Putnam Bob HPK 29.47 14 Fast Ben 1168 HPDK Eric Fast 30.25 15 Kelly Matt 56 HPK 30.26 16 Soltani Reza 42 HPK 30.32 17 McCurdy Brian 1152 DK 30.35 18 Micky McDonald 60 HPK 30.41 19 Armstrong Corky 144 SK 30.55 20 Hansen Paul 101 HPK 30.59 21 Bruce Warren 102 HPK 31.23 22 Pearse Darrell 89 HPK 31.29 23 House Marshall 1247 HPDK Curtis Brock 31.40 24 Augaitis Lina 1239 DK Andrew Dye 31.52 25 Wong Brian 1189 HPK 32.12 26 Page Brian 50 DBLK Trista Bilmer 32.29 27 Rother Martin 236 FSK 32.42 28 Russ David 52 HPK 32.55 29 Rothwell Mark 21 HPK 33.15 30 Wilson David 25 HPK 33.27 31 Little Colleen 1091 DK Jennifer Stanick 33.30 32 Whorrall Mark 1156 HPK 33.31 33 Wanless Scott 46 SK 34.22 34 Foellmer Kurt 28 34.46 35 Cassulis Gary 282 34.48 36 Bagneres Bruno 20 34.52 37 Laszlo Csaba 1097 FK 35.03 38 Dunn Gregan 24 HPK 35.12 39 Burgess Steve 1138 HPK 35.29 40 Hubbard Carolyn 1147 HPK 36.40 41 Hamilton Stuart 1105 SK 37.20 42 O'Brien Catherine 107 SK 38.24 43 Lambie Stephen 1043 HPK 38.30 44 Joyce John 1149 SK 39.27 45 Baleshta Torr 108 SK 39.30 46 Fejer Agnes 1085 SK 40.38 47 Keogh Sharon 1148 SK 40.38 48 Dubman Rita 1181 DK Angus Broberg 41.12 49 David Sarah 1142 DK Owen David 41.20 50 Bennett Tim 44 SK 41.28 51 Hamilton Ian 1180 DK Jessica Mark 41.36 52 Poirier Claudette 39 SK 41.41 53 Ellis Colin 1140 SK 42.27 54 Brobury Eric 1099 SK 44.07 55 Bakker Karina 1118 Rebecca Ronaghan 45.22 56 Wong Brigid 248 FSK 45.32 57 Ronaghan Clay 139 SK 46.36 58 Holt Abi 1137 SK 46.45 59 Bakker Jana 1053 47.30 60 Rooke Cheryl 109 OK 48.40 61 Ustyugov Max 1141 SK 48.44 62 Einhorn Danny 1139 DK Shannon Samler 49.47 63 Rupnarain Mala 1145 SK 56.41 64 Lee Kevin 196 SK 57.10
