Apalachee River to Causeway 2005 XX
Sunday, April 10, 2005 brint.adams@us.army.mil
Sunday morning turned out to be absolutely perfect weather. I met Roland at the Riverdocs lot at 9:00 AM under clear skies, 68 degrees, no wind, high water that was still rising. Since this was Roland's first try at my workout course, I gave him a description of what I normally do.
So, then we were off together down the middle of Pass Picada, past the restaurants and on to Apalachee River. We made the turn in 8:05, which was into the rising current and not too bad. On the return, we passed the parking lot in 14:55, so I knew we had a chance for a really fast time. We pushed on, past a few fishermen at the Causeway, and to the turnaround between the bridges. We made it in 31:07, again a fast split time.
After a short pause for water, we started up right away and blasted forward for the return. I was able to put just a little separation between us, do mainly to the difference in our boats, as we crossed the finish line in 48:55. I will have to go back and check, but this was definately a PR for this year and I think better than any last year as well.
One interesting thing we found along the shore at the parking lot, was someone left about a fifty pound alligator gar on the ground with a 3/8" cable wrapped around its head. He was still glistening, so he had not been onshore for very long. If no one takes him or does not throw him back in for the alligators, the parking lot will be ripe for awhile until the birds finish him off.
Sunday morning turned out to be absolutely perfect weather. I met Roland at the Riverdocs lot at 9:00 AM under clear skies, 68 degrees, no wind, high water that was still rising. Since this was Roland's first try at my workout course, I gave him a description of what I normally do.
So, then we were off together down the middle of Pass Picada, past the restaurants and on to Apalachee River. We made the turn in 8:05, which was into the rising current and not too bad. On the return, we passed the parking lot in 14:55, so I knew we had a chance for a really fast time. We pushed on, past a few fishermen at the Causeway, and to the turnaround between the bridges. We made it in 31:07, again a fast split time.
After a short pause for water, we started up right away and blasted forward for the return. I was able to put just a little separation between us, do mainly to the difference in our boats, as we crossed the finish line in 48:55. I will have to go back and check, but this was definately a PR for this year and I think better than any last year as well.
One interesting thing we found along the shore at the parking lot, was someone left about a fifty pound alligator gar on the ground with a 3/8" cable wrapped around its head. He was still glistening, so he had not been onshore for very long. If no one takes him or does not throw him back in for the alligators, the parking lot will be ripe for awhile until the birds finish him off.
posted by brint @ 11:40 AM
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